Cervix Photo Galleries

Take a Peek!

Each gallery showcases a series of photos of different women’s cervices. There are no external genitalia visible in any of the photos, but they are all taken by using a speculum to open the vagina to view the cervix.  Please view at your discretion.

Please browse the galleries by clicking the images below.  They are organized by category and an * indicates women who have given birth vaginally.

All images are copyrighted, so please contact me before reproducing them.

Complete Cycles


Age 25
Entire cycle
Age 25
Entire cycle, IUD		      
       

 

Procedures


Age 25*
Pap Smear
Cervix After Abortion*

Colposcopy
LLETZ/LEEP
Radical Hysterectomy		  

Age 23
Colposcopies – Pre & Post LEEP

        

Conception and Pregnancy


Age 25
Pre and Post Coitus

Age 35*
IVF Conception

Age 23*
3rd Pregnancy

Age 23*
4th Pregnancy

Age 25*
Pregnant & Ectropian


Age 28*
2nd Pregnancy
Age 25*
6 Weeks Postpartum


Age 25
Pregnancy & Postpartum

Age 34
TTC and Pregnant

      

Various days throughout Cycle


Age 20
Day 7
Age 26
Day 2
Age 29*
Day 16
Age 33*
Day 4

Age 35*
Days 14, 16, 19, 23
Age 62*
Post Menopausal		 Age 30
Days 25, 30, 34, 35, 37		 Age 26
Days 24 and 25

Age 22*
Day 13

Age 27*
Day 22

 Age 45*
Day 16, 19		 Age 32
Day 13

Age 29
Day 2

Age 27*
Day 3

Age 24
Day 22

 Age 23
Day 26

Age 26
Day 13

Age 21
Day 4

 Age 24
Days 18, 22, & 29

Age 22
Days 18 & 19

age 37, day 8Age 37*
Day 8

 

age 27, day 10-wvAge 27*
Days 8-18 

age 57, postmenopausalwvAge 57*
Post Menopausal

 age 22, 15 month pp, 405 day pp, wvAge 22
15 months postpartum
1st ovulation

 

 Variations of Normal & Abnormalities


Age 26*
Torn Cervix
Age 25*
Pregnant & Ectropian
Age 29
Cervical Dysplasia
Cervical Polyp*
       

 Nabothian Cyst

 PCOS

Age 25
Ectropian Day 11

Age 24
PCOS and TTC

Age 23*
Torn Cervix

 Age 28*
Post Polypectomy

 

 

 Please check back regularly as I post photos of more women’s cervices as volunteers send them in.


156 thoughts on “Cervix Photo Galleries”

  1. I think all of these pictures are absolutely amazing and very beneficial for the public and the medical community as well. It is very important that we, women, know the inner workings of our bodies so that we can take better care of ourselves and openly discuss our health concerns with our physicians.

    Thank you very much for your time and effort in this project. Please keep up the good work.

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    Sudhir Reply:
    September 24th, 2011 at 1:31 pm

    Really, it’s so wonderfull and very benificial for those who wants to take care of their inner bodies. specially for females.

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    Sandee Reply:
    October 22nd, 2011 at 10:35 pm

    I have recently been told during a pap smear that i have a retroverted cervix as I found that penetration is very painful. How can I fix this? any tips?

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    beautifulcervix Reply:
    November 25th, 2011 at 4:54 pm

    A retroverted uterus is a common variation of normal for women. The uterus is not fixed in place within the pelvis and is suspended by ligaments. I suppose it therefore is possible for it to change positions from retroverted to anteverted, maybe as tension/muscles shift/move. I also have a retroverted uterus, but do not have painful intercourse due to that. My recommendation to you is to make sure you are very aroused before beginning vaginal penetration, as lubrication and engorgement of the vagina can help intercourse be more pleasurable. The whole uterus moves more internally, out of the way of the penis, when a woman is fully aroused. Check out the book: “Women’s Anatomy of Arousal” for some great tips and information.

