>Hi Niki and all
>The rationale your were given for the inverted uterus is not accurate. I >think the intern should get her/his books out and do a little bit of >reading. I dunno we have the Prime Minister telling us all off for not >having enough children and here we have a medico blaming the woman for >having too many!!! In nearly every case an inverted uterus (postpartum) >occurs because someone tries to deliver the placenta before it separates >from the uterine wall. The person keeps pulling on the cord and eventually >the cord, placenta and uterus all come out together. Sometimes the >placenta can't separate (placenta accreta, percreta or increta) and only >surgery can 'fix' the problem. Women who have had previous caesareans are >more prone to these conditions cause of the uterine scarring. Very rarely >it 'just happens'. It may occur in repeated births. It's a real pity that >a beautiful birth wasn't quite so beaut at the end. If you need more info >e-mail me privately or come and have a chat. Inverted uteruses are rare >and so you have in all likelihood seen your first and last. I just wish >you'd not seen it - ever. Carol Carol Thorogood Visiting Midwifery Scholar School of Nursing and Midwifery Flinders University, Adelaide, 5001 Telephone: 08 8201 3924 Fax: 08 8201 3410 -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
