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Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: Nickyp on July 21, 2017, 09:45:13 AM

Title: Can a uterus move position?
Post by: Nickyp on July 21, 2017, 09:45:13 AM: Hi all

Bit of a odd question but I had a TVS and US scan 15 months ago, my uterus was anteverted, I had another scan last week which said it was axially positioned. The only info I can find relates to a uterus loving when pregnant - I'm def not that! Any ideas?
Title: Re: Can a uterus move position?
Post by: Annie0710 on July 21, 2017, 11:18:02 AM: I'd say it can move too, mine was always retroverted and after a difficult birth became prolapsed, I guess still retroverted but it definitely shifted !
Title: Re: Can a uterus move position?
Post by: Nickyp on July 21, 2017, 03:50:27 PM: Mine has moved but no giving birth in between ! Maybe muscles have given up and it's falling apart like the rest of me!
Title: Re: Can a uterus move position?
Post by: nearly50 on July 21, 2017, 03:52:52 PM: Quote
Reaching the menopause can also cause the uterus to change position, as the ligaments holding it in place become weaker.
http://www.channel4embarrassingillnesses.com/conditions/retroverted-uterus/
*warning: horrible photograph* alert :o
Title: Re: Can a uterus move position?
Post by: nearly50 on July 21, 2017, 05:05:31 PM: Quote from: shortie on July 21, 2017, 05:00:43 PM
Eww! Looks like something from the butcher! I've considered selling mine to the butcher - more trouble than it's worth at the moment!

Sx

I thought it was a mouth at first. I used to wish I could see inside my body to see what was going on, but this has made me realise I really don't. ;D
Title: Re: Can a uterus move position?
Post by: Claireylou on July 21, 2017, 05:10:19 PM: My consultant asked if I'd like to see the photos from my laparoscopic hysterectomy. I said no thanks but hubby was interested!

He says he can categorically say that he knows me inside and out ;D
Title: Re: Can a uterus move position?
Post by: nearly50 on July 21, 2017, 05:10:45 PM: Quote from: shortie on July 21, 2017, 05:09:07 PM
Haha - yeah maybe the pert 20 something body but as it ages .... no thank you!

Sx

Right enough, it is a bit like the videos they show at school of normal lungs and then a smoker's lungs
Title: Re: Can a uterus move position?
Post by: Nickyp on July 21, 2017, 08:18:52 PM: Oops sorry for raising this post!!!! But thanks for t he responses.
Title: Re: Can a uterus move position?
Post by: Hurdity on July 23, 2017, 07:29:05 AM: I wonder if particular womb positions are more prone to prolapse? Mine was always retroverted but no-one's mentioned it recently on scans.

Hurdity x
Title: Re: Can a uterus move position?
Post by: Taz2 on July 23, 2017, 09:02:50 PM: Good point Hurdity!

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16341460

Taz x
Title: Re: Can a uterus move position?
Post by: Lanzalover on July 23, 2017, 09:15:23 PM: Thanks Taz2

Interesting link.

Don't know what position mine is in just know it's in there somewhere lol

Lanzalover x
Title: Re: Can a uterus move position?
Post by: Taz2 on July 23, 2017, 10:45:06 PM: I had retroverted womb and mine prolapsed. I had a hysterectomy three years ago and things are much more comfy since but I would still have preferred to have kept my womb.

Do your pelvic floor exercises every day to ward off prolapse. http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/uterine-prolapse/basics/prevention/con-20027708 HRT helps with this too as it keeps the ligaments strong.

Taz x