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Dr. Marjorie Greenfield
Specializing in pregnancy and birth.
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A Tipped Uterus
QUESTION
Dear Dr. Greenfield,
My doctor says I have a tipped uterus... does this cause longer, harder labor? Does it affect the baby?

— Lori

ANSWER
March 13, 2001
Dear Lori,
I have good news for you. There are no effects of a tipped uterus on the baby nor on the length or severity of labor.

A tipped uterus refers to the bend of the top of the uterus relative to the cervix. Most non-pregnant uteri are tipped either upwards or backwards. We often refer to the tipped back ones as "tipped." By the end of the first trimester, the uterus straightens out. There is no way to tell which ones used to be tipped up and which were tipped back, and it makes no difference.

— by Marjorie Greenfield, M.D.

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