My Beautiful Cervix

b3t4

My boyfriend brought this website to my attention as I'm always on about 'girly things' as he puts it I thought I might share it here for those that might be interested as well. The female body is a wonder.

It's a website where a woman takes pictures, with the help of her boyfriend, of her cervix every day for one menstrual cycle. Extremely informative and empowering.

[NSFW]http://www.beautifulcervix.com/[/NSFW]

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petes

I doubt the filter here at work will let me see that!

\edit Yep I was right

Dragan

I have to be flat out honest and say that sounds completely ****ed up.

Nevyn

That sounds cool.
It's one of the parts of your own body which you are really never going to see.

EDIT:

Just looked at it, funny how much her cervix looks like the gland of the head of a penis.
The changes in the vagina as she goes through her cycle and the different fluids
present is also pretty cool.

Sleipnir

Thaedydal wrote: »

That sounds cool.
It's one of the parts of your own body which you are really never going to see.

Uh, actually I think there are quite a few parts which you are never really going to see. Hopefully not anyway!

Nevyn

Well I can easily see behind my own ears with a mirror but the list of body parts that you can touch with your finger but not see is not that many.

Phototoxin

They should show stuff like this in sex ed classes.

brianthebard

Well that was...different.

stovelid

That's great crack.

MagicMarker

And the point is?

Cervix sounds too much like crucifix for my liking.

PeakOutput

i better not regret this

g'em

MagicMarker wrote: »

And the point is?

The point is that it's a woman understanding and appreciating her own body, something that many other women should be encouraged to do more of.

It's tLL ffs, we do this kind of stuff here, it's one of the reasons why tLL is here.

Go away. Seriously.

MagicMarker

g'em wrote: »

The point is that it's a woman understanding and appreciating her own body, something that many other women should be encouraged to do more of.

It's tLL ffs, we do this kind of stuff here, it's one of the reasons why tLL is here.

Go away. Seriously.

Fine, I'll go over to tBGRH forum and post a picture of my nut sack so others can appreciate my body with me.

aoibhebree

It's very interesting ... but I have to admit, it made me feel quite nauseous. I'm really not sure why!

Nevyn

No, you can try the men's health forum.

midlandsmissus

Ughhh I coudn't resist looking but I wish I hadn't now.


I definitely could have lived happily without knowing what a cervix looked like, now that I've seen it!

It doesn't look beautiful to me at all, it looks disgusting!


And sorry but.....how on earth did he take those photos?????

Nevyn

Plastic speculum, light and camera.
So Dragan you won't be setting up Irelands first cervix portrait photo service then ?

Polleta

I feel slightly ill now.... I'm also not sure I feel like it was anything I needed to know... Hmmm I'll ponder about this one.

Katniss everMean

All I can say is wow.. Not many would put those pictures up for the world to see. Informative

Dragan

Thaedydal wrote: »

Plastic speculum, light and camera.
So Dragan you won't be setting up Irelands first cervix portrait photo service then ?

Nope. To be honest i just wouldn't feel comfortable taking shots like that of people i don't know. Maybe if there was a market for it i would overcome that and get the job done? I have no idea!!!

Haven't looked at the pics ( i'm in work you see ) but will do when i get home. I would imagine, given the subect, that the guy used a macro ring flash or else just being in position to take the shots would block the light, most likely has a decent enough camera capable of spot metering as well.

Don't get me wrong, from a photographic perspective i find it interesting, from a biological perspective i find it interesting.

I think i just find it a bit too close to Goatsy.

Oryx

I think thats cool. My phone wont fit up there so I cant contribute my own cervical diary.

And thats not freaky. The self done cervical piercing I saw a link for once.. now that was freaky.

Gauge

I thought of the cervical piercing too. Both are pretty interesting. I'll check out these pics when I get home, not sure they'd be the most appropriate for the work environment

PeakOutput

PeakOutput wrote: »

i better not regret this

(((Peak))) (((Peak)))

I do hope he is alright....



I thought this was going to be that doco of the cervix in action during coitus.
Which is actually quite preety.
I have been deeply disapointed.

Gauge

Gauge wrote: »

I thought of the cervical piercing too.

