Contents:
- Medical Video: How to get pregnant - Improve your chances of getting pregnant
- What is cervical mucus?
- Check the cervical mucus as a sign of your fertility period
Medical Video: How to get pregnant - Improve your chances of getting pregnant
If you are not pregnant yet, there are various ways you and your partner can try to have a baby. One simple way is to know cervical mucus. Why? Because checking the cervical mucus makes you know when the fertile period occurs, making it easier to plan a pregnancy.
What is cervical mucus?
Cervical mucus is a thick liquid produced by glands in the cervix. This mucus acts as a natural lubricant during sex and helps facilitate the passage of sperm to the egg.
Not only that, the cervical mucus also functions to check the fertile period of a woman. You can find out whether a woman is in the fertile period or not from the texture and the amount of mucus that comes out.
The most accurate way to determine this mucus change is to collect and observe your mucus samples every day. To do this, wash your hands with soap and running water until clean and dry your hands.
After that, slowly insert your middle or index finger into the vagina, as close as possible to your cervix. Lift your finger and observe the texture of the mucus sample by rolling the mucus between the thumb and finger, pressing the fingers, and then slowly separating it.
You can also see the mucus when using toilet paper to wipe or see the mucus left in the panties. Whatever method you use, make sure you consistently use the same method every day to be able to see the difference.
Check the cervical mucus as a sign of your fertility period
Cervical mucus has its own characteristics over time, depending on your ovulation. The following is the texture and amount of mucus based on the time of ovulation that occurs:
After the menstrual period
Mucus will be produced more. The mucus texture is also generally slippery, slightly sticky when touched and is likely to be yellow, grayish, or white.
When approaching ovulation
The closer you are to ovulation, the more your cervical mucus will be. In addition, the mucus that is released will generally be wetter and the texture becomes increasingly thicker and tends to runny like egg white. The goal is to make it easier for sperm to move fast towards the egg.
During ovulation
When entering ovulation, which is when the ovaries secrete their eggs, more mucus production will be produced. At this time, the mucus produced reaches the highest number compared to other times.
While the texture is still the same, it is rather thick but tends to be liquid like egg white. Well, if you find cervical mucus like this, the sign is you are in a fertile period.
Having sex with a partner when this period will increase the chances of pregnancy.
After Ovulation
After ovulation, the amount of cervical mucus begins to decrease and the texture becomes thicker. Mucus is no longer wet or slippery. Mucus color is usually white or creamy yellow.
Its thick and thick texture, similar to that lotion which can be applied on the surface of the body. Cervical mucus with a creamy texture is considered infertile because it inhibits sperm movement.
During periods of stress
Production of cervical mucus at this time is at its lowest. In fact, some women reveal that they experience "dryness" during the menstrual period.
The mucus texture at this time also usually becomes more sticky thick, thick, and dense, making it harder for sperm to swim into the womb. Well, that shows you are in a poor condition.
