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| What about my watery discharge? #1244/7 |
I have been sleeping with only one man for a long time and we just had sex for the first time not using a condom. A little bit after sex, I had a liquidy sort-of a white, very watery discharge. What is this? Sometime I have it even when we havent just had sex. What is this?
After intercourse, a woman often has a small amount of discharge. Ejaculation leads to about a teaspoon of fluid, the ejaculate, being deposited in a woman’s vagina. It is this fluid that can come out immediately or in the 24 hours after sex.
The fact that you have had intercourse with just one man for a long time simplifies somewhat, the answer to your question since the likelihood of the discharge being caused by an infection, is quite low. This is particularly true if your partner has never been treated for infection or has not had any recent symptoms of an infection.
Have you ever in the past had intercourse without a condom? Women often say that an advantage of using a condom is that this little discharge and inconvenience associated with it is resolved.
You might want to read more about vaginal discharges after intercourse by clicking on one of the following questions:
What is my discharge after sex caused by? #326/6 Click here
Does a dark discharge mean I should worry? #864/6 Click here
Is it normal to have semen come out of the opening of the vagina in the hours following intercourse? #224/7 Click here
Key Words: sex, condom, white watery discharge, ejaculation, fluid, vagina, intercourse, infection
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Robert A. Hatcher MD, MPH
Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
---2008-01-24
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