My OB said it generally doesn't mean much once you are a little farther along, because the uterus will be pushed up into midline as the baby grows. It is a little harder to do a pelvic exam on a person who is retroverted, and sometimes a little harder to get an early US picture.
I was told I had a tipped uterus about 12 years ago. Three perfectly normal pregnancies and intervention-free births later I have to say it is meaningless to me.
I have one and the only thing it meant was that I couldn't hear the heartbeat until 14 weeks, the uterus just needs to get a bit bigger.
I had a complication free pregnancy and birth.
Think about it - your uterus *can't* be retroverted as pregnancy progresses. Your internal organs, not to mention ribs and spine get in the way and the uterus has to fall along the path of least resistance - forward into a "normal" position.
I think some women can have a problem in early preg. with emptying their bladders if the uterus is pressing on the urethra while retroverted. But that is the only real problem I know of.
I have a tipped uterus and had no problems with pg and birth. The gyn who 'diagnosed" it likened it to being left-handed. A small percentage are and it's no big deal.
for me it made me show earlier and then kinda go back down a little when it tipped right. Go figure. It also takes a little longer to hear the heart beat.
I also have a tipped uterus. It's only more difficult to do a pelvic exam if the "examiner" is not familiar with this (in my many years of experience).
This is so funny that you bumped this thread because the OB's have not said anything else about it since then, and I completely forget they even said anything to me about it in the first place!
LOL
Guess it isn't that big of a deal!
:LOL
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