We get asked all the time about how to find your cervix,
not just how to measure it.
So, we wanted to readdress an old video we had
where we teach you how to measure your cervix,
but instead, we want to help you find it first
and then very accurately measure it.
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Hey everybody, this is Kim and Amanda from Put a Cup In It.
Amanda's going to talk to you all about
how to find your cervix
and then I'll be teaching you
how to measure your cervical height,
that way you pick the right menstrual cup for you.
While we touched on it briefly
in our how to measure your cervix video,
we still get a lot of questions about
how do you know what your cervix is,
what does it feel like, how high is it,
I still can't find it, things like that.
So we're going to go over what your cervix is,
how to reach it and what it feels like.
This is a little clay model of the uterus that I made.
This portion down here is the cervix
and this is the part that sticks down
into the vaginal canal.
It is typically round,
though it could be a little more pointed,
and in general, it's going to feel a bit
like the tip of your nose
with a bit of an indent or hole in it.
It may be a bit firmer or a bit softer,
depending on the time of month,
but that, in general, is what you're looking for.
If you would like to see how your cervix sits
in relation to the rest of your anatomy,
here is our handy model.
It sits just at the end of the vaginal canal.
Up here is the bladder and the pubic bone
and the rectum, down here, so it's just in between the two
and if you have a tipped or tilted uterus,
it may be sort of facing the back, towards the rectum,
or it may be facing more towards the bladder,
but you're still going to be feeling for the same thing.
If you're having a hard time finding your cervix,
make sure you're measuring when you're close
to your period or on your period.
Because your cervix moves up and down
throughout your whole cycle,
it's more likely to be lower when you're on your period
and so you'll actually be able to find it
and reach it and this is going to give you a better idea
of what length of cup your need anyway.
If you are unable to find your cervix,
it is very, very, very likely
that you have a high cervix and we definitely recommend
choosing a longer cup so that your cup is easy to reach.
If you're feeling for your cervix and you feel things,
but you're not sure that it's your cervix,
chances are that it is.
There's a pretty clear distinction
between the walls of the vagina and the cervix.
The walls of your vagina are soft and supple,
sort of like your cheek,
though they may have some ridges in them,
but the only thing you're going to find
that has any substance or, like, real firmness
is going to be your cervix.
Now that you know how to find your cervix,
we want to teach you how to measure it accurately.
And this is something that's sort of a hot debate
in the menstrual cup community
because a lot of the guides will use a knuckle measurement
to show you, the lowest knuckle being very low cervix,
the middle knuckle being somewhat average
and all the way to your highest knuckle
being a higher than average cervix,
but that's something we sort of disagree on.
And while we used that before
because it's an easy way to measure,
we would rather teach you a more accurate way.
As Amanda said, you want to measure your cervix
while you're on your period
because this is going to give you the most accurate result.
You're going to do this by inserting a finger.
The pointer finger is perfectly fine
and you'll probably be coming in from this angle
and in this model, I can't even reach this cervix,
which means, if I'm feeling around and finding nothing
and I'm on my period, chances are, I have very high cervix.
For most of us, that's not the case.
So starting as if I were, as if this were a little lower,
I'm reaching inside and I can find it
and we'll pretend that my lips are here
and I can reach it to about this knuckle
versus saying that your middle knuckle means you're average,
I would actually mark it with my thumb
where everything is inside,
the entire finger is inside the vagina
and you put your thumb,
just place it right inside the inner lips
and that way you give yourself a little break.
We'll say my lips are here,
I'm going to place my thumb right here.
And then I'm going to take out my finger
and I'm going to measure that with either a ruler
or a measuring tape, whatever you have around the house.
You can even go online and print a ruler
that's to scale using centimeters,
which we typically find a little more accurate
versus one and a half inch or whatever.
So again, it's going to sit below the cervix.
Measure out, make sure everything is comfortably inside
and that's going to give you the most accurate measurement
that you can then use to most accurately pick
a menstrual cup that's going to fit you comfortably,
which is so, so, so important,
even beyond some of the other designations,
like the capacity.
As a quick recap, when you're trying to choose a cup
based on your cervix, you want to find something
that sits lower than your cervix
or if you have a very low cervix,
you want something that will sit around it a bit.
Once you know where your cervix sits,
you can find a cup that works for you using the cup quiz,
which you can find at putacupinit.com/quiz.
I think that covers it.
If you have any other questions about your cervix,
please leave them in the comments below
and we'll do our best to answer them
or maybe someone from our wonderful community
will step in and help, as well.
Thank you so much for watching.
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Bye.
Hey, this is Kim and I'm also here with Amanda,
who is in Ohio. * laughs *
Wooo.
Now I've made my nose itch.
You can * laughs *.
Up and down throughout your, your ho cycle.
Woop woop!
* laughs *
Ah.
* car revving *
Fuck off.