Please please tell me your joking about that!

Nevyn

Moonbaby wrote: »

Please please tell me your joking about that!

NOPE

badabinbadaboom

I will never understand women!!
Wtf those this have to do with empowerment? Why the hell do you think this is great, interesting if you were a med student or something but I mean why the hell.........
What in god's name is going on in your heads

midlandsmissus

badabinbadaboom wrote: »

I will never understand women!!
Wtf those this have to do with empowerment? Why the hell do you think this is great, interesting if you were a med student or something but I mean why the hell.........
What in god's name is going on in your heads

HELLO

Stop generalising, god!

I'm a woman and I said I find it disgusting!

Nforce

**Grabs Dslr, Macro lens and torch**


Who wants to see the inner beauty of the Colon?

:eek:

g'em

badabinbadaboom wrote: »

I will never understand women!!

That's not a bad thing. The differences between sexes is what keeps it interesting.

badabinbadaboom wrote:

Wtf those this have to do with empowerment? Why the hell do you think this is great, interesting if you were a med student or something but I mean why the hell.........

Some women like to know about the body parts they can't see. It's a natural curiosity, nothing at all unhealthy or unnatural about it - you don't have to be studying medicine to want to appreciate how your bits work. If you don't like it, don't look at it. It very clearly states in the OP what's in the pictures - why bother looking/ commenting if you don't like it?

badabinbadaboom wrote:

What in god's name is going on in your heads

Jeez, chillax, we're the irrational, hormonal ones...

Nevyn

badabinbadaboom wrote: »

I will never understand women!!
Wtf those this have to do with empowerment? Why the hell do you think this is great, interesting if you were a med student or something but I mean why the hell.........
What in god's name is going on in your heads

That these are photos of the changes of the cycle of the month with all it's
changes that has happened to me from the time I was 12.

That is what it looks like to have menstrual coming from the cervix after cramps and bloating and that is what the cervix looks like when it is ripening when ovulation is going to happen.

And there is a picture of that stringy clear mucus right before ovulation
and there is the thick heavy mucus that happens when the ova breaks
down and leave the body. Actual pictures and we are actually having
a converstaion about that physical process that we all go through
but so few of us ever talk to about to anyone.

But we talking about it now, that is empowerment.
Knowing that it is normal and natural and happens the same to other women
rather then being made to feel that you don't talk about your shame cave
and the different types of normal discharge that happens during the
monthly cycle.

Wibbs

Good stuff. I really like the fact that her and her man are that intimate with each other. At my most intimate with a woman, she feels like an extension of my own body(and mine with her) and I've deep interest and involvement with her because of that. Sadly rare though.

Macha

Something along the same vein is this website with photos of "normal breasts". Most breasts that women see are just their own, maybe those of a few family members or close friends and the rest comes through the mainstream media and are airbrushed and sexualised to the max.

So this website aims to show women what other womens' breasts look like normally! And most photos are accompanied by a few words by the woman about how they feel about their breasts. NSFW..

http://www.007b.com/breast_gallery.php

littlebug

I've seen mine If you have a colposcopy you get to see the whole thing on the screen. It was... interesting but I wouldn't say beautiful! My 3 months post partum cervix looked quite different to that one.

defness

I can't believe i actually went to the site i'm scarred for life

shellyboo

defness wrote: »

I can't believe i actually went to the site i'm scarred for life

Nothing you haven't seen before, since you came out of one and all :rolleyes:

Really folks, it's just another body part. Why so squicky about it? I'll admit they're not exactly 'beautiful', but they're far from 'scarring' or 'repulsive'. It's a really interesting project.

jayteecork

I actually only just found out exactly where the cervix was what with Jade Goody and all.

So no, I won't be clicking on that link.


Pretty weird topic to start a title on.

If a man started a site called "my beautiful rectum" using shots taken using a camera wedged up his arse during the different phases of his digestive cycle he'd quite rightly be labeled a pervert.

Why then when a woman does it it's "beautiful?"

Maybe it's because my definition of beautiful involves a country walk on a clear spring day.

Xiney

that's a really cool idea

I really had no idea what a cervix looked like before (all I've seen are diagrams) and to see it throughout the entire cycle is pretty awesome.

