
While experiencing "MORNING SICKNESS" symptoms for the past 2-3 days..and feeling like a NUTCASE because I had a Partial hysterectomy last April! Still have my ovaries & tubes...NO uterus, NO CERVIX! So, after reading the message board flooded with stories of symptoms & strange pregnancy occurances, I wanted to share THIS article I found on the SAME SUBJECT written by a MEDICAL Professional...
>>>>>>> I have always had an instinctual interest in fertility. As a young adult, I worked as an intern at a large medical laboratory where I had the most wonderful, hands-on education in medical infertility and its testing.
Ten years, one child and a hysterectomy later, I find myself in a guest lecture in college. Our guest that day was a young nurse from the local teaching hospital. I wasn't particularly interested in the lecture topic that day until I heard the words "pregnant after hysterectomy". I immediately raised my hand, apologized for the interruption and asked her to repeat the story.
Apparently, she worked with a patient who had become pregnant after having a partial hysterectomy. The placenta was attached to the small intestine and the pregnancy was fully supported to term. I was absolutely astonished!
The next day, I began my research. And I found the facts.
It is entirely possible to become pregnant after a hysterectomy if you have your ovaries. Normally your eggs are absorbed in the body or if they do actually fertilize, the pregnancy usually dies off before it is noticeable. However, once in a while, if the placenta attaches to a nutrient rich blood supply on an organ in the abdominal cavity, the end result is a full term pregnancy and a live birth.
Abdominal pregnancies occur 9 out of every 1000 ectopic pregnancies or 1 in every 10,000 births. Risk factors include infertility, previous pelvic infection, endometriosis, and previous ectopic pregnancy. Abdominal pregnancy is a very serious and possibly life threatening condition. Removal of the placenta after birth can cause uncontrollable bleeding or death and is usually left in place because of that.
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_
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http://www.thefetus.net/page.php?id=1032
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.f
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.f
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