ttcbaby2

i just found out at an internal examination on wenesday that i have a cervical erosion,i have been bleeding and having pain after sex and wonder if anyone else has this.i have an appointment with gyneacologist next month,and we have been ttc no2 for 18 months now with no luck.

DolceBella

Hi ttcbaby2... found this website on it...
http://www.drugs.com/enc/cervical-erosion.html

Loo

Basically the tissue lining your womb is obviously 'juicy bloody tissue'.

The tissue lining your vagina is 'non bleeding stretchy tissue'.

At some point the 'seam' or 'join' of these two types of tissue has to come together. Usually this is in the middle of your cervical canal and so can't be seen by the doctor on examination.

In lots of ladies its lower down and so is visible on the cervix itself. This is called an ectropion (or erosion).

It can therefore cause bleeding (esp after sex) cos the penis jabs away at the cervix and if that has some 'juicy bloody tissue' on it, it bleeds much easier than if it was covered in 'stretchy non-bleedy tissue'. The other time it can bleed is when you have a smear test.

I don't think it should cause any pain though. What did your doc say?

ttcbaby2

he made me appointment to see gyneaclolgist it was very painful when he touched it and set off a bleed

DolceBella

Ouchie! I hope this clears up for you!

Loo

Well I hope the gynae doc can give you more advice. Best of luck x

Nutmeg

I'v had this twice. Once about 6 yrs ago and again recently. It used to hurt when dh penetrated me deeply (sorry TMI!) and i used to bleed lots after sex. I don't think it would affect your ttc-ing though. I had mine cauterised last time and treated with silver nitrate this time (purely cos the cauterising machine was broken apparently lol). Both times it has cleared it up fine after treatment.

ttcbaby2

is it painful having it cauterised

Nutmeg

Not really. Its kind of uncomfortable but not painful. I was really nervous about it, but it was fine