Thick Mucus After Ovulation
The sperms need to travel up to tubes for fertilization.
Thick mucus after ovulation. It allows sperm to move into the cervix. As ovulation approaches your cervical mucus changes from a consistency that s not sperm friendly to a more fertile variety. This means you are no longer in your fertile phase. Usually your discharge becomes drier and thinner after ovulation when estrogen decreases.
Having the thick white discharge on the 8 th day after ovulation can also mean you are pregnant with the possibility of not being pregnant also eminent. Many people report experiencing changes in cervical mucus early in their pregnancy. Normally after ovulation your cervical mucus declines and becomes thicker. After ovulation the hormone progesterone causes cervical mucus to become sticky and thick.
After sex the mucus you see may be ejaculate of you or your partner. It allows the sperms to move in your vagina easily. This stops sperm and any other foreign substance from getting through to the uterus. Egg white cervical mucus occurs during the most fertile time of your cycle and is a sign of impending ovulation back to dry and sticky post ovulation you may notice an increase of discharge again right before your period is due which is caused by increased blood flow changing estrogen levels and the cervix preparing for menstruation.
This can occur 6 to 12 days following conception. But if sperm. In the few days preceding your period you may notice a thick white discharge creamy or milky discharge. Given that the pregnancy will occur after a week from ovulation during implantation you should notice the change in the cervical mucus after that time.
Some women experience implantation bleeding or spotting. Cervical mucus before ovulation is thick and lumpy and extremely viscous making it hard for the sperms to swim in it. The discharge may look cloudy at first then become thicker. Mucus before ovulation is the least fertile.
It is referred to as leukorrhea and an early sign of a pregnancy. Cm after ovulation if pregnant will become thick and milky white in color and in higher amounts. After implantation mucus tends to be thick gummy and clear in color. After ovulation the body releases the hormone progesterone which dries up cervical fluid.
Just a few days before ovulation mucus becomes watery and moist. There is no need to treat the smell as the vaginal discharge will wash it away.