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Uterine Cervix - Articles
labor pain cervical rather than uterine?
by
Kim C.
Posted
Wed 03 Dec 2008 7:25am
Anyone hear of this? Someone posted this in Midwifery Today:
a brief article in Fit Pregnancy (Oct/Nov 2008) that states: "Labor pain evidently comes mainly from the cervix, not the uterus, a Swedish researcher says. In non-pregnant women, the uterus contains pain-sensitive fibers, but for reasons unknown, those fibers disappear almost
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Introduction to the Cervix
by
findingeve
Posted
Sat 13 Jun 2009 12:12am
2 Comments
). Cervix is from the Latin for “neck” and uterus is from the Latin for “womb.” Thus, the cervix is the neck of the womb–strange imagery, non? Anyway, what exactly... of the cervix up to ten centimeters in order to allow the passage of the baby through the cervix down into the birth canal.
Some women have weaker than average cervices and require
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Signs of Labor | Cervix Dilation
by
hipchickheather
Posted
Thu 24 Feb 2011 9:54am
as a percentage. If there is no cervical effacement, then it is zero. If it is totally thinned, it is at 100%, and considered completely effaced.
After the cervix has started to efface... to widen the cervix to allow the baby to drop into the vagina. When you are pregnant, the cervix thickens and gets longer to shield the baby. When you are in labor, cervical dilation
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Love your cervix
by
Dr. Meredith Nash
Posted
Mon 26 Oct 2009 11:06pm
Have you ever wondered what your cervix looks like? How about after you've given birth?
Then you MUST check out The Beautiful Cervix Project created by a student midwife. This is an ode to being a woman, where cervixes aren't objects of a medical gaze, but objects of beauty in their own right. The creator not only photographed her own cervix throughout her
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My Beautiful Cervix
by
Kim C.
Posted
Sun 07 Sep 2008 2:19am
Well - not mine - my own personal cervix is a little camera shy. But I think it's fantastic that someone did this - a month in the life of a cervix. Very Our Bodies... parts! For an informative-in-a-fun-way post on said lady parts, check this out.
(the cervix pictures are in color, but it's nothing more colorful than the average woman sees
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Beautiful Cervix
by
Doc Mock
Posted
Fri 06 Mar 2009 2:54pm
are familiar with their own body by virtue of living in it. However, their is one body part that most women know about, but have never seen.
A woman's cervix is often a familiar, yet mysterious part. Most women go through their lives without seeing what a cervix actually looks like. All of my patients are given the option to view their own cervix during a speculum
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The Cervix Song!
by
Matthew Z.
Posted
Sun 17 Jan 2010 8:35am
It’s National Cervical Cancer Awareness Month so I decided to write a song because I’m sick of bra colors and I don’t think panty colors would help much (at least not for the cause.) I’m not going to sing it but I challenged Jack Bouffard to attempt to stammer and fumble though it on YouTube without music.
The Cervix Song
Horrible lyrics by Matthew
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Beyond the cervix....
by
Sunshine ..
Posted
Fri 20 Feb 2009 7:22pm
in a fairly regular pattern. Midwives worry about cervical scarring, we worry about cervical lips, we worry about effacement, we worry about swelling of the cervix, we worry about... of lovely births where the cervix has been a huge topic of consternation. I, universe, would like for that to be over please. Please ask me not to do an exam. No more cervical
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My Beautiful Cervix
by
Sunshine ..
Posted
Fri 20 Feb 2009 7:22pm
A different View
My beautiful cervix is an amazing photo journalistic site on changes that a student midwife goes through in her menses.
It is bold and the photos are amazing. I think it is brilliant but others might think it is a bit graphic. I invite any human being to explore that idea and probe deeper into the belief system that might
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Porn star beauty tricks, post-baby bodies and beautiful cervixes
by
Dr. Meredith Nash
Posted
Wed 07 Oct 2009 12:04pm
Heidi is trying to get pregnant and now he's afraid to have sex with her. Poor little muffin.
Oh and have you ever wondered what your cervix looks like after you've had a baby? A student midwife and doula has started the Beautiful Cervix Project and she has taken some amazing and very generous photos that will blow your mind.
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