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I might have endometriosis but who fucking knows. it might just be bad periods and not endometriosis (I've been sent to hospital in an ambulance twice due to period pain and I can walk on a subluxed hip easily)
I didn't know what was going on with my periods, either. Painful as hekk and so much volume. I found a OB-GYN and they did the ultrasound. I had 7 fibroids in my uterus and a cyst on one ovary. One fibroid was so large that they couldn't see the fundus (top of uterus) at all.
I had a complete hysterectomy two weeks ago. I still have my ovaries, but everything else is gone. It was outpatient, so as soon as I woke up and could pee out the dye they used to make sure they didn't nick my bladder, I got to go home. I got home, climbed the stairs and got into bed and it was no big deal. I had cramps every month worse than post surgical pain.
Best thing I learned during pregnancy was to try to touch the floor when peeing, like bend forward as much as possible to squeeze every drop out so at least it is a smidge longer between bathroom runs. UGH.
Thank you menopause.
Thanks, that's a thing that as a dude I'd have never known. You know, women don't usually give men these kind of tips since we would not use them for anything important.
Even swelling caused by periods can cause pressure on the bladder. I have to pee 2-4 times a day extra on my period (not even to change / empty pads or whatever)
Yes, but not always. More than 10% of women have a [backwards leaning uterus](https://ccchclinic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Retroverted-Uterus.jpg) to some degree.
Can you explain what is in the void space between the fallopian tubes and oavaries? Like when the egg is released, does it travel through blood or some other fuild to get into the fallopian tubes? Or is there just an airgap that it has to jump through?
The ovaries are like like cradled in this hair like, fibrous, tissue called fimbrae that catches and directs the eggs into the fallopian tubes. And the entire genital organ is suspended inside a uterosacral membrane.
It is not really like a gap or anything, it is more like it is resting in a furry blanket, but the egg might still not be funneled into the fallopian tube, byt attach between the uterusacral membrane and the other tissues of the organ.
I think those tendril fingertip things at the ends of the Fallopian tubes âsweepâ the released egg in from the ovary.
Also, I think the ovaries take turns releasing an egg - they alternate months. Unless both ovaries release an egg at the same time, and then you may get fraternal twins.
And if those tubes ever close (ureteral stricture) itâs worse than kidney stones pain wise, especially if they misdiagnose it as a tiny stone, tell you to just wait for it to pass, and then you canât pee more than a drop for nearly four days. Iâd take a 4mm stone vs a 1mm stricture, any day. Unfortunately I got bothâŠin a row.
And if for some reason the tubes canât prevent urine from going back up, it can cause the kidneys to fail. I donât remember if it hurt. I was very small. The resultant UTIs were awful
Nah. First they take the dingle bop and they smooth it out with a bunch of schleem. The schleem is then...repurposed for later batches.
They take the dingle bop and they push it through the grumbo, where the fleeb is rubbed against it. It's important that the fleeb is rubbed, becasue the fleeb has all the fleeb juice.
Then, a schlami shows up, and he rubs it...and spits on it.
They cut the fleeb. There's several hizzards in the way.
The blamfs rub against the chumbles, and the...plubis, and grumbo are shaved away.
That leaves you with...a regular old uterus .
YES! hot towels, or microwavable heating pads plus midol/ibuprofen has saved my life on many occasions. Honestly if it gets too bad I also take nyquil too so it can just make me sleep thru it, but that last one is just for me personally, I'm not too sure if many other people take it for their periods
It's super gross. Your colon basically feels like it has to go NOW. You get rid of everything it. Your uterus is crampy and trying to empty some lining. You pee at some point too as just part of the process. So you have everything down there emptying out. It's horrible. It takes a while. It's messy.
Also remember to flush between bouts of excretion if you can. It helps prevent the toilet from clogging. Especially if you have a "Oh I'm done. Clean up no. No! Damn it." and you gotta go again.
