Hi everyone, I am a B. Mid student, and have just had my first amazing experience of observing the birth of a baby boy. The baby birthed beautifully (try saying that 3 times!), however the placenta was taking a long time to be delivered, and after pushing by the mum, and gentle pulling of the cord by the Dr (intern), the placenta began to come out. The MW noticed that something was wrong, called in the Dr, to confirm an inverted uterus protruding out the vagina with the placenta. The Dr tried pushing it back up, and she (the mum) was rushed off to theatre. After a long wait, we were told that the mum was going to be fine, they were able to push the uterus back up, and no major damage had been done.
When consulting with the father, the intern explained what had happened, and said that cases of inverted uterus' were more common in women who had birthed `many' babies (she had 4), and also in Indonesian women, which the mum was. I have since been trying to research similar cases, and were wondering if anyone had any experience or info on inverted uterus'. I was also wanting to confirm whether the race of the mother has any influence on the chance of this condition occurring. Thanks, I look forward to your replies Niki -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
