Recognizing Your Fertility Signs
Cervical Fluid
Cervical fluid is the more evident sign of impending ovulation. Estrogen is responsible for producing cervical fluid. When your period is over, you will be dry for a few days. The dry days will turn to sticky days. Dry and sticky days are known as "sub-fertile" days- or a time when your fertility is very low.
After the dry or sticky days, normal cervical fluid usually changes to watery or creamy- whitish or clear in color and very thin. This is an indicator of rising fertility- or rising estrogen in your system. Some women may only get watery or creamy cervical fluid during their peak fertility. A few women may never notice cervical fluid at all. It is a good sign if you are producing cervical fluid because it is the medium that sperm need to swim up through your cervix and into your uterus. Sperm can survive days longer in good cervical fluid.
After the watery/creamy phase, most women will start to produce a new kind of cervical fluid called "Egg White" because it resembles the color and consistency of raw egg whites. This is the most fertile kind of cervical fluid. Egg White cervical fluid is stretchy and clear, or it may have white streaks or even streaks of blood in it. Sperm live the longest in Egg White cervical fluid and the more you have the better!
Abruptly after ovulation, or even the day of ovulation, you will become dry again, or back to sticky cervical fluid. You should remain this way until your next period arrives. Many women notice a lot of creamy or watery cervical fluid before their period arrives. This is completely normal.
Cervical fluid is the more evident sign of impending ovulation. Estrogen is responsible for producing cervical fluid. When your period is over, you will be dry for a few days. The dry days will turn to sticky days. Dry and sticky days are known as "sub-fertile" days- or a time when your fertility is very low.
After the dry or sticky days, normal cervical fluid usually changes to watery or creamy- whitish or clear in color and very thin. This is an indicator of rising fertility- or rising estrogen in your system. Some women may only get watery or creamy cervical fluid during their peak fertility. A few women may never notice cervical fluid at all. It is a good sign if you are producing cervical fluid because it is the medium that sperm need to swim up through your cervix and into your uterus. Sperm can survive days longer in good cervical fluid.
After the watery/creamy phase, most women will start to produce a new kind of cervical fluid called "Egg White" because it resembles the color and consistency of raw egg whites. This is the most fertile kind of cervical fluid. Egg White cervical fluid is stretchy and clear, or it may have white streaks or even streaks of blood in it. Sperm live the longest in Egg White cervical fluid and the more you have the better!
Abruptly after ovulation, or even the day of ovulation, you will become dry again, or back to sticky cervical fluid. You should remain this way until your next period arrives. Many women notice a lot of creamy or watery cervical fluid before their period arrives. This is completely normal.
- Sticky/Dry= Not fertile (Intercourse is not likely to increase your chances of pregnancy)
- Creamy/Watery= Fertile (Intercourse will increase the chance of pregnancy)
- Egg White= Very fertile (Intercourse greatly increases the odds of pregnancy)
As a woman enters her fertile phase, her cervical position changes as well. This is also due to the high levels of estrogen in the body around the time of ovulation. During ovulation, a woman's cervix becomes soft (like your lips) and rises higher in the vagina. The opening of the cervix also becomes slightly larger to allow for better sperm passage. After ovulation the cervix becomes harder (like the tip of your nose) and the opening closes slightly. The cervix will remain this way until menstruation when the opening will open up larger again, but the cervix will still remain hard. After menstruation the cervix will close slightly again and not rise, become soft, or open more until the onset of increased estrogen in the beginning of the fertile phase.
When checking your cervix, always wash your hands before and after checking. Be sure you have short, trimmed nails. This form of checking your fertility is very tricky and takes time and practice to learn how to compare the changes.
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