Well ya never can tell, just might be. Carry on. I stated an opinion as did others. Neither right nor wrong.
I’m always quite happy to come across topics such as this one as I find them quite comforting.
Just recently I switched to a different birth control pill and was disgustingly surprised to feel my floodgates open one day and issue forth a stream of globular gooey ickiness. I immediately did some reading on the subject and found that it was normal. It made me feel better to know that it was considered normal for my nether regions to cough up a loogey, but I had to wonder how many females experienced this.
ultress
I guess I don’t fit under your category of “Most People” then. I appreciate these types of conversations. I don’t have many female friends so places like this are havens of useless/fun/bodily facts that I would otherwise go without.
This topic may be “Personal” but it’s personal to a large portion of the population and I have to think that most of us like to hear that others are experiencing the same type of weird stuff…at least it makes me feel better.
So, where was I? Oh, yes, vaginal secretions
mildly revolting story to follow
A few years ago me and the then-SO were using quite a bit of Astroglide brand personal lubricant. A fine product, really, but apparently we were using it to excess, for it changed the chemistry of the hoo-ha such that my vaginal secretions where bleaching my underwear. Yikes!!!
I suggested toning down the Astroglide use. XSO protested (“but it’s fun!” being the primary arguement). I declared “you must have respect for the delicate chemistry of the pussy!”
My finest hour, really.
I with Ham on this one.
I’ve had a vagina for many years now, and I never knew that all the changes were normal (I’m sort of too clueless to pick up on patterns) until I was on a pregnancy list and people were talking about fertility and how secretions change throughout the month. Who knew! I should have!
I also remember being very red-faced in college when asking a FNP after my pap smear if she felt I was normal-looking. I mean, I felt stupid asking, but I didn’t know and I wanted to. No one talks about genitalia, and you never see it unless you find your cousin’s Hustler stash. I think that’s kind of sad.
My son is going to know a lot about vaginas. I vow this. He’s also going to be told they are amazing and wonderful, just the rest of the human body.
All this to say, it’s informative, folks!
I agree there are ways to talk about it that are a little more, erm, respectful and informative, as opposed to talking about it in a way that is meant to shock or amaze of amuse. I prefer the former, and frankly I think most posts here have been in that vein.
Coughing up a loogey, Mogwei…? Perfect analogy! Thanks.
I’m always quite happy to come across topics such as this one as I find them quite comforting.
Just recently I switched to a different birth control pill and was disgustingly surprised to feel my floodgates open one day and issue forth a stream of globular gooey ickiness. I immediately did some reading on the subject and found that it was normal. It made me feel better to know that it was considered normal for my nether regions to cough up a loogey, but I had to wonder how many females experienced this.
ultress
I guess I don’t fit under your category of “Most People” then. I appreciate these types of conversations. I don’t have many female friends so places like this are havens of useless/fun/bodily facts that I would otherwise go without.
This topic may be “Personal” but it’s personal to a large portion of the population and I have to think that most of us like to hear that others are experiencing the same type of weird stuff…at least it makes me feel better.
I’m serious!
Some of you may remember that I was treated for uterine fibroids earlier this year. This involved injecting a substance in my body that cut off the blood supply to the fibroids, and also to some extent the whole uterus. So they warned me after the procedure that some tissue would die and slough off.
So after the surgery, this sludge starts coming out of my vagina. It was the approximate color and consistency of that really nasty green snot that you get when you have a bad sinus infection. And it smelled like something decaying (which it was). Fortunately it slacked up quite a bit when I went to see my sweetie, and he didn’t know anything was amiss (although I passed on oral sex that weekend) I still get a little occasionally, but the smell has disappeared (fortunately) And I passed two fibroids. The larger of the two was probably an inch around and 4 inches long.
Sorry, I’ve been wanting to tell someone that for months.
[sub]Do you think they get one of the female mods to moderate these threads?[/sub]
I think we need to take up a collection to buy Zyada a carriage return or an extra noun or something. Definite unintended but humerous juxtaposition there :).
