what is the difference between sticky and creamy discharge?
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How to Track Creamy Cervical Mucus. Use a C (for creamy) or CCM (for creamy cervical mucus) on the days you notice creamy cervical mucus. This cervical mucus may appear white and creamy, and stretch just slightly more than sticky cervical mucus. It looks a lot like lotion.
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Fertile discharge is thin, clear or white, and slippery, much the same as an egg white. This type of discharge signals that ovulation is approaching. Fertile cervical fluid helps sperm move up the cervix to fertilize an egg.
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What causes milky white discharge? In the first days of your menstrual cycle, you may experience thin, milky white vaginal discharge. Some people describe this discharge as an “egg white” consistency. This thinner discharge is a sign that you're preparing for ovulation. It's completely normal.
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It may look like white or yellow streaks in your underwear and might leave a crust. Then for a few days, you may see creamy or milky cervical fluid. It's usually white, opaque, and wetter than the sticky stuff you saw before. Fluid resembling raw egg white usually comes after that.
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But most pregnant women will secrete sticky, white, or pale-yellow mucus early on in the first trimester and throughout their pregnancy. Increased hormones and vaginal blood flow cause the discharge. It increases during pregnancy to prevent infections as your cervix and vaginal walls soften.
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Your vaginal discharge can say a lot about what's going on inside your body. In the case of a yeast infection, your discharge is speaking loud and clear! It's often thick, white and clumpy like cottage cheese.
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In the days following your period, you'll probably notice no discharge. This happens when your body creates more mucus before another egg is ripened in anticipation of ovulation. Following these “dry days,” your discharge will go through days when it appears sticky, cloudy, wet, and slippery.
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Thin, stretchy mucus is considered fertile, as it happens around the time when your egg may be released. White, thick discharge is considered infertile cervical mucus. That makes sense, as you most often see this type of mucus when you're no longer fertile — between ovulation and the start of your period.
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Normal vaginal discharge is clear, may be thick or thin, and is usually odorless. The amount produced and the consistency may change at different times during a woman's monthly menstrual cycle. For instance, discharge may become heavier, thicker, and more noticeable when a woman is ovulating.
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White. A bit of white discharge, especially at the beginning or end of your menstrual cycle, is normal. However, if the discharge is accompanied by itching and has a thick, cottage cheese-like consistency or appearance, it's not normal and needs treatment. This type of discharge may be a sign of a yeast infection.
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Overview. Vaginal discharge is most often a normal and regular occurrence. However, there are certain types of discharge that can indicate an infection. Abnormal discharge may be yellow or green, chunky in consistency, or foul smelling. Yeast or a bacterial infection usually causes abnormal discharge.
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Amniotic fluid is a pale, straw-colored fluid. Vaginal discharge, on the other hand, is a thin, milky-white mucus that's similar to (but heavier than) what you might experience between periods. Bloody show — a sign labor is imminent — is a mucousy discharge streaked pink or brown with blood.
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In the run-up to ovulation: In the days leading up to your fertile period, the discharge becomes white or pale yellow in colour, and has more of a creamy, wet texture. Just before ovulation: Clear, jelly-like discharge generally means an egg has been released.
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At first, it might be thick and sticky or tacky, and become more wet and creamy, like a lotion. It may look whitish and cloudy, or even yellowish (especially if it's dry on your underwear) (4). In a 28-day menstrual cycle, you may first notice this fluid around day 9 or 10 (1,4).
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Is it my water breaking or is it discharge? Amniotic fluid is a pale, straw-colored fluid. Vaginal discharge, on the other hand, is a thin, milky-white mucus that's similar to (but heavier than) what you might experience between periods.
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Different Types of Discharge White — Thick, white discharge is common at the beginning and end of your cycle. Normal white discharge is not accompanied by itching. If itching is present, thick white discharge can indicate a yeast infection. Clear and Stretchy — This is "fertile" mucous and means you are ovulating.
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Right before and after your period you produce less vaginal discharge, typically thick and tacky in texture and white or yellowish. It's common to experience “dry days” in these phases. Vaginal discharge is mainly made up of cervical mucus, and right before and during ovulation is when you produce the most.