PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for July, 1999: Re: [pregnancy] uterine inversion

Re: [pregnancy] uterine inversion

From: Donna (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 28 Jul 1999 10:00:09 -0500 (CDT)

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At Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Christopher wrote: >
>I received this on another pregnancy list. I thought Dr. Mac or Hill might
>be able to help.
>
>karen
>The exact same thing happened during my labor/delivery. I asked my OB/GYN (same one who delivered my daughter in October)if I could have a C-section if I got pregnant again. The pain was so great during the delivery of the placenta and uterus that I am not sure I could push again. She said that they would send me to a high risk OB in my 3rd trimester to see what my risks are. She also said that if you have it happen during one delivery it is not more likely to happen again and it has more to do with where the placenta attaches than anything else. I have been trying to find reserach on it but have had no luck. Please let me know anything you have found out. Thanks and good luck!

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Donna
>>
>>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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