Re: troverted uterus in pregnancy--THANKS MARVEL!
From: Anne (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 19 Oct 1997 19:06:03 -0500 (CDT)
At Sat, 18 Oct 1997, Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. wrote:
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>At Sat, 18 Oct 1997, Anne wrote:
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Thanks Dr. Marchbein, I probably am just feeling the pressures of a
second pregnancy in a 1 1/2 year span. Felt round ligament
stretching... and my adhesions were zapped last winter...so that I
guess leaves me to milk my husband for all the backrubs and tummy rubs I
can get the next 7 months! :) :) thanks again for the info!!!
--
Anne N.
West Central IL
>>>Dear Marvel,
>>>
>>>What is a retroverted uterus?
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>A retroverted uterus is just tilted backwards instead of anteverted
>(tilted forwards). It's just one variation of normal.
>
>>does it sit back further in the pelvis?
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>That would be retrocessed, sitting further back in the pelvis. You can
>have a retrocessed uterus that is either anteverted or retroverted.
>
>> my
>>>dr said that mine is retro and I was wondering if it might be causing my
>>>bad back ache.
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>Mmmmmmmmmmmm, it's a possibility.
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>>with the first child I had no backache till 9 months.
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>Pretty normal, I'd say.
>
>>Or
>>>does it lean forward and could be causing my c-section scar to hurt
>>>badly?
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>What you've described shouldn't "lean forward" but adhesions (things
>stuck to other things) can raise up a retroverted uterus.
>
>>(acute pain across the scar laterally) Or am I just being a BIG WHINER and feeling typical symptoms of a
>>>second pregnacy?? ;) just wondering...
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>Anne, may be adhesions, may be stretching of the scar, may be a big
>whiner (just kidding) or may be nothing at all. Some people without
>previous incisions can also get that sort of pain in the same areas.
>
>In some patients late in the first trimester and early second trimester,
>the Round Ligament is stretching and causes pain or discomfort in the
>lower abdomen, sometimes bilateral, occasionally going down into the
>groin and inner thigh. This problem is a syndrome and is coincidentally
>called the "Round Ligament Syndrome". Who says medicine is tough ;-)
>
>--
>Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
>OBGYN.net U.S. Representative, New York
>Great Neck, New York
>http://www.obgyn.net/states/bios/marchbein.htm
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