Vaginal flora help make this white fluid which helps maintain an acidic ph in the vagina and prevents other harmful pathogens from thriving.
Thin milky white sticky discharge.
Healthy vaginal discharge also called leukorrhea is thin and clear or white and has only a mild odor.
Leukorrhea is the normal milky white or clear vaginal discharge.
Normal discharge at this stage of your cycle is sometimes called egg white mucus because of its thin stretchy and slippery texture.
For example vaginitis a bacterial infection of the vagina can cause changes in ph that.
It is fairly common vaginal discharge especially early in pregnancy.
This milky white discharge may also be a sign that you re pregnant.
In the early stages of pregnancy some people produce a thin milky white discharge.
Before ovulation the discharge becomes clear and sticky and before the next period discharge is thick and white in consistency vaginal discharge during pregnancy is thin white milky and mild smelling.
The amount of discharge also increases during pregnancy.
The vaginal discharge can range from clear and watery during ovulation to milky white and sticky at other times.
It typically does not come with itching or strong foul odor.
It is usually thin and could have a mild odor.
There are various types of discharges some are.
It is normal to have discharge at various stages of the menstrual cycle and during pregnancy.
Any kind of change in consistency color and smell of the milky discharge from the vagina could be a sign of a vaginal infection.
This white thin and milky discharge during pregnancy is called leukorrhea.
However if the color of the discharge is slightly whitish gray in shade with strong and foul odor the discharge could be a sign of infection called bacterial vaginosis.
Vaginal discharge is a regular and normal occurrence for women.
So this discharge is a good thing.
While normal vaginal discharge tends to range from sticky and milky white to watery and clear abnormal discharge tends to have an unusual appearance texture or odor and is often accompanied by.
It helps wash away bacteria and dead cells from the vagina.
Clear stretchy vaginal discharge usually isn t anything to worry about but there are a few exceptions.
This discharge is also odorless.
Pregnancy and sexual arousal can also cause an increase in white discharge.
