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The Truth about Vaginal Discharge and Wetness: How Much is Normal?!

a lot of people think how aroused a woman is is correlated with how lubricated she is well that may not actually be the case I'm Dr Rena Malik urologist and pelvic surgeon and today we're going to talk about what is a normal amount of vaginal wetness and what happens when a woman is aroused and does that actually mean that she is more lubricated first off every woman is different and vaginal discharge is completely normal and healthy the reason women have vaginal discharge is because it's actually meant to protect your genital area from any sort of injury it helps keep out any dead cells bacteria or other debris that can get into the vagina and that's why you'll hear many of us Physicians say that the vagina is a self-cleaning oven it doesn't require any additional douching or anything like that the discharge itself helps prevent infections and helps maintain a normal healthy vaginal Flora anything else you put in the vagina can disrupt that flora and create problems like yeast infections or bacterial vaginosis interestingly the amount of vaginal discharge that you produce can vary day to day it depends on what point of the cycle you're in right after you menstruate your cervix usually produces a substance that is like a mucus like or sticky and as the cycle continues it will start to become thinner and stretchier almost like a raw egg white in the days right before ovulation it becomes even more watery and even thinner and so that fluid becomes very clear and slippery and so you might notice all of a sudden a lot of more significant thin discharge after ovulation that discharge tends to decrease significantly and the cycle then restarts after your period so how much discharge is actually normal in a day in fact in 1985 a group of researchers decided to study how much discharge women were making over the course of their cycle they had them wear a tampon overnight for eight hours and measure the amount of lubrication that was created and I took that number which was over eight hours and multiplied it by three to get a full 24 hours and the average amount was about 4.6 milliliters or almost a teaspoon of fluid it ranged anywhere from 2.2 milliliters to 10 and a half milliliters or less than half a teaspoon to a little over two teaspoons depending on what time of the cycle it was and this is extremely individualized just because you make more discharge or less doesn't make you any better or worse of a person it's just how you are individually and everyone makes discharge it's completely normal so now let's talk about lubrication that occurs right before arousal again it's really important to note that because someone is well lubricated it doesn't mean they're aroused and vice versa if they're not lubricated it doesn't mean that they're not aroused oftentimes because of a variety of different things like age hormonal changes medications some people may not get as lubricated as others and it does not mean that they're not turned on so what happens during arousal so as you know women are always creating discharge or some wetness Down Below on a regular basis however when aroused the body tends to respond by creating additional lubricant from two other areas one of those is called the Bartholin glands and these are glands located at the opening of the vagina at about the four o'clock and eight o'clock position these secrete a colorless kind of mucoid fluid that increases with stimulation and this is made for a reason in fact it creates this fluid so that anything entering the vagina will slide in easily whether that's a penis a finger or a toy and the second type of gland that creates fluid is called the skis gland and these are located on the top side of the vagina underneath the urethra and they also can produce fluid in response to arousal so I've talked about how these function in my video about female ejaculation and squirting so make sure you check that one out lastly when a woman is aroused there's also increased blood flow to the genitals just like there's increased blood flow to the penis in men and this causes more fluid to be released not only in the vagina itself but in the labia or the lips of the vulva and in fact there is kind of a dichotomy of how women think about their own wetness some women think that being more lubricated is associated with pleasure joy and connection or it's a normal biological function others however have anxiety either they feel like they don't have enough wetness or others feel like they have too much or excessive wetness and this can result in anxiety that can either be related to how they view their own bodies or how they relate to their partner and I think a lot of this feeling like you're making too much is very much societal right women are told often that they have too much hair they have too much bleeding with their menstrual cycles they have too much body weight and so things like lubrication can make some women feel very self-conscious but regardless of how you feel vaginal discharge and lubricant education is completely normal and oftentimes women's lubrication will increase even when they're not aroused so don't feel ashamed or don't feel worried if that is happening however if you are having symptoms like new vaginal dryness pain discharge that is maybe smelling a little bit or looks a little different you have some itching or burning or you've had a new change that's very very different from your usual it's important to then make sure you see your doctor to discuss this and make sure you don't have an infection or any other abnormality but bottom line vaginal discharge lubrication is all 100 normal and nothing to feel bad about I hope you all enjoyed this if you like my videos please do me a favor subscribe and share this Channel with your friends so we can get more and more people to learn all this education we never got in school and always remember to take care of yourself because you are worth it [Music] thank you [Music]

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