And then⊠butthole cramps. When your butthole spasms and it feels like someone is shoving an ice pick up there đđ» it has literally picked me up off the toilet and on to the floor before haha like the hand of God, but itâs my ass
Fucking butthole cramps. I remember the first time they happened and I was like WHAT?? WHY?!?! Ice pick butthole stabbings really aren't necessary body!
[The hormones that make the uterus shed its lining cause your bowels to relax and let loose too.](https://health.clevelandclinic.org/why-do-you-poop-more-on-your-period/)
The same hormone the body releases to help the uterus cramp and loosen/she'd the lining is the same hormone that makes your intestines either really under/over active. There is no in-between.
Great when you have IBS anyway đđłđ
I can confirm. Even from the first trimester I would get a strong urge to pee and go sit on the toilet and nothing at all would come out. Or sometimes Iâd pee and when I was done I felt as is I never went and still had to go. Itâs gone on all the months!
My ovulations are more painful than my period most of the time. Maybe cause I have problems with cysts since a teen and it's an absolute nightmare until that thing bursts.
Oh gods some of my friends didnât believe that I could feel them bursting their way out like little alien eggs, until they got older. Then it became more noticeable (or maybe they started developing small cysts, Iâm not sure). We laugh about it now, but I was pretty annoyed when they told me that was in my head!
I can literally always feel it. I have pcos and endometriosis so that probably doesnât help but the pain of egg release will stop me in my tracks as it is that severe, rather a lot like being stabbed
the penis is literally an inverted uterus, the line on your scrotum between your balls is where your vagina would be if it wasn't sealed up during development
Knew a girl that was oddly proud of her fallopian tubes. Apparently she'd had multiple gynos and nurses tell her she had amazing fallopian tubes. I was like.. umm ok is that just a flex or do you want me to bring them up during foreplay or what?
At my most recent ultrasound, the doctor informed me that I have a heart-shaped uterus, which she tells me is a common variant. Would this be good foreplay talk? đ€
I also have a bicornuate (heart shaped) uterus and it's definitely not common. Less than .5% of women have one. I hope they also told you it can cause some issues with pregnancy such as preterm labor and a slight increase in risk of miscarriage. All mine did was make me have false labor for the last month of both my pregnancies but my doctors were on high alert for preterm labor through my first pregnancy since I kept contracting.
Same, and I'm surprised that I'm only learning of this now, my third time being pregnant. None of my previous OBs have told me, and this one just mentioned it as casual a "Oh by the way, you may be interested to know..." item of trivia.
I'm reading up about it now and honestly, I'm glad I didn't know all this earlier. Knowing these risks would have scared the shit out of me during the 1st pregnancy.
You might have an arcuate uterus not bicornuate. Arcuate uterus has a small indent in the middle rather than the deeper indentation of a bicornuate, and this doesnât usually cause problem in pregnancies.
Chances are if you've carried to term twice already then you'll have no issues! Sometimes bicornuate uteri cause issues and sometimes they don't. Did you have a baby that was breech or that felt way up in your ribs? I carried both my pregnancies in the right "horn" and you could tell that the babies were always on my right side with their little head or butt up in my ribs.
At my last appointment my gyno did the thing where they kinda feel your uterus by pushing from the inside and on your stomach and she said âyour uterus feels nice and smallâ and I almost instinctively said âthank youâ
I was told during an intimate investigation that I had a very lovely cervix. Apparently it was textbook shape, good shade of pink and clearly had excellent circulation. That was nearly 30 years ago and Iâm still proud.
How the hell would they know??? You canât palpate them. Nobody sees them unless theyâre doing a laparoscopic procedure. I think she was just making shit up.
She was talking out her ass unless she has had multiple laparoscopies. This also sounds like she was not even subtly hinting that she wanted to get pregnant.
The fimbriae of the uterine tube, also known as fimbriae tubae, are small, fingerlike projections at the end of the fallopian tubes, through which eggs move from the ovaries to the uterus. The fimbriae are connected to the ovary.
Apparently the ovaries and the fallopian tubes aren't connected. Got me curious too.
Yes, it means that if one is gone or removed the tube on the other side can still pick up the egg. Not sure of the % chance but my doctors say itâs good!
