first im 35 weeks pregnant and when i went to the dr. yesterday she told me my uterus is growing irregularly. what does that mean?
ok well pretty much she said she wants to check how the baby is growing and she doesnt think anything serious is wrong but she is giving me another ultrasound on monday to check everything. i talked to my mom about it and she said thats normal and they usually do a check up ultrasound and it doesnt necissarily mean im going to have a c section or getting induced, they just want to basicly take measurments and etc.
Why didn't you ask her when she told you this? If you didn't really understand you should have asked and had her clarify, call tomorrow and find out.
Ask the doctor.
I know it's hard and you don't think to ask questions at the time, but just call the office and ask.
You've made it to 35 weeks. That's a good sign.
My uterus was "irregular" because my son was breech.
He came out in the normal way though.
No point in guessing. Ask your doctor to explain everything to you.
Best wishes.
That could mean about 1,000 things. Call your doc up tomorrow and ask her.
Why didn't you ask her when she said that to you? Call tomorrow morning and ask. There are quite a number of answers, so only she could tell you since she's the one who has seen and examined you. Start asking questions about EVERYTHING with doctors and nurses! You're going to really want to do that with your new baby!
I have a 2 year old and my uterus was inverted... they didn't even tell me lol... I found out when I tried to get mirena. Don't worry about it if your doctor didn't freak out or warn you or anything. Ask your doc cuz that could mean lots of things.
Definitely call your doctor and ask what she meant by that and what implications it may have. They've gotten every question under the sun and yours won't be weird. You won't be inconveniencing her either; her job is to help you through the pre-natal process.
And, don't fall for the scare tactics that every OB is out to cut you open for a c-section and that birthing with an OB is horrible either. That's about as silly and wrong as saying that women who homebirth or waterbirth are weirdos, because they're not.
Hi A.,
Just pick up the phone and call and ask the nurse on staff or ask your doctor to call you.
Since you're (very shortly) going to be a mom, these thoughts will serve you well:
• NEVER hesitate to ask ANY question to a doc or a nurse.
•There are NO stupid questions, just unasked questions.
•If this was a repair to your dishwasher, would you hesitate to ask questions about the services you are given? Doctors are not gods. They are regular professionals, like a plumber or an electrician. They are apid for a service. If you feel rushed, unheard or unimportant, then switch doctors.
• There will come a day when you have your newborn with you at home that you will have a concern, a question....NEVER---EVER hesitate to call and ask. That's their service. That's what they are there for.
Congratulations and I wish you a Speedy Delivery!
Many OBs will find a disease or pathogenic problem in a normal course of a pregnancy. Get ready for the "I think you need a cesarean - lets make a date for it" speech. If you can get out of being cut open, stretched apart, disemboweled and placed back together... take it.
***FACT**** It's better for both you and baby to have a VERTICAL vaginal birth.
***FACT*** 1 out of 3 births are cesareans... which makes that 33-43% of births!!
***FACT*** The entire developed world says it should be no more than 15-20% - on the high end!
***FACT*** Educate yourself now... I wish I had a Mom tell me this during my first pregnancy!
***MY EXPERIENCE*** I may not have been able to accept the lies they told me, the fear tactics they used would have been useless, and I and my daughter would have had a better birth story. I feel traumatized from my 'emergency cesarean', especially knowing what I do now - and all the 'helpful and necessary interventions' they forced on me were not only unnecessary - but caused everything to snowball into a cesarean.
***MY PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL OPINION*** I really wish in America OBs were banned from attending first births and low-minimum risk pregnancies. My next birth in July will be a waterbirth with a midwife. I will never go to an OB again for a normal birth.
I am an LPN going for my RN - will soon be a ARNP-CNM by 2015!!
Geez ladies, don't you think you could be a little nicer? Why didn't you ask right then, because you're pregnant and it's hard to process the all the info. Don't feel bad for not asking.
Hugs
A. ~
She could just mean that it's not as big or too big than what she was expecting. It's hard to say, you should call and ask what she meant by "irregular." It doesn't necessarily mean that anything is wrong. Alot of things contribute to how your uterus grows, including the amount of amniotic fluid, the baby's size, the baby's position, etc.
Don't get all worked up about a possible c-section. Most doctors really don't want to do a c-section unless it's necessary (like breech or distress). Even if the baby is measuring big, doesn't mean it can't be delivered vaginally (I've seen 12 pound babies delivered naturally!). It depends on your bones, and they shift during delivery, so there's no way to know how big of a baby you can really deliver until you try.
Good luck! I'm sure everything is just fine!
D., OB nurse :)
