WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for April, 2000: Re: Cervical mucous during period

Re: Cervical mucous during period

From: Kelly Shanahan, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 28 Apr 2000 15:20:28 -0500 (CDT)

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At Fri, 28 Apr 2000, Karen wrote: >
>During my last few cycles I have noticed profuse (and I don't use that
>word lightly) "eggwhite" type cervical mucous in my menstrual flow. It
>is dark red, but otherwise has all the qualities of fertile cervical
>fluid (very slippery and stretchy). It comes out at all once like a
>thick thread (on the toilet) and seems to constitute a good 1/8 of a cup
>or so. I read that this sort of mucous is related to high estrogen
>level just before ovulation. Yet, I am not getting this fluid then
>(when I need it), only during my period. Is this normal during one's
>period? Are my hormones out of whack mid-cycle?

It sounds an awful lot like blood -- red, slippery. If you are not ovulating (maybe try doing ovulation predictor kits to see), then by definition your hormones are out of whack.

-- M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG S. Lake Tahoe, CA

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