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April 24th, 2008, 12:31 AM
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| |  My Beautiful Cervix - Amazing photos
Well, not MY cervix...someone elses 
These are GRAPHIC so don't click if you don't want to see photos of a womans cervix!!  mybeautifulcervix - My Beautiful Cervix?*
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My Beautiful Cervix
One full cycle of Cervie Love...
I am a 25 year old woman who has never given birth.
My intention with this project was to better understand my cycle and the changes in my cervix throughout the month. As a student midwife, I used this project to help me see how a cervix might look different throughout the cycle in the absence of vaginal infections and to understand speculum exams. You may notice on the right side of some photos, some jagged looking skin, which is the remnants of my hymenal ring.
Each photo was taken at approx 10:00 pm every day starting the first day of my menstrual cycle. I re-used a plastic speculum (order one here) and macro function of normal digital camera (and a very talented boyfriend with a headlamp). For the duration of this project, we used condoms as our birth control method so as not to introduce semenal fluid into the photoshoot. I also charted my basal body temperature to notice when the post-ovulation rise in progesterone triggered a rise in my body's temperature.
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April 24th, 2008, 02:06 AM
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Interesting but kind of bizarre - not sure that's the sort of familiarity i'd want DP to have with my insides...a bit clinical i mean. Bet they had a good laugh taking them all though.
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April 24th, 2008, 07:02 AM
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Hmmmm, reckon I agree with you Bec lol, not something I'd be asking Shel to do!
But it's fascinating though.
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April 24th, 2008, 07:20 AM
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Thanks Cyathea, it was really interesting, rofl at the boyfreind with a headlamp!!
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April 24th, 2008, 07:22 AM
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I laughed at the headlamp as well!
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April 24th, 2008, 07:59 AM
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Wow, I think that's amazing. Kudos to her for putting it on the net, it is very informative for those TTC I would say.
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April 24th, 2008, 08:33 AM
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i think that is fantastic!!!!
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April 24th, 2008, 08:46 AM
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Wow amazing to see it doing it's thing!
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April 24th, 2008, 08:50 AM
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I was a bit hesitant to open that link but I have to say WOW. It is such an important part of our body and TBH I don't think I've ever really seen it except for in drawings in my biology textbooks.
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April 24th, 2008, 09:41 AM
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Wow was amazing.
Now I wish someone would do that while in labour
I would love to see what each cm in dialation looked like
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April 24th, 2008, 10:38 AM
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How interesting! wow thanku for posting that one! Gives me a little more insight into the female body and how amazing it is!
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April 24th, 2008, 10:42 AM
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Truely amazing!!!!
Dont think I'll be hanging any on my wall but!! 
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WOW!! My baby cme through THAT!!! I feel very sorry for my poor cervix right now... very sorry indeed.
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April 24th, 2008, 11:41 AM
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I thought it was incredible! Very very imformative and it really makes some of the things you feel and learn make sense by seeing it.
I agree, i would love to see that in labour, although i don't know anyone who would want it done to them
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April 24th, 2008, 11:49 AM
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O M G.....i never even knew that what the insides looked like!! Im amazed big time
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April 24th, 2008, 11:54 AM
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fantastic! how great of them to put it online and share. i have learned more about my CM than ever before. i really needed pictures as reading written descriptions doesn't help me learn or understand as well.
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April 24th, 2008, 02:25 PM
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Awesome thread!!!!! I had no idea what a cervix looked like, found this very usefull along with being able to see what each CM really looked like!!!!
Beatrix - I would like to see a labour one aswell........
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Just making this a sticky as it's really useful information, thanks for posting Cyathea. | | |
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