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Should my cervix feel like this?

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BaggyBaggyOldBag · 07/05/2012 18:55

Have namechanged in order to conceal rampant hypochondria from MN mates. BlushGrin

I've had two babies and an ERPC (before them). I'm cosleeping/breastfeeding with second child and at 16 months, periods haven't yet returned. Yesterday I noticed I had a lot of cervical mucus, and being a lentil weavery, cycle-charting type, I thought, ooh, maybe I'm ovulating at long last, and had a bit of a rummage to see if I could find my cervix. (When you ovulate, it should be low, a bit open and soft.) It was all of that, but mostly I was struck by how open it is. Open, as in, I could pop a finger inside without much discomfort if I wanted to. Shock (I didn't.)

So after two vaginal deliveries (average sized babies, nothing untoward) and an ERPC that I know gave me a bit of scar tissue (I still have a lump of scarring on one side of the cervix), should my cervix be this baggy? It felt a bit lumpy or 'crowded' inside too (I could feel this from the opening). Can you get prolapses of the uterus that come down the cervix?? Confused

I know this is all very obsessive and so on, but does it sound worth taking myself to the nurse at the GP surgery and asking her to have a look? I haven't had a smear since just before I became pregnant with baby #2, so just over two years ago. Smears have all been normal.

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cocolepew · 07/05/2012 19:03

Going by the lumpy and crowded part, I would say a prolapse, either uterus or bladder.

cocolepew · 07/05/2012 19:04

Did you try to push it up?

caramelgirl · 07/05/2012 19:04

Hullo, I was totally panicked by this for a while. "Soft" and "incompetent" were being thrown around when I went for IUD removal etc.
Recently went to see Gynae after 15 months ttc #2 and she explained that you have two cervices- an inner and an outer os
The inner os must keep babies in and seal up tightly. Prolapse/prematurity are risks otherwise.
The outer os can be "very baggy indeed" post birth and can be used by forensic medical types if debating whether a woman has had babies ever.
I mentioned that I could prob fit a finger in my previously v snug cervix and after examination (as part of my HSG) it was declared normal and not even that baggy! And inner os strong etc., phew. When if I score another baby it should stay tightly in there!
All that said, if you are worried, I'd still see GP but thought done, slightly tmi, personal experience might help ease any minor worries.

caramelgirl · 07/05/2012 19:05

Oh, missed the crowded and lumpy bit. Sorry. Yes, doctors. As you were.

BaggyBaggyOldBag · 07/05/2012 19:38

Grin Nope, didn't want to meddle, Coco. More than I already had, I mean...

Caramelgirl, that makes sense - I definitely had a sense of it being the outer os. I think I must be about due for a smear, and I'm going to give it a few days and see if the bagginess improves after I've finished ovulating (if that's what is happening). We're not planning any more babies, but I'd still like to know that my innards aren't trying to become outtards! Grin

Thanks, that was very helpful.

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