Thanks for the link!

Gazza22

hmmm strange

declanx

Well I didn't look yet (in work), but I can guess what my wife would do if I wanted to take a picture of her cervix. She would hurt me real bad, and not in a good way.
But hey if you want to post pic's of your inside more power to you.

Dragan

shellyboo wrote: »

Nothing you haven't seen before, since you came out of one and all :rolleyes:

Really folks, it's just another body part. Why so squicky about it? I'll admit they're not exactly 'beautiful', but they're far from 'scarring' or 'repulsive'. It's a really interesting project.

"Scarring" and "repulsive" is all a matter of individual perspective.

Somebody with Genophobia might find the though of looking at a cervix to very scary indeed.

And if anybody has any indept memories of there own birth and what the inside of their mother looks like i would be hugely surprised.

Wibbs

jayteecork wrote: »

If a man started a site called "my beautiful rectum" using shots taken using a camera wedged up his arse during the different phases of his digestive cycle he'd quite rightly be labeled a pervert.

Why then when a woman does it it's "beautiful?"

Maybe it's because my definition of beautiful involves a country walk on a clear spring day.

TBH I lolled:D It does raise a good point though.

shellyboo

jayteecork wrote: »

I actually only just found out exactly where the cervix was what with Jade Goody and all.

So no, I won't be clicking on that link.


Pretty weird topic to start a title on.

Well, with the whole Jade Goody thing, which you've actually referred to... how exactly is it weird? Anything which makes women aware of their cervix is a good thing, yes?

Oryx

Not everyone wants to look at their own insides, or anyone elses. If you're squeamish, it may not be your cup of tea. Ive seen the inside of my own large intestine (dont ask) and while it was interesting, I doubt Ill ever want to repeat the experience.

But for women, it is very informative to know what your innards look like. We have a lot of intimate dealings with our gentalia, and it is helpful to know where abouts everything is, and how it works. Take the gspot for example. Its worth knowing where that is and how to reach it.

I doubt there is a man posting on boards who isnt intimately acquainted with his own penis, and thats all normal and natural. Why should a womans bits be different, just because they're on the inside?

Dragan

Oryx wrote: »

I doubt there is a man posting on boards who isnt intimately acquainted with his own penis, and thats all normal and natural. Why should a womans bits be different, just because they're on the inside?

Indeed, but at least you have a doorway to peak in, we only get a tiny window.

i just had to look didnt I

quite disgusting

Oryx

Dragan wrote: »

Indeed, but at least you have a doorway to peak in, we only get a tiny window.

Youll need to explain that..

shellyboo

Getting quite annoyed with all the 'disgusting' comments now folks.

I can just imagine the response women would get if, when a fella gets his penis out, we all went "ewwwwww!", "I'm scarred for life", "That's repulsive!".

jayteecork

And just because something is natural or part of a cycle of birth and rebirth doesn't make it beautiful either.

You can show me snaps of a cow ****ting from different perspectives all day and I'm not going to find it beautiful in the slightest.

minidazzler

I just looked at it, and while not something I would describe as Pretty, It is a beautiful thing, just how perfectly in tune the human body is.

Also, viewed the Pre and Post coital. While it is something I have felt many time, this is my first time seeing it, it doesn't disgust me one bit. I am quite interested in the female anatomy, and absolutely love the Vagina, so I don't mind seeing this.

aoibhebree

I don't think that the whole concept of it is in any way disgusting or gruesome, and fair play to the girl for putting the photos up, must have taken a lot of guts! I know that there's nothing wrong or disgusting about any part of the human body ... but when I looked at the photos, I just felt really pukey. I suppose it just looked different to what I expected ... and the blood and discharge and stuff really put me off.

jayteecork

shellyboo wrote: »

I can just imagine the response women would get if, when a fella gets his penis out, we all went "ewwwwww!", "I'm scarred for life", "That's repulsive!".

eh?

I hope you're being somehow ironic, because I think that's the general reaction a man would get if he took out his penis in front of women.

The only woman he wouldn't get that reaction is from his girlfriend when he's with her in the bedroom.