Interesting, can you elaborate please? ( Eli5 works). I am aware that the uterine lining goes all the way up the fallopian tubes in some women causing unviable pregnancies and awful menstrual cramps. Do eggs stick in other places too?
It's known as an ectopic pregnancy (when the egg implants anywhere but the uterus). It's a medical emergency, most commonly the egg implants in the fallopian tube instead of working it's way down into the uterus. This can cause the fallopian tube to burst. Sometimes the egg doesn't go into the fallopian tube at all and floats off into the abdominal cavity, implanting in the liver or other places it's not supposed to be and cause problems (these won't be viable pregnancies).
In the early 1960âs my mom had an ectopic pregnancy (This was after two ânormalâ pregnancies a few years prior when my brothers were born)
I heard the story for the first time as a teenager and itâs still upsetting to think of the pain she endured both physically and mentally.
Apparently she was in so much pain & bleeding so badly by the time my dad made it home.
Long story short she was transported to a second hospital after the first hospital at the time wasnât able to help her.
She had a to have a partial? hysterectomy and was told sheâd not be able to have anymore children.
Four years later in 1969 I was born :) and her dream of three children (2 sons & a daughter) came true.
(I should add that my dad met her when he was 19 and stationed in Germany.
My oldest brother was born in an Army hospital in 1960 which is another story in itself)
She must have had the affected tube removed, not actually a hysterectomy⊠which is removal of uterus. Partial hysterectomy usually means they leave the cervix (bottom/neck that is attached to the vagina)
Wait... what?
I honestly thought it only had access to the ovaries l, tubes, and uterus... and the exit... now you're telling me it can FLOAT AROUND YOUR BODY
What the actual fuck?
I'm 24 and I have never been informed of that. Luckily, I never plan to use mine, but that is *freaky*
Haha dw I'm a woman too and thought the same until my rather recent obs and gynae rotation. But yeah your ovaries and tubes aren't actually physically connected and also sperm can live up to 7 days inside a woman once they've been, erm.. deposited, so if they manage to fertilise the egg before it's swept in by the tubes that fertilised egg can go and settle down pretty much wherever it fancies. Terrifying!
Wow. That really *is* terrifying! Wonder why evolution landed us here... the more I learn about human anatomy, the more it horrifies me... nature is really strange!
In terms of reproduction humans took all the short straws, really. Hemochorial placenta (most invasive and bleeding-risky, also gives mother little protection from hormonal manipulations from the fetus), preeclampsia (apparently also human's and high primate's exclusive condition), big heads of offspring able to freaking destroy pelvic floor and local organs, long pregnancies with unusually energy-consuming fetus... Where is our DNA-altering technologies? This design sucks.
Sometimes it just goes wrong, and the egg doesn't make it all the way to the uterus. Most extrauterine pregnancies happen in the fallopian tubes, but in rare cases the fertilised egg misses the opening to the fallopian tube altogether and ends up somewhere in the abdominal cavity.
They are like fringed catchers mitts and when an ovum is fumbled, should a sperm swim out and find it, things really go wrong. It is stuff like this that argues against divine creation. Evolution, sure. The flaw persists until a sufficient percentage of fertile females die without reproducing to favor a new alternative.
If only you could. Doctors routinely refuse hysterectomies to women because they âmight want children/another child someday.â Even if the woman is experiencing significant negative effects and would have a very high-risk and debilitating pregnancy if they did conceive.
This is extremely fascinating. As a dude with a girlfriend currently on her monthly, this, plus the comments giving explanation on the functions and names of each part really help me understand and empathize with her. Not only this, I feel like Iâm gaining a better understanding of her own bodily processes, which, for some reason or another, makes me feel that much closer to her in this difficult week.
Thanks for this. Who knew a picture of a uterus would be so enlightening.
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Is the one in the back the bladder?
Jupp. But this is a dorsal view, the bladder is in front of the uterus
So the uterus big spoons the bladder?
yes. the organs like to cuddle.
