|  |     Rapid Disclaimer, I'm mixing some science with my own opinions and
    experiences.  This may be meaningless, but here goes.
    
    Facts are:  Everyone who ovulates has a cervical mucous change at
    midcycle with the cervical mucous getting "stringier" and more profuse.
    Cervixes change after every pregnancy, no matter how they were ended.
    (childbirth, miscarriage, or abortion.)  Generally the cervix gets
    larger and the opening is also larger.
    
    Opinion and personal experience.  I also didn't notice much of a
    discharge before my first child was born.  Afterwards, I started
    noticing that I was alot more slippery at midcycle, and since my
    second was born, I have a virtual torrent.  I have two ideas of why
    this has happened but no solutions to your problem, other than to
    stop ovulating.  Your cervix has more area and therfore more space
    to create its mucous at ovulation.  My other idea is that after
    a pregnancy and birth you may notice more of what your body is doing
    than you did before your child was born.  The combination of both
    is what I've decided is why I seem to notice my cycle and it's effect
    on me more.
    
    If you've been to the doctor, and have a clean bill of health, I
    guess the only thing to say is live with it (my solution for me),
    look at it as an advantage for fertility detection, and feel like
    changing your clothes every two hours.  I also know what that feels
    like.
    
    Good luck,
    
    Meg
    
     
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|  |     This is the problem for which they developed those lightweight
    panty liners, like thin sanitary pads.  Helps keep down the
    laundry. 
    
    I find that avoiding salt during that week helps reduce the ache
    quite a lot.  And eating a high-bulk snack, such as unsalted
    popcorn or raw vegetables, for two or three days also helps
    sometimes. 
    If the pain gets too bad, there's always (assuming you're not
    nursing) aspirin/tylenol/ibuprofen. 
    --bonnie
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