The Cervix Position as a Fertility Indicator

 

Another powerful tool to add to your toolbox of fertility indicators is the feeling and position of the cervix. The tip of the cervix, which can be felt deep within your vagina, feels acutely different at various stages of your fertility.

When it is hard and low within you vagina, you are infertile; when it is soft and high, you are fertile.  Learn to interpret these changes, and your even more likely to accurately pinpoint your ovulation date.

The German Sympto-Thermal method is so reliant on cervical position it substitutes examination of cervical discharge with examination of the cervix. According to the WHO (World Health Organization), the examination of the cervix is just as important as the examination of mucus discharge as well as the Basal Body Temperature (BBT).

The observation of the changing position of the cervix is an amazingly reliable Fertility indicator The cervix noticeably changes during the menstrual cycle: After menstruation it will be closed, hard and positioned low inside the vagina. As ovulation nears it becomes softer, opens up,  and rises inside the vagina. After ovulation it will close again, become hard and lower its position.

Basic Assessment Parameters for Cervical Position Observations

• If the cervix is very open, soft, and is positioned high up in the vagina, this indicates the most fertile point of the cycle. 

• The infertile period starts on the night of the third day the cervix has appeared closed and hard, whenever your body temperature doesn't indicate anything else. 

Cervical observations should be incorporated into the fertility charts that are used for Natural Family Planning and Fertility Awareness. This combination of  many different fertility indicators link together to give you a remarkably accurate picture of when you are ovulation.

For example, the Sympto-Thermal method, which uses a number of different position fertility indicators, including, according to some, the position of the cervix, has a 99% pearl index rating.

That's right, it is 99% reliable for preventing an undesired pregnancy. And with fertility monitors like Cyclotest, implementing the Sympto-Thermal system is simple. A few straightforward clicks of a button and the monitor will automatically produce a clear visual chart detailing your level of fertility. Check out our pages on the Sympto-Thermal method and Cyclotest for more information. 

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