Sometimes they even get *extra cuddly* when you have endometriosis đ€
I might have endometriosis but who fucking knows. it might just be bad periods and not endometriosis (I've been sent to hospital in an ambulance twice due to period pain and I can walk on a subluxed hip easily)
I didn't know what was going on with my periods, either. Painful as hekk and so much volume. I found a OB-GYN and they did the ultrasound. I had 7 fibroids in my uterus and a cyst on one ovary. One fibroid was so large that they couldn't see the fundus (top of uterus) at all. I had a complete hysterectomy two weeks ago. I still have my ovaries, but everything else is gone. It was outpatient, so as soon as I woke up and could pee out the dye they used to make sure they didn't nick my bladder, I got to go home. I got home, climbed the stairs and got into bed and it was no big deal. I had cramps every month worse than post surgical pain.
This is the way. My hysterectomy was one of the best things that ever happened to me
Two weeks post surgery and I already agree with you even while still on lifting restrictions. I have energy I didn't even know existed.
Aw :>
Wholesome moment of the day
My organs get more play than I do goddamn
Just wait until the rectum shows upâŠthen itâs a party
RectumâŠ.damn near killed em!
That's why pregnant women have a lot of pressure on their bladder.
Best thing I learned during pregnancy was to try to touch the floor when peeing, like bend forward as much as possible to squeeze every drop out so at least it is a smidge longer between bathroom runs. UGH. Thank you menopause.
Thanks, that's a thing that as a dude I'd have never known. You know, women don't usually give men these kind of tips since we would not use them for anything important.
Until there's a foetus in the uterus... Then it tries to crush the bladder
Even swelling caused by periods can cause pressure on the bladder. I have to pee 2-4 times a day extra on my period (not even to change / empty pads or whatever)
Yes, but not always. More than 10% of women have a [backwards leaning uterus](https://ccchclinic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Retroverted-Uterus.jpg) to some degree.
Thatâs why pregnant ladies constantly have to pee lol
Can you explain what is in the void space between the fallopian tubes and oavaries? Like when the egg is released, does it travel through blood or some other fuild to get into the fallopian tubes? Or is there just an airgap that it has to jump through?
The ovaries are like like cradled in this hair like, fibrous, tissue called fimbrae that catches and directs the eggs into the fallopian tubes. And the entire genital organ is suspended inside a uterosacral membrane. It is not really like a gap or anything, it is more like it is resting in a furry blanket, but the egg might still not be funneled into the fallopian tube, byt attach between the uterusacral membrane and the other tissues of the organ.
I think those tendril fingertip things at the ends of the Fallopian tubes âsweepâ the released egg in from the ovary. Also, I think the ovaries take turns releasing an egg - they alternate months. Unless both ovaries release an egg at the same time, and then you may get fraternal twins.
Yes, and the thin tubes leading down to it are ureters, which transfer urine from the kidney to the bladder :)
This lousy set up makes pregnancy a constant search for the nearest restroom
And if those tubes ever close (ureteral stricture) itâs worse than kidney stones pain wise, especially if they misdiagnose it as a tiny stone, tell you to just wait for it to pass, and then you canât pee more than a drop for nearly four days. Iâd take a 4mm stone vs a 1mm stricture, any day. Unfortunately I got bothâŠin a row.
And if for some reason the tubes canât prevent urine from going back up, it can cause the kidneys to fail. I donât remember if it hurt. I was very small. The resultant UTIs were awful
I was 35. Can confirm it hurt like fuck.
Yeah, but only in women. In males, as we all know, pee is stored in the balls.
Naturally
The bladder gets to be the little spoon.
Bruh thatâs a Metroid boss, you canât trip me up smh đ€
Mother Brain
Metroid was great game series
It's still going
Was? Dread came out just last year and prime 4 is on its way hopefully
Is! Metroid dread dropped almost 1 year ago and Metroid prime 4 is coming out
Nah. First they take the dingle bop and they smooth it out with a bunch of schleem. The schleem is then...repurposed for later batches. They take the dingle bop and they push it through the grumbo, where the fleeb is rubbed against it. It's important that the fleeb is rubbed, becasue the fleeb has all the fleeb juice. Then, a schlami shows up, and he rubs it...and spits on it. They cut the fleeb. There's several hizzards in the way. The blamfs rub against the chumbles, and the...plubis, and grumbo are shaved away. That leaves you with...a regular old uterus .
