Sticky Situations
November 9th, 2005Dear Amy,
I heard you can tell when you are fertile by the stickiness of your vaginal fluids. Is this true — and if so, how can you tell and how accurate is it?
Sticky Girl
Dear Sticky,
It is possible to detect certain patterns in fertility through the texture and quality of cervical mucus. I’m totally for the idea of women getting in touch with their bodies, including how things feel inside their vaginas. However, this is not a foolproof method for determining fertility, and I recommend talking things over with your hopefully sex-positive gyno. Planned Parenthood has great information on the cervical mucus method here.
Enjoy,
Amy