Cervix question

[amanda2b2]

What does your cervix feel like? Ihave been trying to find my cervix but I have never found anything i even thought was my cervix. LAst night I think I may have found it. lol I always thought it would be something hard my fingers would bump into but what I felt stuck out a bit (like maybe the lenght of a pencil tip) and was soft nad squishy. COuld that be my cervix or is there something else in there

[amanda2b2]

Oh I am 36 weeks pregnant if that makes a difference

[rozzie'sma]

It was probably your cervix. My usually feels like a firm round protrusion. However when I was pregnant it thinned out considreably and was harder for me to find. Be very careful though. You don't want to get labor going or start an infection.

[TurboClaudia]

it might be very soft and squishy since you are quite pregnant.

when i was about that pregnant last year, mine felt pretty soft and about a fingertip to 1cm dilated. i found the easiest way to feel it was in the shower with one of my legs up on the corner seat and kind of lunging forward a bit. sometimes squatting worked, too.

it probably sticks out a bit (maybe even up to an inch or so or about a fingertip to the first joint length) and it may feel about the thickness of a fat marker with an opening in the center.

does that help any?

~claudia

[amanda2b2]

I think that was it then I don't know where I got the idea that it would be flat from. It was probally just a little thinner than a fat marker.I just wanted to know what it feels like now so that when I go into labor I can figure out how dilated I am.