Changes in your cervical mucous can change at many times throughout your monthly cycle.  In addition, changes to your cervical mucous can also occur after conception.  In fact, changes in cervical mucous can be one of the telling signs of pregnancy.

After conception, changes to your cervical mucous will occur.  To understand these changes, it is necessary to understand exactly what cervical mucous is and what it does.  Cervical mucous is a jelly-like substance that a woman’s body produces during her monthly cycle.  Cervical mucous is an important part of conception, in that it helps sperm to survive once it is inside of a woman’s body, and it helps that sperm to get to an egg so it can fertilize the egg.

Cervical mucous changes during your cycle.  After your period there will be no cervical mucous for anywhere from three to five days.  After this time, you will have a small amount of cervical mucous that will be sticky and range in color from white to a cloudy clear color.  As you get closer to ovulating, you will notice an increase in cervical mucous.  At this time, cervical mucous will also become moist and sticky, and will be similar in consistency to hand lotion.  During ovulation, cervical mucous will resemble an egg white, both in terms of texture and appearance.  In fact, this is known as “egg white cervical mucous,” and is necessary for conception.  After ovulating, your cervical mucous will decrease again, and will become less slippery.

After conception, your cervical mucous will form your mucous plug.  The mucous plug will cause your cervical mucous to become more and more dry as your pregnancy continues on.  Later in pregnancy, you may have some discharge of cervical mucous that again resembles an egg white.

While changes in cervical mucous after conception may not be the easiest way to know if you are pregnant, they can be one indicator among many.  If you have concerns about changes to your cervical mucous or about conception, or about how the two are related to one another, you should speak with your health care provider.

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