Cervical Fluid is the mucus that is secreted from the cervix. It is produced by the hormone estrogen in the first phase of a monthly cycle. Cervical fluid is an essential element to conception due to its ability to keep sperm alive for up to five days (in fertile quality fluid), protects it from the acidity in the vagina and transports the sperm to the outer third wall of the fallopian tube where fertilization takes place.
What Does Cervical Fluid Look Like?
Cervical Fluid will range in abundance, consistency, color and fertile quality due to the increasing level of estrogen within the first phase of your cycle. Typically the changes in fluid will fall into the following pattern.
Dry or Light Moisture - INFERTILE
After menstruation for a period of 3 - 5 days you may experience no fluid at all or a small amount of moisture. Color of any existing fluid is clear or slightly white but will dry immediately on your fingertips. Overall sensation is not wet at this time.
Sticky or Gummy - INFERTILE
Cervical Fluid then changes to feeling sticky for a period of 2 - 3 days. When rubbed between your fingertips it may give a small amount of resistance, feels slightly gummy or may even crumble. The color will range from clear to white and although you may feel a small amount of moisture the fluid is still dry and does not feel wet at this time.
Creamy, Milky, Lotion Like - FERTILE
Cervical fluid now becomes much more abundant and will feel wet from 2 - 4 days. It can appear either thick and creamy or like hand lotion and will form peaks in your fingertips when pulled apart or can be thinner and look milky. Color of the fluid is white or yellow and the overall vaginal sensation is wet.
Eggwhite Cervical Fluid - VERY FERTILE
Cervical fluid now reaches its most fertile stage for 1 - 5 days. The fluid will look and have the consistency of eggwhites. It is slippery to the touch and if pulled between the fingertips will stretch 1 - 10 inches! The color can be clear or iridescent and the overall sensation is extremely wet.
Dry, Moist or Sticky - INFERTILE
Cervical fluid will now change drastically due to the drop in estrogen and the surge of progesterone following ovulation. It can be dry, watery, moist or sticky and will remain in that stage until the end of your monthly cycle - which is the day before your menstrual period begins. Any fluid at all will dry up quickly upon your fingertips, can range from no color to white and your overall vaginal sensation will be dry at this time.
Hope this helps.
2006-06-07 13:21:08
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answered by Mr. D 2
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I think you ovulated on Thursday. On the day of ovulation, many women notice an increase in cervical mucus. They also notice that it is clear and sticky, and they can stretch it between their thumb and their forefinger. This is fertile cervical mucus, as it needs to be sticky in order to draw the sperm inside.
Other days to tell if you ovulated include:
Many women who have an irregular period aren't ovulating. There are a number of ways that you can determine if you are ovulating or not.
The first and easiest way is to get a blood test from your doctor.
You can also buy an at home ovulation predictor kit, although these aren't always 100% accurate.
You can also chart your body basal temperature. On the day of ovulation, and every day after that until the beginning of your next cycle, your temperature is one degree higher than normal. It is recommended that you take your temperature before you get out of bed in the morning, and at the same time as movement affects the reading.
You can also examine the position of your cervix. When you are ovulating, your cervix is low and soft like the inside of your cheek. At all other times, your cervix is high and hard like the tip of your nose.
When you are ovulating, you may feel slight twinges around your ovaries
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2006-06-07 13:35:41
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answered by Jade 5
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Chances are is you started ovulating thursday. Women usually ovulate 8-11 days after their peroid. And it usually lasts for 5-7 days sometimes longer..... but cm change is a good sign that you are ovulating.
2006-06-07 13:23:01
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answered by busy mama 3
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now not a girl, however I can reply. Ovulation and Orgasm are one hundred%, utterly seperate matters. now not at the entire equal. Orgasms occur from sexual stimulation. Ovulation is a reproductive position that occurs on its possess at (while the whole thing is operating proper and is left to its normal direction) roughly as soon as monthly. I am now not certain what "the equal" you imply. they're utterly distinctive and the one factor they've in typical is what aspect of the frame they're related to. edit: theres now not particularly any solution to describe orgasm. even lady to lady (I've learn others check out) theres simply no solution to positioned it into phrases. heres the way you clear up the problem. gonna positioned this as un-creepy, purpose and clinical as I can. take a bath, and calm down, and get your self feeling well and blank and comfortable. lock the door(or or else make certain you will not get interrupted), and get comfortable in mattress. bare or now not or whatver makes you comfy. then, near your eyes, take your hand and discover your self down there. rub round, suppose what you've got acquired. you can more often than not swiftly bump into a place or 2 that suppose primarily well while you rub there. rub there. and maintain doing it. pass with some thing your instincts inform you for rythym or in which to place your hands or how one can rub. maintain going till you suppose a constructing up sensation. then maintain happening that aspect that makes the constructing up occur. then maintain going till you can not include it anymore and that constructing up aspect explodes. check out to not scream too loud if there are different men and women within the condo. as soon as you've got performed this, you are going to now not be pressured anymore. edit: no, the "watery secretion" isn't like that. through "watery secretion" I suspect you imply both lubrication from being aroused, otherwise you imply what's mostly referred to as "squirting" or "feminine ejaculation". (be able for that probability too, its now not pee, however it may be sudden) Ovulation is just about... good enough, you could have your ovaries in there, proper? they're little almond formed lumps of tender tissue. while you ovulate, just a little bubble looks on one, and swells up just a little, then pops, liberating an egg, that is going into the fallopian tube, and down into the uterus. it's then washed away with the liner of the uterus when you've got a interval.
2016-09-08 22:01:02
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answered by ? 4
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Trying for a baby is one of the most wonderful, magical times in your life. Isn't all this information great. Have fun and good luck!
2006-06-07 13:27:00
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answered by been there done that 2
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