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  2. I would like to thank you for creating this website and posting these photos, it’s amazing to be able to see and understand our bodies this way. I was always curious to know what it looked like
    Thankyou

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  3. Amazing Picture… Very hopefully in understanding the body of a women. I think it would be great to see picture of a Pregnant Cervix. So many women believe that if there Cervix is high there going to have a baby. It would be nice to set the record start

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  4. Amazing! This is such a wonderful project! I hope to see it continue to grow with many more cervix’s being published!

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  6. I’m only a teenager and I find this amazing. I’m really comfortable with my body, and love being educated about it. I also look to being an Ob-GYN.

    Thank you!

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  7. Thank you for creating this wonderful website and posting these photos. In fact i am amazed. Very beautiful and informative.

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  8. it’s much better that women do their own exams instead of handing over their bodies every year to these sick sexist exams, and so they know whats normal and whats not
    you can also order one from fwhc.org and can go to my blog homebirthissafe.blogspot.com to see a list of sites where you can order self administered pap kits

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  9. Wonderful site. I hope it will inspire many to appreciate the wonder of their own bodies. And “mee!” why not consider being a midwife, instead? :-)

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  10. was wanting to see a cervix of a pregnany woman througout har pregnancy. very nice project, I had a tubal reversal and learned to check for ovulation.

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  11. These pics are amazing, and very educational, thank you. One silly question: during intercourse, does the penis go through the cervix? Is the sperm ejected outside of the cervix, or through teh cervix into the ovary? I am trying for a long time to get pregnant, but not success yet. I was wondering if sperms ever get into my ovary. Thanks.

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    char Reply:
    January 30th, 2011 at 6:10 pm

    At the time of ovulation, the cervical mucous changes.
    It looks like egg white for 3-4 days, and develops little channels that escort the sprerm through the cervix, up to the top of the uterus and into the Fallopian tube where its “hot date”, the egg, is waiting. There is a 20% chance of conception at each ovulation (these are Mother Nature’s odds).
    If a new batch of sprerm is present every other day through the week of ovulation, (every day makes sperm count go down….he needs 24 hours to recoup), 80% of couples will be pregnant within one year of trying.
    If not, we’ve got all kinds of other tricks up our sleeves to facillitate conception.

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  12. This is amazing. I was looking for information about the Fertility Awareness Method after coming across a review of “Taking Charge of Your Fertility”, which I happened upon while searching for an online ovulation calculator. I didn’t think this was where I would end up. I had no idea the cervix had a life of its own, that it went through just as much of a cycle as the rest of my body. While it doesn’t look so appealing in some shots I was surprised to find that in certain shots, it is indeed beautiful. I have been looking at fertility and pregnancy all wrong. I know all the parts, I understand all the technical going-on and the changes on paper, but I never really appreciated how much it’s an individual life cycle, like the changing of the seasons. Our bodies are amazing!

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  13. Thanks for posting these pictures. As medical students we must learn to exam the cervix to detect any abnormality. However, opportunities to observe in a clinical setting is limited in frequency and duration due to the sensitive nature of the exam. While we were able to find pictures of inflamed inner ears, cancer x ray, sound files of heart murmurs and asthma wheezes, it’s quite hard to find appropriate and variegated pictures of the cervix that come with short explanations. This has tremendous educational value. Please keep up the good work.

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  14. Truely amazing and seriously educational. My husband and I have been TTC for almost 5 years now, and this was very informative in this TTC process

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  15. i wanna know about vaginal rugae!!

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    othergal Reply:
    July 3rd, 2011 at 11:05 pm

    I would too. There seems to be a lot of questions on the net about this topic. It would be nice to have pictures to see what is ‘normal’

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  17. So cool- For year and years you may poke around and try to look or understand what the doctor is saying, but there’s no substitute for this! Awesome

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  24. Wow, thankyou so much for these pictures. We hear so much about our cervix but never get to see it or really know what it looks like at all. Highly educational! I think all young women should be shown these pictures and educated about their own bodies so that they know what is normal and don’t panic at the changes in discharge throughout their monthly cycles. Well done!!

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  25. As mentioned above, it would be interesting to see somebody with HPV. I have had level 3 pre-cancerous cells (or a lesion as my Dr called it) removed (LLETZ procedure) and I always wondered what it looked like as apparently they are easy to see when they wipe the cervix with a solution. Being that so many women (especially young women such as myself, 23) have this virus, it would be great to see…it’s not like a normal illness where you suffer symptoms or can visually see what is going on so if you could shed a little light on this, it would be great. I wonder what the cervix looks like after having a lesion removed also (after it has healed).

