Hostile Cervical Mucus and You
All right, we know. Talking about cervical mucus is, to say the least, a little bit gross. Still, we’re all adults here. (Well, maybe all of us. We know there are a few of you guys out there who just won’t be able to read this post without giggling).
At any rate, cervical mucus is important when it comes to conception. This jelly-ish secretion is a key part of what your body does in order to try to make a baby. It helps to protect the sperm from the relatively hostile and rather acidic environment of the vagina. Without cervical mucus, the acids in the vagina would neutralize sperm, and prevent them from making their journey.
Cervical mucus also carries that sperm up the fallopian tubes where it can try to find an egg to fertilize. It also has this neat filtering function where it identifies sperm that are abnormal and slows them down, making it more likely that the normal sperm will be the ones that make it to the egg.
Today, we want to talk about hostile cervical mucus. Sometimes, a woman’s cervical mucus can be too thick to allow the man’s sperm to be able to penetrate the cervix and move up the rest of the way into the reproductive tract. When this happens, we call it “hostile cervical mucus.”
There are a couple of things you can do to fight hostile cervical mucus. One common way is, oddly enough, by using a product called “guaifenesin,” that you can get at the drug store. Guaifenesin helps to promote the production of egg-white cervical mucus. Egg-white cervical mucus is what helps with conception, and it isn’t hostile.
You can also use Pre-Seed lubricant, if you have issues with the quality of your cervical mucus. Pre-Seed is the only lubricant in the US that is allowed to claim that it is sperm friendly and is safe for people trying to conceive.
There is a herbal remedy for hostile cervical mucus that some women have had luck with, as well. Evening primrose oil is thought to help promote the production of good cervical mucus. Herbalists recommend that women trying to conceive take around 2000 milligrams per day between the time their period starts and when they ovulate.
7 Responses to Hostile Cervical Mucus and YouLeave a Reply |
hi rita,
pls i will like to know the herbs you used to unblock your tubes. i also live in lagos. i can help you get guaifenesin.
Hi Maureen, Unfortunately, a bit of a google search shows that sort of surgery, there are very few options for clearing blocked tubes.
Hello Rita,
thanks for your mail please could you share the herbs you used and if they are obtainable in Nigeria and possibly how to use them? will be so grateful.
thank u so much for all ur recomendations, this conception thing is giving me so much thoughts, i realy dont know what to do, i will try and get these tablets but i dont know if i will get them in Nigeria, especially this part that i live, i pray am able to get them, i went for HSG test last year and i was told there is bilateral tubal blockage, i took some herbs and went for the test again this year and i was told that i am patent, that my tubes are opened and that i dont have any problem, but still i cant concieve, i want to get pregnant, am 39years old.
Rita, u can get evening primerose oil for improvement in cervical mucus for ur conception, here in Nigeria Lagos. u can contact me with this phone no. +2347031644090. Thanks Oge.
we have similar case but have u been treated of any sexually transmitted desease within this period,so that i know the advise to give based on what my gyny taught me.
Hello Jacy, I’m also planning of getting pregnant so do i need to get tested for sexually transmitted disease? thanks