These cervical photos are from a 25 years old woman who has never given birth. She has a copper Paraguard IUD which was placed inside her uterus about a year ago. This is not a hormonal form of birth control, so she ovulates, which you can tell from the changes in her discharge. You can see the strings of the IUD protruding through the os in the photos. The IUD sometimes causes her occasional cramps or heavier bleeding.
Her cycle has been somewhat erratic since she stopped birth control pills about a year ago. Before she went on birth control pills (sometime in her late teens) she was fairly regular with cycles about every 30 days or so. She has always had normal pap smears.
The notes about each day are below each picture.
Day One
Minor cramps
Moderate flow
Day Two
More bleeding
No cramps
Used a tampon today
Day Three
Used a tampon today
Day Four
Feeling good
Moderate Bleeding
Used a pad today
Day Five
Light Flow
Used a Diva cup
More tired today
Day Six
Spotting
Feeling well
Partner/photographer says cervix is deeper in the vagina today
Day Seven
Minimal spotting
Tired
Day Eight
White/yellow scant discharge with no odor
Day Nine
Feeling well
No discharge
Day Ten
Had sex 10 hours before photo was taken
Day Eleven
Some milky discharge at end of the day
Day Twelve
Slight amount of white discharge
Day Fourteen
Day Fifteen
Day Seventeen
Watery discharge
Day Eighteen
Cervical fluid is eggwhite consistency
Day Nineteen
Cervix appears lower in vagina today
Day Twenty
Day Twenty-One
Day Twenty-Two
Day Twenty-Three
Day Twenty-Four
Day Twenty-Five
Day Twenty-Six
Day Twenty-Seven
A few minutes of very heavy pressure in vagina, some pain, then tingling for about 5 minutes
Day Twenty-Eight
One minute in morning of feeling pressure and crampy like yesterday morning, otherwise normal
Slightly fishy vaginal odor
Day Twenty-Nine
One pang of crampy pain today
Hello,
I had the copper IUD insert three days ago. The cramping was bad at first but start to die down on the evening of the second. But then on the afternoon of the 3rd day the cramping came back and then about an hour later blood and discharge came out. I think I am definitely ovulating because it has been about a week since my last period ended, so could this be why there is discharge and blood?
Thanks
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Belle Reply:
February 15th, 2012 at 10:06 pm
Oh and it is quite a lot of blood – as though I am in the final few days of my period again…
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beautifulcervix Reply:
February 16th, 2012 at 10:02 pm
Heavy bleeding does not usually accompany ovulation – sounds like you ought to call your doc and check in.
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Nice…
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Tmi. I just had my paragard inserted 3 days ago. I didn’t check the string until yesterday and noticed that they seemed long. I don’t know what length they should be. They are about an inch from the opening of my vagina. Ihad bad cramps the first day and now they are subsiding. Are my strings too long or am I expelling? I am going to call my doctor when she is in. I don’t know if this makes a difference, but I am 22 and have never had children.
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mary Reply:
March 5th, 2012 at 1:53 am
Also I had white tissue like substances along with my reular period blood. That has never happened before. I missed my last period so it may be the extra lining :/
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Grace Reply:
May 23rd, 2012 at 4:39 pm
You are probably not expelling. Spotting and bleeding are common with all IUDs post insertion (for up to like, 3 months) and it is especially common with the copper IUD. Cramps are normal, too. Some doctors cut the strings shorter than others– if they are cut too short they apparently have a tendency to “poke” the tip of the penis, which can be pretty uncomfortable. Mine are cut long too. I hear that they will probably eventually curl up around my cervix. If you are experiencing serious pain or filling up a supermax pad in like, an hour, or if you have a fever, there could be a problem, but otherwise it sounds like you are totally normal!
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when i mis my period then how can i understand what matter
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Wow, interesting to see! I have always been a horrible curious person. … One of the less pictures I could find of a cycle focussed on the cervix, just for checking how stuff works inside seen I sometimes wonder how the discharge works and what I am feeling with my fingers while exploring, en how that stuff would look and where/how it comes from. Here I see the more lumpy white discharge at the end of a cycle is rather normal, thereby the comment about the light ‘fishy’ smell made me chuckle in recognition.
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wow , it’s amazing !!!! i’m really thankfull to see this
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I think this is so awesome. I had an idea of what the cervix looked like but seeing pictures is so awesome. I have the Paragard and it’s awesome to see what it looks like. I wanna see my cervix!!
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beautifulcervix Reply:
October 2nd, 2012 at 7:27 pm
You can! I am now selling self-exam kits!
http://www.beautifulcervix.com/see-your-own-beautiful-cervix/
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Wow! So that’s what it looks like. Truly amazing.
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Do you think I could be pregnant? Please help! I’m afraid. My friends told me I’m not but want other opinions!?
((( afraid!!!!
I had sex Sunday and when we finished his condom slipped off and was halfway in me. The end was laying on the bed and he pulled it out with ease. I freaked out cleaned and took a plan b like 2hrs after the incident. I’m on BC but I just recently gotten off of antibiotics that possibly wouldn’t make it work. I am due to ovulate on the 7th – 9th of this month! So I cut it real close. Im on loestrin 24 fe which is supposed to not make u ovulate but since I was on antibiotics for 3 months I am afraid. Like I said I took a Plan B right afterward. So what do y’all think? All the factors matter or should I not worry because I took a plan b I’m off antibiotics and started a new pack of BC Monday. I’m still freakin out I’m only 22 still in school(nursing school) and we are not bf/gf.
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beautifulcervix Reply:
September 28th, 2012 at 1:30 pm
Sounds like your chances are pretty slim.
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Dr. Mary Reply:
March 15th, 2013 at 6:53 pm
Did you conceive Janell?
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I had the copper IUD and got pregnant. I had it for about 2 years.
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This is amazing. I love the whole project! I have always wondered what the cervix looks like at different times in the cycle, and as someone who has the Paragard IUD, this is absolutely amazing. Vagina power!
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