how does cervical mucus change throughout the cycle?
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Cervical mucus is fluid or gel-like discharge from the cervix. Throughout a woman's menstrual cycle, the thickness and amount of cervical mucus changes. This is because of hormone levels fluctuating throughout your cycle. Hormones stimulate glands in the cervix to produce mucus.
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At the beginning of your cycle, you get your period. As your period continues, any cervical mucus will likely be covered by the bleeding. As your hormones amp up for ovulation, your cervical mucus will become more cloudy or sticky.
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After ovulation, the hormone progesterone causes cervical mucus to become sticky and thick. This stops sperm (and any other foreign substance) from getting through to the uterus. As ovulation approaches, your cervical mucus changes from a consistency that's not sperm-friendly to a more fertile variety.
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On the day you start ovulating, you'll have what's considered the most fertile cervical mucus, often referred to as "peak." The amount of fluid is different for everyone, but it's slippery, clear, and stretchy — and resembles a raw egg white.
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Generally, the higher the water content, the more fertile the cervical fluid. After ovulation, the water content will decrease. Note: all cervical mucus is potentially fertile. If you are charting to avoid pregnancy, any cervical fluid you notice before ovulation means that your fertile window has begun.
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Around ovulation: eggy, wet, slippery, clear, stretchy As ovulation approaches, much more cervical fluid is produced. Your vagina will likely start to feel much wetter, and fluid becomes more slippery as its water content rises. Over a couple of days, fluid becomes stretchier and clearer.
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Depending on your cycle and hormones, most women will experience increased clear jelly like discharge around ovulation time. Ovulation is usually around the middle of your menstrual cycle. Your body releases an egg, and in preparation for potentially being fertilised, cervical mucus increases.
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The production of cervical mucus increases during pregnancy due to increased estrogen and blood flow to the vaginal area; however, it is not noticeable until the eighth week. As the pregnancy progresses, cervical mucus increases too and forms into a mucus plug, forming a barrier to the uterus.
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Egg white cervical mucus is a clear, stretchy fluid that you'll see a few days before ovulation in response to hormonal changes. This type of discharge can continue for up to 1 to 2 days after ovulation. Ovulation is when your ovaries release an egg to be fertilized by sperm.
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Some women get fertile looking cervical mucus again just before their period comes. It may become watery or even egg-white like. This isn't a sign of ovulation and having sex during this time will not help you get pregnant.
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During the first weeks of a pregnancy, cervical mucus may change in color and consistency. You may notice stickier, white, or yellow mucus, known as leucorrhea. As your pregnancy progresses, your vaginal discharge may continue to change.
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It might be alarming to find that you don't have vaginal discharge right before your period, but this is normal. Vaginal discharge, also known as cervical mucus, looks different from person to person. It also varies throughout the menstrual cycle, from dry and largely absent to clear and stretchy.
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Slippery and Mucus-y This mucus helps protect and direct sperm to the egg, but it can also thicken when affected by hormonal contraceptives. If your menstrual blood is slicker than usual, that's probably just because cervical mucus has mixed with the blood. This is normal and usually no reason for alarm.
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May Not Be Ovulating You can have fertile quality cervical mucus, but not ovulate. This is more likely the case if you also have irregular menstrual cycles.
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If cervical mucus is abnormal, it may prevent sperm from entering the uterus or may promote the destruction of sperm. (See also Overview of Infertility.) Cervical mucus is secreted by glands in the cervix (the lower part of the uterus that opens into the vagina).
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Cervical mucus in early pregnancy During the first weeks of a pregnancy, cervical mucus may change in color and consistency. You may notice stickier, white, or yellow mucus, known as leucorrhea. As your pregnancy progresses, your vaginal discharge may continue to change.
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You notice a change in cervical mucus. Ovulation usually happens on the day you have the most fluid. If your cervical mucus or fluid looks like stretchy, clear egg whites (though not every woman's mucus looks the same), you're near ovulation or are ovulating.