The ultra sound lady said yesterday that I have one too. I asked her what that meant and she said it is where the uterus tilts posteriorly (towards the back of the body) rather than anteriorly (towards the front). Both she and the radiologist said that the uterus can change position at anytime, and that they have both seen one re-align during an ultrasound. They said that as your pregnancy progresses, the uterus will naturally realign, and that it has no effect on conception nor does it cause a miscarriage. But, having said that, I had a miscarriage last year, and now am ?5weeks pregnant, though there is a high probability that I have miscarried this one too, so who knows??
A long time ago I had an u/s to check my ovaries, and the report said I had a retroverted cervix but normal uterus. Both of these don't go together but I put it out of my mind (I was about 18). I managed to get pregnant and carry DD to term with no problems. DD was unplanned. Recently I had an u/s to check my ovaries again, and the report said I had a retroverted uterus. Which made me think, finally, someone said what I was thinking. Not sure how this affects me after having had a baby.
Wow, everyone's got one!! When I found out about mine I looked it up - it means its tilted the wrong way. Apparently 99% of the time it will realign itself, or it can be realigned by a doc. Very rarely it will cause a miscarriage at 4 months if it doesn't realign.
I think as long as your medical care providers are aware of it you should have no problem - and whenever you get a scan just ask if its righted itself
I've got one too!
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