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angelikaJ -> RE: Crazy sex question..... (11/12/2010 5:33:19 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Tantriqu
I gotcher mayo right here!
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/tilted-uterus/AN00461
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from Sandhya Pruthi, M.D.
Tipped uterus
A tilted uterus, also called a tipped uterus or retroverted uterus, is a normal anatomical variation and shouldn't interfere with your ability to conceive.
In most women, the uterus tips forward at the cervix. In nearly 20 percent of women, however, the uterus leans backward, or tilts, at the cervix. In the past, it was thought that a tilted uterus may contribute to infertility. But experts now know that the position of the uterus doesn't affect the ability of sperm to reach an egg.
Rarely, a sharply tilted uterus may be due to a disease such as endometriosis. In this case, endometriosis — not the position of the uterus — may cause infertility.
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Talk to a 21st century western-trained obstetrician and get back to me, mkay?
The comment above is appallingly bigoted and offensive.
Here is the link to the article from Medline (From the National Institutes of Health)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001506.htm
Update date 10/28/2008
Updated by: Linda Vorvick, MD, Seattle Site Coordinator, Lecturer, Pathophysiology, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Susan Storck, MD, FACOG, Chief, Eastside Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Redmond, Washington ; Clinical Teaching Faculty, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington School of Medicine.
Here is another piece by J. Glenn Bradley MD
(he actually explains why it is painful for some women and also how ligament tears can happen during sex.)
The Significance of a "Tipped" Uterus
The uterus can lie in different positions in the pelvis, and it may vary from one woman to another. Most commonly, the uterus lies horizontally over the bladder, as do the ovaries. As the uterus enlarges with pregnancy, or perhaps with a large fibroid, it will cause increasing pressure on the bladder, and this results in increasing urinary frequency, pressure symptoms, and perhaps lower abdominal protrusion.
The body of the uterus may be vertical, in line with the plane of the vagina, or it may be rotated towards the rectum, a condition called uterine "retroversion". The layperson term for this anatomical condition is a "tipped" uterus. This common normal variant of pelvic anatomy is present in 20-30% of women, and usually is of no consequence. I often relate its significance as similar to being left-handed!
For some women, however the retroverted uterus is very problematic. Because of its very low position in the pelvis, the body of the uterus and the ovaries are very susceptible to trauma from intercourse. From a functional point of view, one might think of the vagina as being very shallow, as the male can very easily bump the uterus and ovaries during intercourse, and this can be very uncomfortable. Vigorous forceful intercourse, especially with the female-superior position may be associated with a tearing of the support tissues to the uterus. If abstinence for a few weeks does not see the tenderness problem resolve, and if mobility of the cervix appears to be excessive and abnormal, and motion of the cervix reproduces the pain the patient experiences with sex, the diagnosis of a ligament tear should be strongly considered. Many times a patient will relate her history as outlined above, and when I ask her if she was in the female-superior position, and did it feel suddenly that "something tore", she will look at me almost with astonishment, as if I had seen it happen!!
The treatment for the problem of a symptomatic retroverted uterus is to either move the uterus to the more common "over-the-bladder" position or remove it by hysterectomy. Repositioning of the uterus is relatively simple by means of laparoscopy, it is usually successful in solving the tenderness problem, and fertility is preserved. While most women may occasionally experience deep-penetration discomfort (depending on position or where they are in the monthly cycle) the tipped uterus for some women may render them sexual cripples. Fortunately, correction is fairly simple, and effective.
http://www.obgyn.net/women/women.asp?page=/women/articles/bradley/banter_0829
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ORIGINAL: ranja
not to get hysterical about this but what i gather from the uterus debate is that it moves... so it seems likely that sometimes it is tilted and other times not...maybe it moves more in some women than in others... i've been told mine is tilted too.
All mature women i know,and talk about this stuff with, suffer occasional pain during sex, difficulties with tampax, period pains and other female stuff... it seems to me a 'titled' uterus is nothing to worry about and certainly not something i would consider i need medical attention for.
doggy style before you are totally ready to receive leaves you wide open for him to just ram it in and hurt you bad and unfortunately some blokes just do... to me it is at the least a mistake and at worst ignorant and very boorish behaviour, i think a man should learn to read his woman and use his dick properly.
I am surprised to hear that some women might actually like this type of pain, to me it is not a turn on at all, it hampers my ability to go along and get dirtier, it holds me back, i can cope with it, but it does not make for good sex at all.
ranja,
Usually it isn't that it has moved, or does move around, but simply the way you are put together.
20% or so of women have their uteruses tipped towards the back instead of laying above the bladder.
In doggy style he is banging right against it.
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