Ovulation & fertility
Understand when you ovulate, read the signs of your fertile window, and plan around your most fertile days.
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Ovulation discharge: what it looks like
Near ovulation your cervical mucus usually becomes clear, slippery and stretchy — much like raw egg white. This “egg-white” discharge signals your most fertile days; it appears for a few days, peaks around ovulation, then dries up.
Read more → OvulationOvulation cramps (mittelschmerz)
Many people feel a mild, one-sided ache low in the abdomen around ovulation — called mittelschmerz (German for “middle pain”). It usually lasts from a few minutes to a couple of days and is generally harmless.
Read more → OvulationCervical mucus: a guide to each stage
Cervical mucus changes through your cycle as estrogen rises and falls. Just after your period it is scant or sticky; as you approach ovulation it becomes creamy, then clear, slippery and stretchy like egg white — the sign of your most fertile days. After ovulation it turns thick and dries up.
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