From Women’s Health News comes this link to a website where a young woman took pictures of her cervix every single day from the day menstruation starts all the way through the day before her next menstrual cycle starts. It’s pretty fascinating, and I think continues our conversation about urine/menstrual blood. For those people who found that conversation gross/disturbing, please be forewarned, the pictures are very graphic. Click here if you’re interested.
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December 7th, 2008 at 1:56 pm #
Fascinating!
Thanks for sharing.
December 7th, 2008 at 2:02 pm #
Ay Niña is what my mom told me when I showed her this. It’s pretty fascinating. I couldn’t stop looking at it and then complaining and the looking at them again.
December 7th, 2008 at 2:10 pm #
ai, girl, you showed your mom this??? You are brave!!! :p
I was pretty grossed out, quite honestly, and I had to keep telling myself, embrace the gross, embrace the disgusting, what does it have to teach you???? hee hee.
December 7th, 2008 at 3:07 pm #
Yup, that’s pretty gross, all right. Amazing and daring and very positive, but clearly I am not ready for the Advanced Fluids Loving course.
I did love that she mentioned the blood spot on day 10 was probably from “vigorous intercourse.”
December 7th, 2008 at 3:39 pm #
I actually do find those photos beautiful – something about the slick, smooth pinkness, especially in the menstruation photos with the bright crimson splashes. The images don’t squick me; I don’t find them gross. Maybe I’m uncommon in that respect.
December 7th, 2008 at 5:07 pm #
These were amazing! Thanks for sharing.
December 7th, 2008 at 10:57 pm #
I wanted to look, but it really made me sick to my stomach, so i had to do like five at a time. It was the fluids more than anything, though, which makes me feel bad because I sell people dildos all day, so I probably shouldn’t have been so grossed out. Ah well.
December 10th, 2008 at 2:43 pm #
This was incredible – thank you so much for this link! I was a little squicked too, but totally fascinated at the same time. Talk about body confidence…
January 17th, 2010 at 3:40 am #
how do i know when my os is open and im fertile? i have my fiance feel inside my vagina to try and feel when it is open but he doesnt really know what he is feeling for. he knows where the cervix and os are but isn’t sure when it is open or closed.he said today it felt like my os or cervix was open which means i am fertile right?then i showed him your pictures of the entire 33 day cycle and he said it felt like day 5 or 6 looked. if thats the case is my os or cervix open and am i fertile?Also I have one more question.How many days am I actually fertile for and which days are my best chances of getting pregnant? Thanks for this site.It has been very insightful and I would like to learn more about my fertilility days.I’m trying to get pregnant and would like to know when my best chances are.Please respond back and help me and my fiance recognize my fertile and my most fertile days.One last thing.My fiance
January 17th, 2010 at 4:05 am #
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feels inside me and says that my os or cervix feels like it is indented.He says that he can’t get his finger in the hole but it feels like it is sunk in.Does that mean that it is open or closed?He’s felt of it before and said he didn’t remember it being indented like that.That’s why he thinks it is open.We are very confused and are very serious about having a baby but I have trouble getting pregnant so we need to hit my fertile days perfect.If you can help me to understand better please respond to my plee for help. Thank you for all your time and your web site it must have took a lot of time and patience,and a whole lot of courage.You’re a brave and empowering women.I am 23 years old and I might be able to pose nude for people to see or study my body,but I don’t think I could show my cervix to the world especially during my menstral cycle.Power to a seemingly strong women.I guess that’s all I can think to ask.If you can help me find my fertile days it would be greatly appreciated.If I get pregnant using your advice I might even name it after you.If it’s a girl.Ha Ha!Thanks for your time.Crystal!
January 19th, 2010 at 2:31 pm #
The os does not open like a door so he should not be able to stick a finger in to it like sticking a finger in a tube. But if it has sunk slightly it probably does mean that it is open.
What does happen is that the uterine changes cause a softening of the uterus and cervix.
And what also happens is that the mucus plug in the os changes from a thick mucus to a thin and very slippery mucus.
This link might help with a description of what you are looking for:
http://www.ovulation-calculator.com/cervical-position.htm
Hope that helps.
January 21st, 2010 at 12:42 am #
just to say that if he could get his finger into your os it would probably mean that yr os is one cm to an inch open, aka dilated, aka not helpful and can cause an infection. so yay! yr cervix is closed but softened. that is what you want if you are looking for signs of fertility.
to be honest, fertility is a tricky thing. it requires a series of hormones to act in concert. and that series can be off rhythm caused by anything from stress to physical abnormalities to someone sticking their finger trying to poke into your uterus.
how many days are you fertile?
ok. about seven days. because the sperm can live about three days in a sperm-friendly uterus. and you are ‘fertile’ for about 3-4 days every month. (this all general info and not specific to yr particular body) so 3-4 days/month plus a couple of days before fertility where u are not ‘fertile’ but the sperm can survive until u r fertile…
my first suggestions is to: relax! relax!
like, most folks i know who got preggers b/c they were trying. tried really hard. and then gave up for a few months. and boom! they were preggers. those hormones, that i mentioned earlier, the series and concert of hormones…they work best under a low-stress environment.
yr best days for getting pregnant are the days when you feel sexy and warm and ready.
another key. orgasm. go for the orgasm. orgasm increases the chances of fertilization b/c the hormones of the -oh. my. god.- plus the push of the cervix and uterus during orgasm cause the sperm to get in the right position for fertilization.
and if after 18 months of trying (yes, 18 months…) then you may want to start looking at more physiological issues around conception.
its funny, i feel, that in our society, we are so warned against not getting preggers that we think that a couple of months of unprotected sex should lead to boom! a baby. well, it doesnt really happen that way usually.
my best friend told me once that if i wanted to get preggers i should stick a fertility goddess under the bed and have sex with my legs in the air.
it worked.
good luck.