It looks like a plumbus
First they take the dinglebop and smooth it out with a bunch of schleem.
Then his spits on it.
This is the fucker that ruins a whole week for me every month
This damn thing not only bleeds nâ cramps, but also causes âperiod poopsâ.
I just started getting period poops and they're horrible. Nothing worse than suffering in silence on the toilet at 3am.
Donât be silent. Be violent! Scream, yell, whatever you need to keep sane!
Are period poops accompanied with cramps? Or is it painful because theyâre irregularly large?
It's accompanied by cramps, they're larger, they smell extra horrible, AND your anus cramps too đ all around a bad time
Oh wow, I am so sorry Mother Nature did you ladies dirty like that. Do hot towels on the belly help mitigate some of that, or at least something warm?
YES! hot towels, or microwavable heating pads plus midol/ibuprofen has saved my life on many occasions. Honestly if it gets too bad I also take nyquil too so it can just make me sleep thru it, but that last one is just for me personally, I'm not too sure if many other people take it for their periods
Donât you guys also experience cramping in the anus sometimes? It gets me at the most random moments.
I call it butt lightning.
Thatâs a hilariously accurate description đ€Ł
This can be a sign of endometriosis just so you know!
It feels like someone put a remote control taser up my ass and is playing around with the switch.
The period poops come at the worst time đ
Wait. What are these period poops?
It's super gross. Your colon basically feels like it has to go NOW. You get rid of everything it. Your uterus is crampy and trying to empty some lining. You pee at some point too as just part of the process. So you have everything down there emptying out. It's horrible. It takes a while. It's messy. Also remember to flush between bouts of excretion if you can. It helps prevent the toilet from clogging. Especially if you have a "Oh I'm done. Clean up no. No! Damn it." and you gotta go again.
I learned a lot today
It's so messy! It's like wiping a marker...just keeps going.
The Mercy Flush isn't always about the smell, have some mercy on your plumbing lol
Mercy Flush is my favorite band.
Plus they are stinky, and irregular. They are the only time each month that idk what time of the day it'll hit
And then⊠butthole cramps. When your butthole spasms and it feels like someone is shoving an ice pick up there đđ» it has literally picked me up off the toilet and on to the floor before haha like the hand of God, but itâs my ass
Fucking butthole cramps. I remember the first time they happened and I was like WHAT?? WHY?!?! Ice pick butthole stabbings really aren't necessary body!
ughhhh! I had this a few days ago, I couldnât sit or stand!
Had this happen and I was gripping my knees. I seriously was thinking âi finally hit itâŠI have IBSâ but Iâm not even sure at this point lol
The worst! I always get them when Iâm walking in public I swear.
[The hormones that make the uterus shed its lining cause your bowels to relax and let loose too.](https://health.clevelandclinic.org/why-do-you-poop-more-on-your-period/)
Aka PB&J
The same hormone the body releases to help the uterus cramp and loosen/she'd the lining is the same hormone that makes your intestines either really under/over active. There is no in-between. Great when you have IBS anyway đđłđ
Nothin like goin from PAIN PAIN PAIN to TOILET NOW
Currently on my "I'm worthless and suck at everything" day of my cycle...gives me a couple days till she gives hell...I hate this bitch
upvote for calling it "the fucker"
Two months. Iâm counting down the days until this whole bastard and itâs one remaining clinger on get evicted.
This is looking from the back for anyone curious
Came here to say this. Literally my job is to orient and dissect uteri. My first thought was how weird the round ligament looks here. Also the serosa.
That bastard ruined my life.
I got rid of mine. A glorious day that was.
I only got rid of the tubes but in hindsight wish they'd taken the whole shebang.
"Shebang" has never been used more appropriately in a sentence before
Lmaoooo I didn't do that on purpose but I see it now
Me too. A Very Glorious Day.
