Tilted Uterus

[Lou98]

Hi, I just wondered if anyone else had experience with this?

I'm only 11+3 weeks so far and had a couple private scans at 6 weeks and 9 weeks and they both said that I've got a very tilted back uterus (I have been told this before a few years ago at a scan for cysts so was aware) and they mentioned I'll probably need to get my scans internally for a while but that was it. I just wondered if anyone else has this and it affected them in any way during pregnancy or delivery etc?

I had this, as baby grows and your uterus gets bigger, so by about 12 weeks it tilts forward again so not an issue. It can make abdominal scans a bit more difficult early on so I had transvaginal scans in the early days but by my 12 week scan it was all fine again and tilting forward.

@Whatthedoodle ah that's brilliant, thank you. I wasn't sure if it made delivery or anything more difficult although it makes sense about the tilting forward!

@Lou98 I had the same worries, I read somewhere having a womb tilting backwards is as common as people being left handed! Of course you wouldn’t always know unless you had a scan, usually in pregnancy and early enough to still show it tilting back.

Congratulations on your pregnancy I hope all goes well!

That's interesting, I didn't realise it was so common! I found out a few years ago now when I had an ultrasound for pain I was getting and was 18 at the time and remember being quite worried about it.

Glad it's nothing to worry about then!
Thank you☺️

I had a tilted womb , no problems in pregnancy/birth. Congratulations!

Yeah I’ve got a tilted uterus, I’d known for years but they mentioned it to me when I went for my first scan at 7 weeks. It didn’t affect the scan and no one has mentioned it ever since over the last 30 weeks lol so I don’t think it’s a big deal at all :) and I too have read that pregnancy pushes it into the ‘normal’ position anyway so I’ve never given it a second thought. You’ll be fine :)

It's very common and has no impact on you pregnancy or health going forward

I have that. It was no problem at all in pregnancy and childbirth. Don't worry

Another here with a retroverted uterus. It had zero impact on pregnancy and labour.

Yet another with a retroverted uterus. It caused me no issues at all in getting pregnant, being pregnant or giving birth. The only thing that can be slightly awkward is smear tests. Worry not

Thank you for all the responses, very reassuring to know it doesn't cause any problems😁

@DramaAlpaca I'm only 22 so not had a smear yet so I'll keep that in mind, thank you x

I had this. It was tilted right back at 6 weeks; I needed an internal. At 10 weeks it was still fairly far back but the onstetrician could see everything easily trans-abdominally. At 11 weeks it had come forward more. At 13+3 it was all the way forward. I had the 10 and 11 week scans as I had the harmony test (too early at 10 weeks so had to come back). The obstetrician said he found most were forward by 14 weeks.

I had natural birth on gas and air and I had absolutely no issues although I laboured in my back because of it and initially didn't realise I was actually in labour it was like really terrible back pains. It does make smear tests abit awkward and checking how dilated I was was also difficult, I point it out everytime before we start as sometimes they scan the notes and miss that part and it helps sooo much that they know as they alter the position to put you in to make it easier and makes it more comfortable as it can be very uncomfortable when they are fumbling around and it's not where they expect your cervix to be.

Mine didn't change it's still tilted and even after my first child it's still tilted now, I'm due again my first scan is in December and I'm sure it's still going to be tilted and I'm not worried about it at all.

As pp has said a pregnant uterus moves out of the pelvis at around 12 weeks. At this time it becomes upright. A 'back labour' is nothing to do with the uterus but the position of the baby laying with its back to yours. You will be fine OP.

Not an issue. Have the same thing - completely normal pregnancies and deliveries with all children. The only time it's an issue is when having smear tests!

I have a tilted uterus to the back too - every early scan the sonographers have commented how far it is tilted back.

Causes absolutely no problems for pregnancy's please don't worry! I worried like anything the first time I was told this, but be assured it's honestly nothing to even take a second thought over.

You'll probably find when you go for your 12 week scan that they probably won't even mention it because around 12 ish weeks your uterus will of come forward enough for them to not even notice. It's just very prominent when having a early scan so that's why they would've commented on it x