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  27. This is an amazing project! Thank you to you and your boyfriend. You’ve made an amazing contribution. I hope you will consider writing a book. Best of luck in your career.

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  28. Thank you so much for this gallery. I’m a thirty year old woman who had a gyno appointment yesterday, and I wanted some idea of what they were poking at in there.

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  29. this is such a amazing sight. had a endrometrial biopsy a couple of weeks ago and oh my god the pain was SO SO bad. all ok now. im a 40 yr old woman . had 2 normal births. thinking of sending you some pics of my lovly cervix. my hubby took them .

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  30. Thanks so much for this website, have told all my friends about it!

    Amm TTC and just been diagnosed with a Nabothian Cyst so has been so useful to see what the doctor was seeing during the examination.

    Thanks again, will keep checking back to see the pregnancy photos progress.

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  31. Ido have a freind whos suffering from cervix cancer stage 4 just wondering how much time she got left? her family has no idea of her problem, shes only taking amoxixilin antibiotics,shes wearing diaper cause of too much discharge.

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  32. My stepdaughter undergoing tests for cervical cancer so I’m doing research and find your site. I am 57 yr old, three miscarriages, two tubal pregnancies, no live births. I am so excited to find your web site. So much I didn’t know and was always discouraged from talking about or even thinking about. Thank you. So much we don’t know about ourselves.

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  33. Hi

    I´m beginning to observe my cervix for know my fructuous days. This site is a help for me. Thanks!

    I wish you all a wonderful day!
    Enia

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  34. Thank you so much for giving all of us the chance to actually learn about a very important part of our body. I’ve had 3 c sections, no vag. births – but w/ my first baby I labored nearly 20 hours. That was enough for me.

    I’ve asked at every exam to be able to use the mirror to see inside my vagina and have always been refussed. ‘Not needed’ apparently. I can’t thank you enough for giving me this valuable lesson! You are amazing!!!!

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  35. Someone mentioned publishing a book…I can’t think of a better way to get your work out there. This is so wonderful. Thank you!

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  36. I was showing my girlfriends this site and they all remarked on the mucus and how it ends up on panties. Is there any way you know to remove the mucus before it works its way down?

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  38. I’d be interested to possibly see someone with endometriosis or fibroids? I don’t know if that would be higher up or able to see in the cervix area but I’m curious to find out if women could spot these things themselves using the same techniques you do.
    Also how would we go about taking our own pictures to see differences in our own cycles?

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  39. very very very nice effort
    i have some confusion about female sex health matters because i live in pakistan and here these issues are taboo to talk

    plz you or some one else help me to know more about it
    mailing))) hasan_veera@yahoo.com
    i am waiting for reply for any reader or any one please

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  41. Thank you for putting these pictures up. I’ve been TTC for 4 years, with 3 m/c’s. I’ve been wondering what to look for in CM and the position of my scervix. With the pics and the video on youtube, I know now what to look for. Thank you again.

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  42. How do you get the photo’s? I’m trying to conceive baby number 8. My last baby (first with new partner) died at 4 months so we are trying for 1 more. It’s 3 months after our son past away and gettin scared as nothing is happening Thanks

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  44. I just so happened to stumble upon this when I was wiki-ing the cervix. I’m a naturally curious person and I wanted to know what it looked like. This website really educated me tons about that region of my body. I feel it’s tough for women to know about their vaginal region just because we can’t see it for ourselves. Because of these pictures, I also want to photograph my cervix. And because of your instruction video, I can. This is an amazing project.

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  49. Hello all! I like this forum, i organize many gripping people on this forum.!!!

    Large Community, respect all!

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  50. Hi, I am a 29 year old woman who has had 2 c-section births one 10 years ago and one 3 years ago. I would like to thank you. It was very helpful to see what the cervix actually looks like. I will be trying for my 3rd child and have been practicing some conception methods i.e. charting…in any case your site has been very helpful in understanding my body based on real visuals and not some cartoon looking diagram. Thanks again!

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