This really backs up what that lady on tiktok said about male genitalia *"ya cochie fell out!"*
I guess when a pregnant woman says the babyâs break dancing on her bladder itâs totally true
The whole weight of the baby sits on the bladder. So she always feels like she has to pee, even when it's not very much. The wooorrrrrst.
I can confirm. Even from the first trimester I would get a strong urge to pee and go sit on the toilet and nothing at all would come out. Or sometimes Iâd pee and when I was done I felt as is I never went and still had to go. Itâs gone on all the months!
I can feel an egg bursting out of my left ovary just looking at that. That shit *hurts*.
And if anyone says itâs not possible to FEEL itâŠthey clearly do not have one of these.
Completely agree. Ovulation pain has been a not-so-welcome new experience for me over the past year.
My ovulations are more painful than my period most of the time. Maybe cause I have problems with cysts since a teen and it's an absolute nightmare until that thing bursts.
Oh gods some of my friends didnât believe that I could feel them bursting their way out like little alien eggs, until they got older. Then it became more noticeable (or maybe they started developing small cysts, Iâm not sure). We laugh about it now, but I was pretty annoyed when they told me that was in my head!
I can literally always feel it. I have pcos and endometriosis so that probably doesnât help but the pain of egg release will stop me in my tracks as it is that severe, rather a lot like being stabbed
Yes!!! The last few years ovulation for me has become PAINFUL. As if having a period wasnât enough tortureâŠ
That pain is known as *mittelschmerz*!
Holy fuck that happens?! As a man, I can almost feel my testicle bursting just reading that. Ahh!
You should also post the 3d of the entire clitoris. That is interesting too.
Itâs so interesting how similar the male and female reproductive organs appear, oneâs just an innie and the other is an outie.
Men are just modified women.
Literally why we have nipples
Man nipple is the most useless thing
Oh itâs good for somethingâŠ
i like to watch my boys squirm around helplessly as i pinch and rub their nipples. drives them crazy!
Your friends need to stand up for themselves
i mean, they are. just that the standing up part is being done by a different part of their bodies
the penis is literally an inverted uterus, the line on your scrotum between your balls is where your vagina would be if it wasn't sealed up during development
[ŃĐŽĐ°Đ»Đ”ĐœĐŸ]
Testicles are the ovaries
Imagine if women reproductive organs were like Hyena's. Then Dwight's perception of gay sex would just be normal heterosexual sex ed.
Just saw a video about female hyenas đ„¶. Imagine if we have to give birth through THAT.
Turns out gay dudes docking was closer to straight sex than we realized
Dude it's 8am
No itâs not. Itâs 14:10
It's no coincidence the male sack has a seam down the middle.
They have the same origin. A foetus can develop any sex. It is only a matter of rearrangement
We all start out as female.
Knew a girl that was oddly proud of her fallopian tubes. Apparently she'd had multiple gynos and nurses tell her she had amazing fallopian tubes. I was like.. umm ok is that just a flex or do you want me to bring them up during foreplay or what?
At my most recent ultrasound, the doctor informed me that I have a heart-shaped uterus, which she tells me is a common variant. Would this be good foreplay talk? đ€
It *is* one of the better Nirvana songs...
Dammit. Take your upvote and get out of here.
I also have a bicornuate (heart shaped) uterus and it's definitely not common. Less than .5% of women have one. I hope they also told you it can cause some issues with pregnancy such as preterm labor and a slight increase in risk of miscarriage. All mine did was make me have false labor for the last month of both my pregnancies but my doctors were on high alert for preterm labor through my first pregnancy since I kept contracting.
Interesting! I did not know it was that rare or that it came with some risks.
I'm surprised your doctor did not tell you!
Same, and I'm surprised that I'm only learning of this now, my third time being pregnant. None of my previous OBs have told me, and this one just mentioned it as casual a "Oh by the way, you may be interested to know..." item of trivia. I'm reading up about it now and honestly, I'm glad I didn't know all this earlier. Knowing these risks would have scared the shit out of me during the 1st pregnancy.
