[pregnancy] uterine inversion

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karen

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>Hi gals!
>
>I have another worry.
>When i had my 1st child everything about the delivery went well until i
>started to deliver the placenta. When this third stage of labor began,
>from what i was told, the placenta didn't totally detach from the top of
>the uterus (fundus) therefore when i started to deliver the placenta, my
>uterus was coming out with it. THIS was so much more painful than the
>actual birth of my child...it sent me into shock...it was a pain that i
>will never ever forget.
>
>My fear is that this will happen again. I read somewhere that if it has
>happened once then the chances of it happening again are great. I also
>read that in most cases the doctors are in such a hurry to finish up that
>they begin to pull on the cord to pull the placenta out, instead of
>letting it come out on it's own. This could have very well have happened
>in my case...i was just not aware of what the doctor was doing down
>there.
>
>I have a friend who had her baby in February of last year and the same
>thing happened to her and she swears that she saw him pull on the
>cord....then her uterus inverted. She of course had an epidural and
>didn't feel much of the pain BUT according to what i read, regardless if
>you can feel it or not, it can still cause hemorraghing, shock and even
>death in the mother.
>
>I am so scared that this will happen again...and am tempted to tell my
>doctor (which isn't the same one that delivered #1) that I don't want the
>placenta delivery to be rushed along with the aid of pulling on the cord.
>My husband says that the doc knows what he is doing...well, it's the same
>doc that delivered my friends baby and it just seems to me that they a
>great deal of docs are doing this so they can get out of there quicker.
>
>Do you guys think my doctor will take it the wrong way when I mention
>this to him? he already knows about the inversion from last time... How
>would you mention it to him??
>Has anyone else experienced uterine inversion once, twice? Has anyone
>experienced U/I once and with subsequent delivery (ies) not??
>
>I'm also afraid that if my uterus inverts again that it may do some long
>term damage...something that could keep me from having more children.
>
>Hope all of you are well!

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