08 Nov 2013, 11:33 am
LogicalMolly wrote:
To find your cervix all you would need to do is poke a finger up your vagina until you feel a blob blocking your path. The blob will have a tiny hollow in the centre of it that you can feel. That tiny hollow is the hole though which period blood leaks, and the hole that opens up when it's time to have a baby.
The cervix is basically the barrier that marks the end of your vagina. It might be useful to get used to touching your cervix, as that will make it feel less nerve-wracking when you have the medical exam. When I had my first (and last) smear, I was still a virgin and had never touched my cervix, either. Hence, it felt really weird and frightening for something to be up inside there. Nowadays I am as clued up about my body as I used to be clueless. Unless you have a very long vagina you should be able to touch your cervix with your finger during most times of the month. It tends to rise up at certain times of one's cycle, making it harder to reach. If you can't reach it, just bear down (i.e. push downwards with your vaginal muscles). Touching it gently with your finger should not hurt at all. I find it quite interesting. I mean in a curious way, not a sexual way. Touching my cervix doesn't turn me on but I'm very interested in biology and once I realised it was up there within easy reach and touching it was pain-free and not dangerous, I started touching it every now and then to monitor how it goes up and down at different times.
The cervix is basically the barrier that marks the end of your vagina. It might be useful to get used to touching your cervix, as that will make it feel less nerve-wracking when you have the medical exam. When I had my first (and last) smear, I was still a virgin and had never touched my cervix, either. Hence, it felt really weird and frightening for something to be up inside there. Nowadays I am as clued up about my body as I used to be clueless. Unless you have a very long vagina you should be able to touch your cervix with your finger during most times of the month. It tends to rise up at certain times of one's cycle, making it harder to reach. If you can't reach it, just bear down (i.e. push downwards with your vaginal muscles). Touching it gently with your finger should not hurt at all. I find it quite interesting. I mean in a curious way, not a sexual way. Touching my cervix doesn't turn me on but I'm very interested in biology and once I realised it was up there within easy reach and touching it was pain-free and not dangerous, I started touching it every now and then to monitor how it goes up and down at different times.
Oh I know what it is, I've seen pictures and illustrations, I've just never said "hello" to my own, lol. I believe one of those links in the article you posted had actual pictures that someone took of her own cervix. She did this every day for an entire month to show the differences in position, discharge, and so on. It was rather interesting actually, I had no idea it -moved- all that time! That explains why one doctor told me she was having trouble locating it during the bi-manual part. She kept going higher up insisting she couldn't find it, which had me dumbfounded at the time because she was, after all, the doctor at the end of that table. Now I get why, it was playing hide and seek, lol
I have a question regarding touching it: does that hurt at all? I wouldn't think so, it just might feel funny is my impression.
In my other post, I mentioned to the person I was talking to that I should really get to know my body because I am still somewhat unacquainted, especially internally. I mean, I would know how to spot a problem with my breasts or down there as far as externally goes, but the last time I actually ventured in out of sheer curiosity was quite a long time ago and it weirded me out, lol. I know, I shouldn't be so nervous when it comes to just me examining myself because knowing my body is one of the most valuable and important things I can do.
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I've had several pap smears. They're quite unpleasant (pain from the 'scraping' of the q tip on the cervix) but bearable for me, as it hurts down there anyway. I feel like a cat at the vet, but refrain from scratching and biting my doc. 
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