First, I believe the cervix lowers and
softens during a woman's period.
I've always had what I called a "shelf" on
the back wall of my vagina. It feels sharp
sometimes, as though it is fleshy with
cartilage inside of it.
I use a divacup when on my period, that's
how I really began noticing this "shelf".
Well, tonight I was placing my cup back
in, and I always have to stick a finger in
there and rotate to get it to pop open.
Usually I try to get the cup to lay over
the shelf so it sits higher.
Well I sort of explored that shelf a
little more tonight (with cup inside! It
just kinda happened). It was very squishy,
and round. And then I found a hole in the
middle and poked my finger inside of it
slightly A hidden part of my vagina
perhaps?... before realizing it was
probably my cervix and I probably
shouldn't be sticking my finger in there
O.o
Yeah so... anyone else ever accidentally
poked a finger through their cervix
before!? I didn't go far, maybe half the
tip of my pointer finger IF that.
This brings up another question though,
because if that IS my cervix... it's not
pointing the way it does in diagrams! It's
kinda pointing like a wall right towards
my stomach, not a ceiling going downward
out of the vagina. I've never had a gyno
comment on it before, so I assume it's
fine. Just curious.
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Maji
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Posted: 10-01-07 02:45am
i really dont know about any of this as i
dont really explore my insides....
but whats a divacup?
never heard that word before.
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Tylanas
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Posted: 10-01-07 09:27am
A divacup is a menstrual device! It's a
small silicone cup with a pointed bottom,
shaped a little like a rounded cone or and
upside down gothic arch. Anyway, it
catches menstrual flow instead of sucking
it up or letting it fall to a pad. You
empty it about twice a day, once when you
wake up and once before you go to bed
It helps maintain the vagina's natural
lubrication (unlike tampons which tend to
make everything dry and uncomfortable). It
also reduces the smell, unlike pads which
make you smell like dying flowers and/or a
meat market.
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C0245
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Posted: 10-01-07 14:15pm
Don't worry about it, when I went for my
first pap test my nurse told me that my
cervix was in an odd position (she had a
name for it but I can't remember that now)
I asked what that would mean for me, if it
was dangerous or anything but she said it
wasn't, a lot of peoples uterus's aren't
in the exact position that diagrams show,
meaning that the cervix isn't either, it
doesn't affect anything, other than making
the pap a little more difficult for my
poor nurse apparantly lol
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Georgia59
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That's interesting-
Some women's cervixes (however you spell
that plural) do face differently and it
doesn't really matter except can sometimes
cause birth complications.
But personally, it seems a little odd to
me that you could get your finger in your
cervix- I know for a fact that I can't
feel the hole in my cervix, I got very
intimate with it when I had an IUD and had
to feel my cervix for the strings, I knew
it was my cervix because it was hard and
had the strings coming out the middle, and
all I felt was a tiny indent, not a hole.
And if you're on depo, one of the ways
that it protects is that it covers the
hole with thick sticky mucus. I think if
sperm couldn't even get in there, how
could your finger?
But on the other hand, I'm not a doctor!
You could've gotten it in there I guess. I
know for me, I can get my fingers in
between my cervix (it sticks out a little
into your vagina) and the vaginal wall.
Could that be it? Oh well.
Your cervix should feel like the tip of
your nose, it's cartilage. It shouldn't
really be squishy. But it does shift and
change in sensitivity throughout your
cycle, so who really knows?
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Tylanas
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Posted: 10-01-07 22:29pm
I'm not on depo yet... It felt like lots
of squishy flesh covering something hard I
suppose. I have no idea what it was! I
just know there wasn't any resistance so I
could have gone farther, but didn't. I
always thought the hole was small too. So
who knows!
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yogahoneybunny
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Posted: 10-04-07 11:29am
OK ... Go DIVACUP!
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Tylanas
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Posted: 10-04-07 20:31pm
Lol.
"Divacup: Introducing women to their
cervixes since 19XX!"
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Rosie H
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Posted: 10-05-07 13:36pm
where do you get this DIVACUP? Is it over
the counter?
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Georgia59
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Posted: 10-05-07 16:35pm
I am still sad I haven't been able to use
mine yet. No period in three months!!
You can google it and buy it on their
website. Also on the website is a list of
stores that carry it, though there aren't
too many so you might have to buy it
online.
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Tylanas
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Yea, search in yahoo or google for Divacup
and you should get their homepage. It is
over-the-counter so you just need a credit
or bank card!
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