Tilt a Womb = bath time

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"The term tilted womb is sometimes used to describe a retroverted uterus.

A significant proportion (10%, I looked it up.) of women have wombs that tend to tilt backwards as opposed to resting forwards on top of the bladder. In the vast majority of cases they would have no awareness this and it would present no symptoms and no problems for their sex lives, menstrual cycle or fertility. (LIARS! My "you know what" is so painful I am unable to do anything but lay in scalding hot water for 3 days...it causes unbelievably painful cramps because your body is having a harder time doing what it needs to do...that is as far as I will go with that one.)

In a small minority of women, it has been considered to be a cause of pelvic discomfort or backache. (DUH!) A special kind of pessary (a Hodge pessary) can be inserted to encourage the uterus to tilt forwards to see if it improves symptoms.

If the pessary does help, a gynaecological operation called ventrosuspension can offer a more permanent repositioning.

Yours sincerely

The  Medical Team"

Comments

[Jenny Renny]

Thanks Faith for the enlightenment. This sounds awful, by the way I just noticed your new banner and think it is very cool ;)

[catherine]

I learn something new every day! I'm sorry to hear that it's so painful.

[Olivia]

Oh, lordy, a "Hodge Pessary"? I feel faint and clammy and I might be experiencing sympathy cramps. When, (if), I recover sufficiently, I'll have to tap that into a Wikipedia search.