You get more discharge with your boyfriend because sexual arousal increases blood flow to the genitals, causing the Bartholin's glands and cervix to produce lubricating fluid, and this natural response mixes with existing cervical mucus and sometimes semen, making it seem like a lot more, which is normal and helps with comfort during sex. This increased fluid helps lubrication, and its consistency can vary from watery to milky or stretchy, depending on arousal and your menstrual cycle.
Excess vaginal discharge can occur as a result of ovulation, arousal, or infections. Typical vaginal discharge ranges in color from clear to white of off-white. The consistency of vaginal discharge also varies from thin and watery to thick and sticky. Generally, healthy vaginal discharge should be relatively odorless.
If thick, white discharge goes along with other symptoms, such as itching, burning and irritation, it is probably due to a yeast infection. If not, it is normal discharge.
As you become aroused, blood flow to your genitals increases, which triggers the release of fluid from the cervix and the Bartholin's glands, which provides lubrication during sexual activity.
Assuming she has a uterus and a vagina, the wetness that you mentioned could be from natural responses during sexual arousal or even from daily life that secretes fluids from different glands (more on this later). Another possibility is fluids from ejaculation, squirting, or coital incontinence.
Your menstrual cycle
Goje says. Thick, white discharge usually happens between your period and ovulation. The texture could be sticky and paste-like or creamy, almost like the texture of yogurt.
It's normal to have some amount of discharge every day. You can't prevent it because it's your body's way of keeping your vagina clean and healthy.
The amount of discharge you have varies depending on the individual. It can be heavier if you are pregnant, using birth control, or sexually active. However, if white vaginal discharge has a thick lumpy consistency (like cottage cheese), this can indicate that you have a yeast infection.
According to studies and textbooks, women generally produce anywhere from 1 to 4 ml of vaginal discharge in 24 hours. The amount tends to vary on a day-to-day basis, often affected by factors like ovulation and birth control.
Key Takeaways. Watery discharge is normal and can happen around ovulation or during pregnancy. If discharge changes color or has an unusual smell, see a healthcare provider as it could be an infection. Avoid douching because it can disrupt vaginal health and increase infection risk.
Normal vaginal discharge: Is thin, clear, white or slightly yellow in color. Often increases 2 weeks before menstruation. May change or increase with some birth control methods.
Consistency and Feel: Arousal fluid is usually slick, slippery, and very wet to the touch. It makes everything glide easily. Discharge can vary – sometimes it's stretchy or sticky, sometimes lotion-like or slightly clumpy (especially if it's the thick ovulation mucus or right before your period when it can be thicker).
Change in cervical mucus: Some women notice a change in their cervical mucus after ovulation, which could be a sign that sperm went inside the body. Mild cramping or spotting: Some women experience mild cramping (Mittelschmerz) or light spotting after ovulation, which could be a sign of implantation.
Age, sexual experience, arousability, body-esteem, sexual autonomy, and sexual assertiveness seem to benefit women's sexual pleasure, while sexual compliance and a gender power imbalance seem to compromise it.
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).
Dark brown discharge may indicate a hormonal imbalance. Estrogen is a hormone that stabilizes the endometrium. If estrogen levels are too low, the endometrium may break down at various points during the cycle. This can result in dark brown discharge or other abnormal bleeding.
Wet and slippery cervical mucus indicates fertility. This type of discharge makes it easy for sperm to swim to an egg at ovulation. Some people find charting their cervical mucus helps identify when they're most likely to conceive.
Scratches or wounds in the vagina due to infection can also cause vaginal discharge without any clear or particular odor. Another cause of odorless vaginal discharge is hormonal changes during pregnancy. In this case, there will be increased vaginal discharge, and it may be clear in appearance and odorless.
A healthy vagina does makes a discharge—slippery and clear or whitish when moist, may turn yellowish when dried, and has little odor. This healthy discharge may also be thicker during some times of the month. Unhealthy discharge is different.
Some people experience a heightened sexual arousal that causes the genital contractions during orgasm to “squirt” arousal fluid from the vagina. This is sometimes referred to as female ejaculation. This clear fluid is expelled from glands close to the urethra.
This is totally normal and should go away within a few days. You might also just be having spotting (light bleeding and/or brown discharge that can happen when you're not on your period). Spotting is pretty normal and usually harmless. And it could be totally unrelated to the fingering.
Creaming is primarily due to density differences between the two phases, and many emulsions cream on prolonged standing. The disperse phase (normally oily) is less dense and rises to the top to form a layer of more concentrated emulsion. Flocculation may occur in addition to creaming.
The cause is often low hormone levels related to menopause.
Estrogen is a hormone that helps maintain the vagina's lubrication, elasticity, and thickness. Low levels of estrogen can cause thinning, drying, and inflammation of vaginal walls. This is called vaginal atrophy.