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What Does This Abdominal Ultrasound Report Indicate?

Posted on Tue, 24 Jan 2017

Question: My wife had given birth to a baby girl 8 months ago via c-section. She had a normal course of pregnancy and baby was delivered on 39th week of gestation. She had to go through c-section because of failure to dilate(dilated only 3 cm) after 10 hours of labor. Recently she did a general health checkup and the abdominal scan reports showed that uterus is retroverted. In her previous reports, it was anteverted. All other tests are normal including thyroid profile.

My questions are

1. What would have caused this change of position?
2. What are the risks this condition poses?
3. Is there anything she can do to resolve this if it is a problem?

Answered by Dr. Chetna Jain (8 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Nothing to worry

Detailed Answer:
pregnancy is unlikely to change the position of the uterus. retroverted uterus is common and is unlikely to cause problems when not pregnant. during pregnancy rarely in 3 rd month it can cause urinary retention. no treatment is required. best wishes

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Remy Koshy

Follow up: Dr. Chetna Jain (9 minutes later)

Thanks for your answer. Just have one clarification.

Will it go back to its original position by itself over a period of time?

Answered by Dr. Chetna Jain (3 days later)

Brief Answer:
It may or may not

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

It may or may not but there is no worry of any kind. It will not affect her in any way.
There's no need to concern, please don't worry.

Regards
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee