Random pregnancy anatomy question...

[Inquisitive]

Ok, so your fallopian tubes come out near the top of your uterus, right? So what happens to them as your uterus expands? Do they stay up at the top and get carried up into the top of your abdomen? Does the uterus expand at the top between the tubes so they stay in the same place? And what about your ovaries? Do they stay floating down where they are normally or do they come up with the top of your uterus?

Enquiring minds want to know!

well the overies are anchored to the outside of your uterus so they'll go wherever it goes...

ovaries

I think I was confused by those amazing pictures you see sometimes of eggs being wafted out of the ovaries and into the fallopian tubes, and you can see the ovaries and fallopian tubes aren't attached to each other. I couldn't work out what the ovaries were attached to - although I assumed they had to be hooked onto something and not just wandering around freely!

Think my med science degree was too long ago and too much about biochemistry...

I reckon they stay either side of the uterus as the 'top' must expand as much as the 'sides', iyswim
they must end up under your ribs somewhere

I actually think mine are at my ears just now.

I'm sure my life would be much easier if I didn't spend so much time thinking "...but why"

Yes, I'd decided it all had to move up together - it's just odd thinking about your ovaries being up in your ribcage!

Sweetkitty - am now trying to work out a complicated eggs/ears/deaf/"oeuf" joke which just really isn't going to work, so will stop now...

The ovaries and falopian tubes have their own suspensary ligaments that keep them in place. The tubes attach towards the top/ back of the uterus (in non-preg state). The top and front parts of the uterus expand more than other areas so it grows past these other bits.
All in all a beautiful arrangement