Pregnant people often have cervical checks in late pregnancy. Get the scoop on whether this common exam is necessary. Medically reviewed by Iya Mystique Hargrove, M.S., CFSD, CBS, CLE, CBEMedically ...

The cervix is the lower opening of the uterus which is usually tight and prevents anything from going into or out of the uterus. In a normal pregnancy, a woman's cervix will naturally begin to dilate ...

Owing to the current trend of delaying pregnancy into the later reproductive years and the increased availability of screening tests for cervical cancer, physicians caring for pregnant women may ...

Bloody show is a normal sign that your body is preparing for labor. It’s a discharge of blood and mucus from your vagina. It indicates that your cervix is starting to open. Bloody show looks different ...

The mucus plug is a protective layer made up of sticky mucus that seals the cervix (the opening of the uterus). The cervical canal produces this plug to protect your womb and unborn baby from bacteria ...

During one of Bethany Hart’s early examinations while pregnant, she underwent a routine Pap smear and learned the results were abnormal. At the time, the then-30-year-old was about 10 weeks along, and ...

A 29-year-old African woman, gravida 3 para 1, was referred at 16 weeks of gestation with a polypoid hemorrhagic cervical lesion, with low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cervical cytology.