“Normal” vaginal discharge is usually white, clear or yellow. It shouldn’t smell excessive or cause burning, itching. After the menstrual cycle, discharge is usually watery inconsistency. Around ovulation, the discharge should become thicker and sticky like an egg white, meant to serve as a nice stream for the sperm to swim through to hopefully meet up with an egg in the fallopian tube.

The amount and consistency of discharge a woman produces is mostly determined by the shape of her cervix. Some women have a lot of glands on the outside of the cervix and have more discharge. Occasionally, a woman can produce so much natural discharge that she has to wear a pantyliner.

The cervix, like the rest of the uterus, gets huge during pregnancy. The combination of increased blood, hormonal changes, and bigger cervical glands often result in a lot of discharge during pregnancy. After childbirth, you may find that your new “normal” discharge may be different than it was pre-pregnancy, as the shape of the cervical glands often changes after having a baby.

Hormones also have a big influence on vaginal discharge. While pregnancy increases discharge, alternately, the low estrogen states of menopause and breastfeeding usually lead to minimal discharge. This lower amount of protective discharge can make you more prone to bacterial and yeast infections.

And, of course, an infection can affect discharge. As offending infectious organisms build up in the vagina, they cause vaginal discharge to increase and thicken inconsistency. The body’s immune system then sends in white blood cells and other specialized liquids to attempt to squelch the infection. The discharge caused by infection can be excessive and often has some of the concerning characteristics mentioned above like odor, burning or itching.

Having vaginal discharge is normal and healthy – and necessary. It should really be renamed “vaginal self-cleaning fluid” because that is essentially what it does: it flushes out the old skin and other unneeded fluids (that’s a nice way to say “semen”) and keeps everything in balance.

But if your vaginal discharge hurts, burns persistently itches or is associated with a new sexual partner, you can take herbal medicine Fuyan pill, which can not only cure pelvic inflammation, vaginitis, cervicitis, cervical erosion, and pelvic inflammation, pelvic hydrops but also regulate the interior. It is good for women's health, and there are no side effects.

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