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Tilted uterus

April - posted on 07/04/2010 ( 4 moms have responded )

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So now that I am in the last trimester I've been gearing up for labor and birth of our sweet little man. In doing that I obviously looked up what effects my diabetes and tilted uterus may have on my labor and delivery. I was told at first by the doctor that I may have to have to have a c-section depending on the labor and how it went. (This of course was based solely off of my tilted back uterus, and not my diabetes since I've had that since I was a child and have maintained it all these years. I was diagnosed at 8 and I am now 25.)

So a little background info on this pregnancy: I know when we conceived, it could have only been one day. However, the first three times we went to the doctors (one of which was an emergency room trip due to intense pains in my left side which turned out to be a cyst on my ovary which went away on it's own, and after some research we found out that it's typical to have a cyst on the ovary that popped the egg out that was fertilized.) Anyways by my last period and the date in which I know we had sex the expected due date and the doctors "measurement' dates of the uterus were not adding up. They have been in constant juggling up and down since day one, even to the point that, at our third doctors appointment that first month after finding out we were pregnant, we were miscarrying and/or had a tubal pregnancy. However the sac was there in my uterus in a nice placement, low, but none the less, nice placement.

We went through hell the first trimester between the countless doctors appointments, blood test, visit to the ER with follow up appointments, morning sickness, and tension. We were so up in the air about everything, and every doctor/nurse seemed to tip toe around us.

After doing some of my own very intense research about my pregnancy, with diabetes and the fact that I have a tilted uterus (Which currently in the third trimester is still tilted back), it came to my surprise a number of women with a similar story and problems. In fact one women delivered her child full term healthy as an ox weighing in at 8 lbs 6 ozs and 21 inches long 5 weeks before her due date! My research showed that it is often harder to take accurate gestational measurements for a baby in a tilted uterus, in fact 4 out of every 5 pregnancies with tilted uterus are 3-5 weeks further along than the measurements taken during an ultrasound.



I'm wondering how many other mommies out there are/have experienced the same thing? How common is it to be misdiagnosed with the wrong due date due to a tilted uterus? What were, if there truly are any, concerns and complications for labor and birth to women with a tilted uterus?

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Brittany - posted on 07/16/2010

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i had my son in jan of this year and i was told that i should not have been able to concieve let alone carry and deliver him because my uterus was filpped and inverted they said i had gestional diabetes and i even had him early due to pre eclampsia via emergency c-section and it didnt help that he was breeched and at birth he wieghed 7 lbs 6 oz 19 in long i was told that if i would have went full term that he would have been at least 8 or 9 lbs. Try not to dwell on it remember that our bodies are meant to have children and that we are only put in the postions that God knows we can handle so you will be fine.

Rabecca - posted on 07/05/2010

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I had a similar experience I was always told my uterus is severly tipped which was the reason I have always had such terrible peroids cramps ect.. and was also told that with how tipped it is that its not always easy to concieve which I did but when I first found out wa told I was 11 weeks 3 weeks later I had a lot of bleeding but told everything was fine numbers and everything still looked good but then told was only 7 weeks about three weeks after had my first offical obgyn visit was told I was barly 9 weeks so with my math seems like when i was told I was 11 weeks I was just barley a week or so oh it made a long pregnancy but everything went well .
was also told that womens uterus can stay put per say after a pregnancy and not be so tilted so was hoping that was the case because it could help with cramps and what not but at 6 weeks visit after my son she said well look at that it bounced right back to where it was before so no such luck I guess

Christa - posted on 07/05/2010

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I don't know the full details, but I know my mom has a tilted uterus. She had 4 healthy children all vaginally, with no complications. Two of us were late the other two were early. We all weighed between 8-10 lbs.

My mom had an abortion when she was about 18 and she was really messed up at the time, so she snuck out of the hospital before they released her and she didn't know that she still had some gauze and stuff inside her. Well she had that for 2 years before it was found. (my mom had a rough younger life) When she got married at 27/28 they started trying to have kids and that's when they found her uterus was tilted (not sure if the abortion had anything to do with that) and she had some major scar tissue. She took two years and a surgery to clean things up the got pregnant with me. In between me she had a miscarriage and ectopic that burst one of her tubes. After that she went on to have my three siblings. And that was over 20 years ago. Medicine has advanced so much. My point is that even with all her physical shortcomings she had 4 healthy babies, so clearly it was God's will. I wish I had more answers to your questions for you, but my advice is give it to the Lord. He will watch over you and your blessing growing inside of you. I'm sure you will both be fine in the end. Good Luck and God Bless!!

Carla - posted on 07/05/2010

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My uterus was so tipped it was upside down! My doctor had told me to quit taking birth control, as it would be absolutely impossible to conceive. Well, guess what! On birth control, tipped uterus, and I got pregnant! I was having intense pain, and went to ER, they thought I had a twisted tube or something, they prepped me for surgery, got in there, and viola! there was a baby! I spent most of my pregnancy on the floor with my butt up in the air, trying to get the weight of the baby to tip things upright. My Dr. didn't have any problems with the due date, I don't know if that had anything to do with the uterus or not. She ended up breach, but by the time they figured that out, I was in labor, so had her natural. That was 37 years ago, and I'm sure they have better diagnostic skills now ;) I'm not sure my complications had anything to do with the tipped uterus, so I can only tell you we had a beautiful, perfect little girl, 6 lbs, 18 inches.

God said He would keep Christian women during childbirth, so I would put my trust in Him, and not get overly freaked out over anything you hear. Childbirth is rarely pleasant. You do, however, quickly forget the pain when you hold your little one in your arms.

I pray peace for you, I pray calm and the reassurance that God is in charge. God bless, honey!

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