Well, despite my protestations whenever these threads come around, I’m glad these threads exist. I’d like to be prepared and not horrified out of my wits if a girlfriend complains of some strange emission or another.
It’s like knowing that those freakish bumps you get when you have chickenpox are normal, and you’re not mutating do to eating too much microwaved food.
And, Unclebeer, I feel your pain.
I thought this thread was going to be about how the Army wasn’t allowing women to serve anymore…
Yeah Doc, I’d figured the Virginia Guard or something.
Now me and a dead cat are sitting stunned in front of this monitor.
Up until reading this post, I honestly believed there was only one type of discharge, and that being the red stuff…
Now I feel vastly more informed, and frankly, mildly disgusted. 
God I love having a penis, now more so than ever.
I suddenly hear Dave Foley in the back of my mind, proclaiming, “I have a healthy attitude toward menstruation!”
[MCP]
It’ll be about three more days before that happens, UncleBeer.
[/MCP]
And for some reason, the brownish discharce description made me think of Nutella. Huh.
Oops. 
There was a CR there originally, but I forgot to re-read the paragraph after I took it out.
I do get a little of that occasionally too, whenever Bob and I get together. 
Funny you should ask. Why, I was JUST perusing my monthly ( ahem.) issue of Bodily Discharge & Effluvia[sym]ä[/sym]and I came upon the MOST interesting article.
It seems that there’s a group of women who have done a DNA check on cervical mucous and found it to be over 98.6423 % matched to barnicle adhesive. This means basically that a waterproof adhesive can be manufactured from said cervical mucous.
It could be used to patch holes in battleships, floatation devices, rafts, oars, inflatable toys of all shapes and sizes and most importantly ( and I think this is where I’ll win you over, Cranky ) adhering American Flags to the underside of submarines so that attacking ships can see the depth ( ahem ahem ) of our Patriotism.
If I can just find the article on the Internet, I’ll dash it over to your office, m’kay? A representative MAY be in touch with you sooner than you think !!! ( I know I’m gonna pay for this one, but since I adore Cranky, the fear is tinged with glee ).
Cartooniverse
You mean I can use them to get stoned?
The day after Dominic was born I passed one a little bigger than a chicken egg. Ack!
Personally, I’m glad these threads exist, and I wish people were more open about bodily discharges and what not. I’ve mentioned before that nobody explained sex to me until I was all of 14-15. I didn’t learn about periods until I got mine and honestly thought I was dying. And no one ever told me about discharge. I thought I was sick when I was 16 and I made an appointment to go to the OBGYN without telling my mom. I was still a virgin, and the doctor was shocked when I told her why I had come: I thought there was something wrong with my hoo-ha because it was leaking.
It’s not like I discuss vaginal discharge with people I’ve just met in person, anyway.
I’m going to echo what others have said here… talking about icky bodily functions is sometimes fun just in the gradeschool grossout humor department, but it’s also reassuring to know that your body isn’t some weird freakish mutant thing–that other people experience the same stuff.
I remember the first time I started reading pregnancy/fertility sites, for example. I used to worry that I had some latent infection that wouldn’t go away because periodically I’d have a sort of pasty white discharge instead of the clear stuff. Turns out that it’s just part of the monthly cycle of goo/ooze and nothing to worry about. If people didn’t discuss these things, I’d probably still feel weird about it (and yes I had seen doctors before, they said nothing was wrong but didn’t tell me that it was normal)
Yeah, it could be discussed in sterile, clinical terms… or we could all just read educational pamphlets to learn this stuff… but why? Why is a natural body function taboo? Why shouldn’t we lighten the mood a little and make it humorous and entertaining as well as reassuring and such?
As for wasting bandwidth… well that’s just silly. Until I see ultress post a scolding message in every food fight/pillow fight/favorite song/most hated actor/etc thread then I just don’t buy that as a valid complaint.
Well, this thread is bringin’ tears to my eyes. Is that what you mean?