Semen Elimination Technique Following Intercourse (SET)
1. Urinate after intercourse within a comfortable time (approximately 1 hour)
2. As you urinate, stop flow several time - wipe after each stop
3. Any discharge seen later that day or next day is charted as you see it
the presence of seminal fluid after intercourse confuses their mucus observations. To prevent confusion, these women can do the Semen Elimination Technique (SET). This technique is helpful for both accurate mucus observations and for bladder hygiene. After doing SET, any discharge seen later that day (if intercourse is in the morning) or early the next day must be charted as observed. SET is done to reduce confusion between seminal fluid and cervical mucus, because seminal fluid may (to the unpracticed eye and nose) look similar to cervical mucus By doing SET the chance of seeing seminal fluid and confusing it for cervical mucus is, for the most part, eliminated.
Special Note: seminal discharge is gummier than cervical mucus and has a fishy or heavy musk odor. Cervical mucus is more fluid and has a sweet floral note to its musk.