“Cervix always feeling open, is this normal?”
Since I had my son in 2019 my cervix has changed, it feels like it's slightly open all the time. Is this normal? Can this cause issues trying to have another baby?
Female | 29 years old
Complaint duration: 2years
1 Answer
I guess you are checking your cervix somehow. Anyway, the cervix can feel open. Whether or not this is a problem depends on some issues from what happened at the delivery of your child to what the cervix will look like when it is examined by ultrasonography during your next pregnancy. If there was a laceration to the cervix that happened during your delivery and it was not repaired or if it was repaired, but failed to heal properly, then, yes this could impact your next pregnancy. In particular, it could cause pregnancy loss in the second trimester or it could be a factor in causing premature delivery. At your next examination, this needs to be brought up to your gynecologist so that he/she can examine the delivery record as well as the cervix. If you do get pregnant, the cervix can be evaluated as the pregnancy progresses to see if it is shortening or attempting to open prematurely. If this is the case, a suture could be strategically placed into the cervix to keep it from opening before the fetus is mature.
