Back to Health to A-Z. The amount of discharge varies. You usually get heavier discharge during pregnancy, if you're sexually active or if you're using birth control. It's often slippery and wet for a few days between your periods when you ovulate.
Vaginal Discharge
NHS Wales - Health A-Z : Vaginal discharge
Vaginal discharge can be completely normal, or it can be a symptom of certain health conditions such as a yeast or bacterial infection. Creamy white discharge is one of the most common types of vaginal discharge, and most women will experience it at some point in their lives. This type of discharge can have many causes, some completely normal and others suggesting potential health issues. Creamy white discharge before your period is especially common. The glands in your cervix produce fluids throughout your cycle. The amount of fluid these glands secrete might make your discharge stickier or more watery, depending on the phase of your cycle.
Vaginal discharge: what’s normal?
Last Updated February This article was created by familydoctor. Glands inside your vagina and cervix make small amounts of fluid. This fluid flows out of the vagina each day, carrying out old cells that have lined the vagina. Vaginal discharge is completely normal.
Clue is on a mission to help you understand your body, periods, ovulation, and so much more. Start tracking today. Vaginal discharge is common, and will vary throughout your menstrual cycle. Unusual or atypical vaginal discharge differs in color, consistency, smell or quantity compared to your usual discharge. Unusual vaginal discharge may be a symptom of a bacterial imbalance, an infection or an STI, or in rare cases, cervical cancer.