Retroverted Uterus
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Topic: Retroverted Uterus
Posted By: ginger
Subject: Retroverted Uterus
Date Posted: 30 January 2007 at 10:47am
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Does anyone else have this problem?
I was lying awake last night, thinking about things, and I remember my specialist telling me that my uterus was retroverted and what that means. It's one of those bits of information that I filed under "deal with later" in the midst of my endo crisis. I realised last night that the reason my back has been so horrendously sore is because of the retroverted uterus, and my period being due/arriving. The increased pressure on my sciatic (presumably). Duh! Of course, the back pain has always been there - it's just that it's been nothing compared to my endo, and so it's a few steps down the 'things to complain about' chain. Except, this month, I've realised that my body has *really* started to heal after the surgery (didn't half take a while!!) - YAY!! and which has tugged that little memory chip about the retroverted uterus. What I know: A retroverted uterus makes it harder to get pregnant. I guess because of the angle, it's harder for the swimmers to do their thing, and bearing in mind DH and I are dealing with a wee swimmer issue *anyway* ... What I want to know: Anyone else who has this problem ...were there any tricks to help things along? eg. should I lie on my back after BD, or are there positions that are better than others for the deed itself ... ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
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Posted By: Sarah Beth
Date Posted: 30 January 2007 at 10:56am
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I ahve no idea about the uterus, but I LOVE your signature! ------------- "> 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 30 January 2007 at 11:01am
Yerp i have one of those. Didnt affect us getting pregnant it was just the quality of my eggs that did. I have heard bits and pieces of what to do etc but when i got pregnant i didnt do anything just did the deed and went to sleep lol I have also heard that it shouldnt affect you getting pregnant 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 30 January 2007 at 12:21pm
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Mine is tilted back quite a bit so it maybe the same thing. I know that when I get AF it really hurts ( I tell people going through labour with Andrew was easier than AF some months). But as for getting pregnant - sorry can't help both times have been a surprise pregnancy. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 30 January 2007 at 12:27pm
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That's the baby mummy_becks! It tilts backwards instead of sort of up and down. ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: Sarah Beth
Date Posted: 30 January 2007 at 12:29pm
perhaps do a pelvic tilt or throw pillows under your hips for awhile after the deed and get gravity to help? Or a handstand  ------------- ">
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 30 January 2007 at 1:08pm
Ginger I suspect my uterus is retroverted but don't actually know for certain. It's because when I'm pg, all my tummy measurements are under average and then I have average+ babies, and because of things I've heard about discomfort in particular BD positions  But.... I don't have a particularly bad back (I don't think), or hugely painful periods, and I haven't had trouble conceiving.
Anyway somethng I read (googled it one day) about conceiving with a retro-uterus is that after BDFing you should lie on your back with a pillow or preferably two under your hips - so as to tilt the swimmers to the right place more easily. -------------  |
Posted By: Salifer
Date Posted: 30 January 2007 at 10:26pm
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I do the whole..."tilting pelvis..." after BDing anyway, have no idea if I have a Retroverted Uterus or not.
Just read somewhere that it helped to lie down after BDing and prop up your uteris with a pillow so figured it wouldn't hurt.......(not always the most exciting to lie around for 1/2 hour after....but its good "thinking time"...!!!) |
Posted By: EthansMummy
Date Posted: 31 January 2007 at 11:36am
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Yip i have also heard about the pillows or a hand/head stand!! ------------- ** MUM TO ** Ethan 29/08/2006 Brooke 22/09/2008 |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 31 January 2007 at 12:19pm
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Most people after they have a scan (without a baby in there) on their uterus would know if their uterus is retroverted. That is how I found out and the fact my GP could feel that it was tilted. My mum's is also retroverted so it could be a herditary thing (like most of the issues I have with my body down there, my mum had them too) along the lines of endo etc. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 02 February 2007 at 5:08pm
| Yip mine is too and no probs getting preg. I think once you get to about 12 weeks or something it pops up anyway so its normal well thats what my dr said. It also makes its hard to tell how far along you are at the start and you need a camera up there for really early scans. |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 02 February 2007 at 7:19pm
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Yep I read that retro uteri tilt into the correct position in the majority of cases by the end of the first trimester. They sometimes then stay in the right place (or flip back after birth)... this can also just happen as the person gets a bit older. ------------- |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 02 February 2007 at 8:44pm
| Yeah and some people get it after they have bubs. I don't know what mine was after having Jack but before him it was retroverted. |