What's a cervix?

This past semester I took Anatomy & Physiology 2 at a local community college. The first day of class back in September, I remember looking at the syllabus and having a little party in my head when I saw we were going to do a unit on Human Reproduction.

Our professor was very ill for 2 weeks of the semester so we ended up rushing through the only unit I was excited for. We did a "crash course" in Human Reproduction. Since it was the end of the semester I had become friendly with many of my classmates. While studying for the test with them, I could not believe how many of the women in my class did not know ANYTHING - I mean NOTHING - about their anatomy. This had me thinking...

I then realized that I didn't know much about the reproductive system until I became a doula. Perhaps this is a sign that we, as women, need to educate ourselves and one another because quite frankly, no one else will.

Get out a mirror and figure out whats going on down there!

This site is a also amazing: Beautiful Cervix

And of course, I must include some of Susun Weed's insight: http://www.susunweed.com/herbal_ezine/May08/childbearing.htm

And an article relating to birth: What You Don’t Know About Your Cervix Can Ruin Your Birth

Here are some helpful pictures as well:

"The Essential Ingredient: Doula"

"The Essential Ingredient: Doula"

A new video by DONA International

In a recent article about the rising c-section rate, I quite enjoyed this quote:

"Any woman having a baby should care about the cesarean rate,” says Desirre Andrews, president of the International Cesarean Awareness Network, an advocacy group that promotes vaginal birth. “They should be concerned about the likelihood of ending up in the OR because we know what is healthiest is unfettered birth. Women are starting to believe they can't have babies. It's becoming the cultural norm for women to believe they're broken.”

Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2010/12/20/c-sections-on-the-rise-especially-for-black-moms/#ixzz18ytPiTMX