Ive had numerous ultrasounds, a lap, a papsmear, a baby vaginally and two miscarriages (and the scans that came with that). Then last week for another pap I was told the same thing. Doesn't affect anything. Just a bit harder to see bub in early scans and paps can be a bit awkward.
I'm another with a retroverted uterus. It's as common as 1 in 5 woman. I found out at a scan at 8 weeks with my first pregnancy (which sadly ended with my angel). When I fell pregnant with my son my Ob mentioned it again. He told me that early on it can make things a little harder to see on scans, but at the first early scan he does an internal scan anyway. He also said the only complication that might occur is that as you approach 12-14 weeks and the uterus starts to grow out of the pelvis, very rarely the uterus can get 'stuck' on the sacrum (which is called an incarcerated uterus) and it can start to compress the bladder and urethra and prevent you from urinating. It's quite painful and often requires a catheter to be placed. The treatment is basically rocking on your hands and knees to 'free' the uterus and it's usually very effective very quickly. It's a pretty rare thing to occur though.
I had it with my DS, with my DD it was "normal" and now again with this one it's retroverted lol I was told with DS it can change from pregnancy to pregnancy, so don't be disappointed if it doesn't stay forward facing and feel happy if it does stay that way
In saying that, they have never had much trouble seeing my babies from the outside from 7wks onwards, this time I had an earlier scan at 6wks 2d (bub was measuring 6wks) so they needed to do an internal one, but with both DS and DD from 6.5wks onwards they could see them perfectly fine from the outside...
For me what makes this pregnancy different is that I have a huge cyst that is currently sitting right in front of my uterus and is pushing it down and backwards slightly (and sitting on top of my bladder too) so I have constantly had to pee regardless right from the word go this time lol
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