Pelvic Organ Prolapse, that is.
I have fairly severe prolapses, so, obviously, I'm a little more attuned to this stuff than a "normal" person. I hope I'm just hyper-sensitive, and this is all nothing.
Pretty much as soon as dd was big enough for her labia to seperate completely, I've noticed her cervix hanging out right at the introitus. At first, I thought maybe it was normal, like, maybe everything is so packed in to that tiny little abdomen that there just isn't room for her uterus to be as high as it should. I thought maybe, with time, it would ascend. Not so much. She's coming up on 15 months now, and her cervix is still hanging out, right at the introitus. It doesn't protrude past, but it's *right* there. I've only done a bit of research, but what I've read of pediatric gynecological exams indicate that the cervix is typically difficult to visualize. DD's is definitely NOT difficult to visualize.
We don't have a gp, and I don't want to subject her to an exam by a random doctor at a walk in clinic (who, guaranteed, doesn't have much experience with pediatric gynecology!) if it's all just a variation on normal. Man, I wish doctors took phone calls! Any thoughts on this? Do you mamas notice your daughter's cervix?
I have fairly severe prolapses, so, obviously, I'm a little more attuned to this stuff than a "normal" person. I hope I'm just hyper-sensitive, and this is all nothing.
Pretty much as soon as dd was big enough for her labia to seperate completely, I've noticed her cervix hanging out right at the introitus. At first, I thought maybe it was normal, like, maybe everything is so packed in to that tiny little abdomen that there just isn't room for her uterus to be as high as it should. I thought maybe, with time, it would ascend. Not so much. She's coming up on 15 months now, and her cervix is still hanging out, right at the introitus. It doesn't protrude past, but it's *right* there. I've only done a bit of research, but what I've read of pediatric gynecological exams indicate that the cervix is typically difficult to visualize. DD's is definitely NOT difficult to visualize.
We don't have a gp, and I don't want to subject her to an exam by a random doctor at a walk in clinic (who, guaranteed, doesn't have much experience with pediatric gynecology!) if it's all just a variation on normal. Man, I wish doctors took phone calls! Any thoughts on this? Do you mamas notice your daughter's cervix?
I am very familiar with what a cervix looks like, and this really looks like a cervix. Is it possible for a hymen to look like a donut, and not be attached to the vaginal tissue at the edges? I haven't poked around in there too much, really. I just notice this when wiping her with diaper changes, etc.
