Re: 7 weeks and OUCH my cervix hurts!
From: j wang, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 13 Nov 2000 19:35:59 -0600 (CST)
I don't quite understand what you are doing, but you really shouldn't be
feeling around your cervix while pregnant. There are changes that occur
because of the pregnancy. You do not want to irritate or infect the
cervix.
At Mon, 13 Nov 2000, francy wrote:
>
>I've always had a tempermental cervix! Doc always said it looked just
>fine, but it has always been VERY sensitive.
>
>prepregnancy, it was usually a "nubbin." not too "distended." just a
>bump. could fit a fingertip behind it.
>
>occasionally prepregnancy, it elongated. long enough to fit a finger
>behind past the first knuckle.
>
>now it is long like this ALL the time--especially in the morning.
>sometimes it "retracts" during the day. sometimes not.
>
>what the heck is it doing? it aches!
>
>thank you for your help!!
>
>francy
--
James Wang, M.D
Assitant Clinical Prof.
Tufts University School of Medicine
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