My first thought is a Tipped uterus? You or your Health care provider (HCP) should be able to locate the cervix, provided you haven't had any major cervical surgeries or a complete hysterectomy. It may just be way in the back. Depending on where you are in your cycle, it may feel hard like the end of your nose, or soft like your lips when you are fertile. When at your HCP's office for that annual pelvic exam, try lying with your fists between your bum and the exam table to get more of a tipped angle for your HCP to get to the cervix. Hope this helps.
No, but a pap smear is usually part of a pelvic exam. In a pap smear, cells are scraped from your cervix. In a pelvic exam, the doctor inserts her fingers into your vagina and feels your reproductive organs.
Cervical cells are collected during some pelvic exams for a Pap smear, an examination to screen for cancer of the cervix.
your doctor might recommend a pelvic exam if you have symptoms such as unusual vaginal discharge or pelvic pain. Your doctor checks your vulv, vagina, cervix, ovaries, uterus, rectum and pelvis for any abnormalities. A Pap test, which screens for cervical cancer, is often performed during a pelvic exam.
Sure.....with a pelvic exam a doctor can tell you whether you are pregnant as early as 6 weeks by checking the size of the uterus, tubes as well as a bluish tinge on your cervix
A pelvic exam and cervical exam aren't necessarily needed to start birth control, unless you are using the diaphragm, cervical cap, or IUD.
The bimanual exam, if indicated, is done after the pap smear so that the examiner does not disturb cells on the cervix and does not introduce lubricant that may affect the readability of the pap smear.
it is perfectly normal just your cervix has been irritated
A bi-manual exam IS a pelvic exam and there is no reason for a doctor to do one just to check if you are pregnant. An ultrasound will show far more than a pelvic esam ever could.
At 39 weeks, it's normal to be in labor. An exam of the cervix could stimulate the uterus.
There is no point in doing a pelvic exam at 5 weeks. A sonogram will show if you are pregnant.
Pelvic examinations are safe procedures, thus no precautions are necessary.
Could be an ovarian cyst.