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Post by sarabear on Apr 18, 2008 7:32:57 GMT -5
Ok at 11 dpo, how should my cervix be. I read it should be, firm, and closed. I just checked because I wanted to know. Mine is really high (could barely reach it) and feeling kind of soft (medium). It was so high that I couldn't feel the opening, but like the outer rim, kwim. Is this a good sign for pregnancy? I know, I am looking for ANY sign and obssessing. Slap my hand later when AF shows, ok.
I read that pregnant cervices go high and soft.
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Post by sarabear on Apr 18, 2008 7:41:48 GMT -5
During the beginning of the cycle, the menstrual bleeding, the cervix is normally low and hard and slightly open to allow the blood flow out. It feels like the tip of your nose. I normally don’t check it during menstruation, simply because of the mess. After the bleeding stops the cervix remains low and hard and the os - the opening to the uterus - remains closed. This will change the closer to ovulation you approach. The cervix rises up to the top of the vagina and becomes softer and softer. At the height of ovulation the cervix feels more like your lips than your nose and the os are open to allow sperm to enter in. Sometimes the cervix seems to disappear - which, of course, it has simply become so soft it blends in with the vagina walls and rises so high that the finger cannot touch it. This is known as SHOW - soft, high, open and wet.
When pregnancy occurs, the cervix will rise up and become soft, yet the os will remain tightly closed. This occurs at different times in different women. Some women may find that twelve days after ovulation their cervix will do this and is a probable pregnancy sign. Others won’t experience this until well after the pregnancy has been confirmed.
So this looks like maybe a good sign?? I almost couldn't reach it!!!!! Now add compulsive cervix checker to my name!
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Post by Maria! on Apr 18, 2008 8:01:40 GMT -5
every month mine has been different, i stopped checking because it was never the same. There was one month i thought MAYBE i was pg and i couldn't reach it but it was alittle soft and af came. There are other times its low and soft, its weird! I know what it feels like near o that is the ONLY time i can tell what is going on for sure, lol.
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Post by jillybean on Apr 18, 2008 8:23:45 GMT -5
I've never been able to tell I was preggo by my cervix either...I hope that's a good sign for you though!
~Jillian
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Post by dissonance813 on Apr 18, 2008 9:11:03 GMT -5
Cervix position/feeling isn't usually the best indicator for pregnancy because your cervix moves around all the time. Cervix position can be changed by so many things - time of day, even how full your bowels are (ugh!). Mine was so high I couldn't find it last cycle, and AF showed a few days later. Also, a lot of women who do experience the high/soft cervix in pregnancy don't experience it until after a test is already +.
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