Question:
This question is for the ladies only, sorry guys but you just can't help.

Has anyone experience a creamy white milkyish vaginal discharge after surgery. This just started. I know it's not a yeast infection. There is no odor and I don't itch. I'm married so I don't sleep around. I am just curious. When I use the panty liners I develop a yeast infection from the constant moisture and plastic backing. I am doing this annon. because, quite frankly it's embarrassing. Thanks in advance.    — [Anonymous] (posted on February 21, 2002)

February 21, 2002
No, I haven't had this, but I do know losing the weight fast dumps estrogen into our bodies because estrogen is stored in fat. This does cause hormone's to go nuts, so maybe it has to do with that. I'd call a gyno anyway.
   — Becky K.

February 21, 2002
That kind of discharge can come from a bacterial infection, very common. It may clear up itself in 10 days, but if it last longer than that, or worsens or changes in smell occur, see your doctor for an antibiotic. Women commonly get vaginal infections from something as simple as wiping back to front instead of front to back. No big whoop, dear.
   — merri B.

February 21, 2002
Hello!! As long as it doesn't smell, itch, etc I would give it a few weeks! I took hormones to aid in fertility and had the same thing.. I went running to the dr. thinking something was wrong, but he said changing hormones could do that! If it isn't bothersome and it doesn't get worse I say ride it out a week!!!
   — [Anonymous]

February 21, 2002
I had the same thing! I thought maybe it was a yeast infection at first...but noitch or smell! It went away after about 2 days. I wouldn't be too concerned.
   — [Anonymous]

February 22, 2002
You probably ovulated. There is often a creamy white to clear discharge upon ovulation. Some people use this to help determine fertility (the rhythm method). Your hormones are really going crazy right now, so that is probably what triggered it. Good Luck!
   — Kierstin C.

February 22, 2002
I had this EXACT thing happen! I went into the doctor and she laughed when she told me that it was from ovulating. In my 8 years of infertility treatments I had never experienced what she called "fertile mucus". I had read about it but never experienced it. If it was the consistancy of egg whites that may of been what it was.
   — [Anonymous]