I'm sorry to post something so... intimate... but this is something I've been paranoid about forever. I'm not sure if my cervix is "normal" or not. None of my doctors have ever said anything about it during exams, so I don't think I have a problem, but it's still something I'm obsessively curious about.
I've uploaded a picture to kind of illustrate what I'm talking about. It seems that in photos I see online, the cervix is circular with a hole in the middle, like a thick donut with a tiny hole. But my cervix feels like two triangular pieces, with one "flap" being longer than the other and the hope being a slit between the two. When I examine my cervical position, the first thing I touch is the uppermost tip of the larger "flap", and the hole/slit is on the left hand side of the whole shenanigan. If you hold your thumb against the highest knuckle of your index finger, that is exactly what my cervix feels like.
Is this normal??? Is anyone else like this, or am I just weird???
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Is My Cervix Normal?
thewocketinyourpocket · 07/03/2016 23:03
It has never occurred to me to worry what my cervix looks like! 
@thewocketinyourpocket - what exactly is it that you are worried about, because it cannot possibly be its aesthetic appearance, nor any major disease if you say doctors have examined you and not commented on it. Have you never been pregnant and are worried it’s a sign of an incompetent cervix or something?? Do you have normal periods? Why on earth are you worried about it?!
Okay, so, after 5 years, this post has somehow gotten attention again. I've learned quite a bit in those years, and would first like to address a few things:
Walkaround: Your replies come off as quite rude and condescending. Seriously. Idk if there's a stick up your cervix or if you're just preggo and hormonal or wtf is going on, but iimimI'ms sorry that my cervical concerns triggered some sort of dark awakening in you. Geez. It's pretty friggin' normal for folks to contemplate their body parts, ESPECIALLY when they don't resemble allll of the pictures seen online (which is evident by literally 12 private messages I've gotten in the past few hours). So away with ye, Ms. Judgey McJudgeypants!
Aaaaaand now the important stuff: The Update.
According to the GP who delivered kiddo: a slitted cervix, while not common, is not in the realm of anything unusual. Most women have the perfect circle donut hole. Some of us do not. After giving birth for the first time, it's also common for donut-cervixed women to have their cervical holes change from perfect circles to slits. Likewise, for us crab-claw cervixed gals, our cervical slits will become more pronounced.
Also, Doc said that sometimes it's just a matter of perspective. When we examine our cervixes with our fingers, we're going in an angled hole with angled fingers, and won't really be "head on" unless using a speculum. It might feel weird or off for some just because of the odd reach.
Who gets the creviced crab-claw and who doesn't is all up to biology. For what it's worth, I also have horrifically deep crevices in my molars that can't be reached by toothbrush, so maybe I'm just genetically creviced. And maybe you are, too!
So, for all the ladies wtf-ing at their oddly shaped cervix that seems to greatly deviate from donut to crab... First, your concerns are valid. Your curiosity is valid. And your body is valid, too. You're okay. A little odder than the majority, but well within the realm of a standard deviation. Crab-claw won't affect your pregnancies or periods, you aren't at higher risk for cervical erosion, and in the end, most women who have several children will end up with crab-claws, too.
I don't intend on responding to this post or private messages anymore, as I am preggo (again!) and feeling pretty moody. Let's let this thread sleep. (Wtf, why is there no sleep emoji?!)
Peace and health to all! 
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