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If indeed 60-70% of all women in the world get a niche after a cesarean section, [3] many women don't know they have a niche, got pregnant and never experienced any trouble during pregnancy. The worst-case scenario of having a niche is the chance of a uterine rupture. A uterine rupture means that the wall of the uterus, at the place of the ...
Definition: Relationship between the longitudinal axis of fetus and mother: longitudinal (resulting in either cephalic or breech presentation) oblique (unstable, will eventually become either transverse or longitudinal) transverse (resulting in shoulder presentation) back up; back down (indication for vertical uterine incision during cesarean ...
In obstetrics, position is the orientation of the fetus in the womb, identified by the location of the presenting part of the fetus relative to the pelvis of the mother. . Conventionally, it is the position assumed by the fetus before the process of birth, as the fetus assumes various positions and postures during the course of chil
A lower (uterine) segment caesarean section (LSCS) is the most commonly used type of caesarean section. [1] Most commonly, a baby is delivered by making a transverse incision in the lower uterine segment, above the attachment of the urinary bladder to the uterus.
Products of conception, abbreviated POC, is a medical term used for the tissue derived from the union of an egg and a sperm. It encompasses anembryonic gestation (blighted ovum) which does not have a viable embryo. In the context of tissue from a dilation and curettage, the presence of POC essentially excludes an ectopic pregnancy.
Abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) in the reproductive years, unrelated to pregnancy, is rarely life-threatening, but is frequently life altering. The symptoms frequently interfere with quality of life and those girls and women affected by chronic AUB spend significant amounts of personal resources on menstrual products and medications.
Dr. Laura Purdy, chief medical officer at Wisp, a sexual health care group, says that “uterus didelphys is rare,” only accounting for 8% of the congenital anomalies of the female reproductive ...
Transeverse uterine rupture. Uterine rupture is when the muscular wall of the uterus tears during pregnancy or childbirth. [3] Symptoms, while classically including increased pain, vaginal bleeding, or a change in contractions, are not always present. [1] [2] Disability or death of the mother or baby may result. [1] [3]