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erica057 in fam

Cervix irritation?

Mar 25, 2009 20:45

I had a touch of post-O spotting (unusual but not unheard of for me), and someone elsewhere said that she thinks it is due to me checking my cervix; specifically, that checking it caused irritation which made it bleed. In eight months of FAM I don't believe I've ever caused bleeding; my spotting patterns are highly regular, and I believe that if ( Read more... )

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ivymae March 26 2009, 01:22:38 UTC

If you scratch it, or really POKE it, I suppose it would bleed, but just from a normal "hey, how's it going up there/" feel, you should be okay. A cervix that bleeds that easily would also bleed like crazy after sex, and probably is not a healthy cervix, so if you do notice a pattern, I would go get checked out.

erica057 March 26 2009, 01:28:43 UTC

Thanks :) Nah I never bleed after sex or anything like that. The blood definitely seemed to be coming out the opening rather than from the cervix itself.

xallanthia March 26 2009, 03:27:42 UTC

Unless you file your nails to a point, or you have 10" nails like the woman at the bus stop the other day (seriously--and they were REAL), you aren't going to do yourself an injury checking, so don't worry!

Lots of people are squicked out by FAM, I've noticed, though.

eexposed March 31 2009, 07:27:09 UTC

I recently read a comment over in menstrual_cups about how some women can have a highly vascularized cervix, meaning many blood vessels concentrated near the surface of the cervix, which I thought might apply in this case. I'm sure you've got it resolved by now, and I haven't researched this particular phenomenon, but I just thought I'd throw it out there.