Thick Mucus During Ovulation
As ovulation approaches your cervical mucus changes from a consistency that s not sperm friendly to a more fertile variety.
Thick mucus during ovulation. The discharge may look cloudy at first then become thicker. When you are near ovulation your body starts changing the makeup of cervical mucus. This mucus called spinnbarkeit means your body is getting ready to ovulate. 3 pre ovulation 10 12 days.
After ovulation the body releases the hormone progesterone which dries up cervical fluid. But if sperm. Before explaining in details what cervical mucus after ovulation feels like it is important to understand the meaning of ovulation and its signs. Usually your discharge becomes drier and thinner after ovulation when estrogen decreases.
Cm after ovulation if pregnant will become thick and milky white in color and in higher amounts. The texture and ph of this mucus are protective for sperm. The clear stretchy mucus that s the consistency of egg whites will be present during ovulation. Flowy but thick cervical mucus during pre ovulation days is semi fertile mucus.
Ovulation is the release of a well developed egg from your right or left ovaries. Pre ovulation cervical mucus is like semi cooked egg white. This stops sperm and any other foreign substance from getting through to the uterus. As you approach ovulation your estrogen levels begin to surge which causes your cervix to secrete more mucus that is of a so called fertile quality this fertile quality cervical mucus also known as egg white cervical mucus ewcm is clear and stretchy similar to the consistency of egg whites and is the perfect protective medium for sperm in terms of texture and ph.
If you hold the mucus between two fingers it can stretch an inch or two without breaking in the middle. Type 4 discharge is clear and has a stretchy consistency similar to raw egg whites says dr. If you are still in your reproductive age ovulation happens in every menstrual cycle. Many people report experiencing changes in cervical mucus early in their pregnancy.
Now the mucus loses it blobby texture. Cervical mucus after ovulation. This type of thick sticky cervical mucus allows the sperm to swim easily into the cervix.