If your cervix was hanging really low that day, it's not impossible that you got behind it. More likely -- though that doesn't mean 100% gotta-be! -- would be going slightly backwardsish, toward your spine, rounding the "curve" that the pubic bone imposes (that picture doesn't really show how extreme an angle the vagina can get at!), and coming up around that, to get at the anterior fornix.
The difference... Hm. Your cervix will generally be kind of like the texture and consistency of the tip of your nose. Slightly firm-squishy and fairly smooth. Poking it might make you feel oogy, or might even be painful. The vaginal wall that is bending around your pubic bone will tend to be rough, or rippled, or -- depending on variations in anatomy and the surgery's effects -- kind of fringy from hymenal remnants in that area. If you happen to find your g-spot, it might feel interesting.
I'm definitely not going to say it's impossible that your cervix was hanging low and you slipped a finger behind it! It's a little unlikely (the pubic bone imposes a very startling curve! usually this comes up on VP when people are asking how the heck to put a tampon in without pain, and some people find that they can't touch their cervixes at all, due to finger length), but some people do have really low-hanging cervixes at certain points in their cycle or all the time. You could well be one of them! Until you are feeling well enough to do some more careful exploration (clean hands! after surgery, only clean hands around the area!), or unless you remember the texture of what you were feeling, it's probably a little difficult to sort out from just a description. Till you're cleared to put hands there, I'd say... don't worry about it. You'll have plenty of chances to explore your anatomy, on your own time, and figure out what's what and what's where.
(BTW, at some point, those soluble stitches may "fall out." If this is a reasonable time after the surgery, don't panic if you see bits of them come out. It's what they're meant to do. They're probably all brownish looking, if they're the same kind that were on my cats when they were spayed, and I just realized that they might be startling if you see them in the toilet or something.)
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Date: 2011-02-20 03:53 am (UTC)The difference... Hm. Your cervix will generally be kind of like the texture and consistency of the tip of your nose. Slightly firm-squishy and fairly smooth. Poking it might make you feel oogy, or might even be painful. The vaginal wall that is bending around your pubic bone will tend to be rough, or rippled, or -- depending on variations in anatomy and the surgery's effects -- kind of fringy from hymenal remnants in that area. If you happen to find your g-spot, it might feel interesting.
I'm definitely not going to say it's impossible that your cervix was hanging low and you slipped a finger behind it! It's a little unlikely (the pubic bone imposes a very startling curve! usually this comes up on VP when people are asking how the heck to put a tampon in without pain, and some people find that they can't touch their cervixes at all, due to finger length), but some people do have really low-hanging cervixes at certain points in their cycle or all the time. You could well be one of them! Until you are feeling well enough to do some more careful exploration (clean hands! after surgery, only clean hands around the area!), or unless you remember the texture of what you were feeling, it's probably a little difficult to sort out from just a description. Till you're cleared to put hands there, I'd say... don't worry about it. You'll have plenty of chances to explore your anatomy, on your own time, and figure out what's what and what's where.
(BTW, at some point, those soluble stitches may "fall out." If this is a reasonable time after the surgery, don't panic if you see bits of them come out. It's what they're meant to do. They're probably all brownish looking, if they're the same kind that were on my cats when they were spayed, and I just realized that they might be startling if you see them in the toilet or something.)