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Tilted uterus and ultrasound

sbrogan89sbrogan89 member
in 1st Trimester
hey everyone ! I had an appt today and had an abdominal ultrasound at 9 wks 2 days . This is my second ultrasound , the first was vaginal at 6 wks and I saw the heartbeat which was great . However , today the doctor couldn't see the baby with the abdominal us . She saw what she believed to be the placenta but was not sure . She said she was worried about the pregnancy being viable since she couldn't see much . She also said that it could just be my tilted uterus and ordered a vaginal ultrasound , which of course isn't for another few days . Has anyone else had issues similar to this . I'm a nervous wreck right now !
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Re: Tilted uterus and ultrasound

  • MamaRoniMamaRoni member
    I am so sorry u are going thru this! Prayers
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  • sbrogan89sbrogan89 member
    Thank you , I really appreciate it
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  • CapeCodMommyCapeCodMommy member
    I too have a titled uterus which I learned at our first ultrasound last week at 8 weeks, 2 days. They got a better shot of the baby with a vaginal ultrasound. I wouldn't be too concerned, I think the ultrasound techs sometimes say unnecessary things which can easily be taken out of context (I'm guilty of it!). Hang in there!
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  • cmerriburycmerribury member
    Mine is tilted too and I also have to have transvaginal u/s until 12 weeks to get the best pictures. Everything is probably fine! These tilted uteruses (uteri?) cause so many issues!! Hang in there and keep us posted.
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  • TacoSarahTacoSarah member
    Mine is tilted and I got better images with an internal ultrasound very early on. Also having a very full bladder helped, as it pushed my uterus up.
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  • autumnlynne1221autumnlynne1221 member
    Uterus position does not effect ultrasound clarity. If you're anteflexed, anteverted, retroflexed, or retroverted it honestly doesn't make much difference. Uterus portions vary greatly and is very common. With an early abdomen ultrasound the only things that could prevent a good image are body habitus, an unfull bladder, or being overly gassy. I see several patients that I cannot see anything abdominally but can see beautifully internally. It happens every single day with 1st trimester patients. Please try and not worry about it. Easier said than done I know!


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  • sbrogan89sbrogan89 member
    Thanks for the all of the support . I went to get my ultra sound today and they found the baby right away with a strong heart beat ! I'm so relieved , the tilted uterus does cause so much unneeded panic !
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  • MamaRoniMamaRoni member
    @sbrogan89 ... thank goodness
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  • bchgrl15bchgrl15 member
    I also have a retroverted uterus....never had any problems from it though! Hope this helps!!
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  • AshleyusoundAshleyusound member
    Are you an ultrasound tech?
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  • nicolexxxxxnicolexxxxx member
    edited September 2015
    Ive a tilted uterus too and they have more issues findin the baby trans abdominal in the beginning just try to have a full blatter when visiting the doc however the first few seconds when hes looking are nerve wrecking
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