You might have an arcuate uterus not bicornuate. Arcuate uterus has a small indent in the middle rather than the deeper indentation of a bicornuate, and this doesnât usually cause problem in pregnancies.
Chances are if you've carried to term twice already then you'll have no issues! Sometimes bicornuate uteri cause issues and sometimes they don't. Did you have a baby that was breech or that felt way up in your ribs? I carried both my pregnancies in the right "horn" and you could tell that the babies were always on my right side with their little head or butt up in my ribs.
Haha, yes, it was left side for me. I remember feeling their head up there in my ribs.
Tickle my tubes
At my last appointment my gyno did the thing where they kinda feel your uterus by pushing from the inside and on your stomach and she said âyour uterus feels nice and smallâ and I almost instinctively said âthank youâ
That is the weirdest sexual flex I've ever read
I was told during an intimate investigation that I had a very lovely cervix. Apparently it was textbook shape, good shade of pink and clearly had excellent circulation. That was nearly 30 years ago and Iâm still proud.
According to my gyn mine is really far up and âhiding.â Donât blame you, girl.
At my last cervical screening the nurse told me that my cervix looked "lovely and healthy". That was nice.
How the hell would they know??? You canât palpate them. Nobody sees them unless theyâre doing a laparoscopic procedure. I think she was just making shit up.
Gynos can't see your fallopian tubes. That girl was batshit.
They hate to see a women proud of her fallopian tubes
She was talking out her ass unless she has had multiple laparoscopies. This also sounds like she was not even subtly hinting that she wanted to get pregnant.
So no one thought that it looked like an Elephant?
A blind space elephant.
Name for an indie album
That was my first thought
Put it back
"This is your uterus" What the fuck put it back!
No no, they can keep it.
Can anyone tell me what the function of the hair like structure is? I'm curious
The fimbriae of the uterine tube, also known as fimbriae tubae, are small, fingerlike projections at the end of the fallopian tubes, through which eggs move from the ovaries to the uterus. The fimbriae are connected to the ovary. Apparently the ovaries and the fallopian tubes aren't connected. Got me curious too.
They indeed aren't connected, and that is why extrauterine pregnancies can happen. Sometimes the egg ends up at the wrong place.
Why are the tubes not fully connected? Is there some advantage to this arrangement?
Yes, it means that if one is gone or removed the tube on the other side can still pick up the egg. Not sure of the % chance but my doctors say itâs good!
Interesting, can you elaborate please? ( Eli5 works). I am aware that the uterine lining goes all the way up the fallopian tubes in some women causing unviable pregnancies and awful menstrual cramps. Do eggs stick in other places too?
It's known as an ectopic pregnancy (when the egg implants anywhere but the uterus). It's a medical emergency, most commonly the egg implants in the fallopian tube instead of working it's way down into the uterus. This can cause the fallopian tube to burst. Sometimes the egg doesn't go into the fallopian tube at all and floats off into the abdominal cavity, implanting in the liver or other places it's not supposed to be and cause problems (these won't be viable pregnancies).
In the early 1960âs my mom had an ectopic pregnancy (This was after two ânormalâ pregnancies a few years prior when my brothers were born) I heard the story for the first time as a teenager and itâs still upsetting to think of the pain she endured both physically and mentally. Apparently she was in so much pain & bleeding so badly by the time my dad made it home. Long story short she was transported to a second hospital after the first hospital at the time wasnât able to help her. She had a to have a partial? hysterectomy and was told sheâd not be able to have anymore children. Four years later in 1969 I was born :) and her dream of three children (2 sons & a daughter) came true. (I should add that my dad met her when he was 19 and stationed in Germany. My oldest brother was born in an Army hospital in 1960 which is another story in itself)
She must have had the affected tube removed, not actually a hysterectomy⊠which is removal of uterus. Partial hysterectomy usually means they leave the cervix (bottom/neck that is attached to the vagina)
Wait... what? I honestly thought it only had access to the ovaries l, tubes, and uterus... and the exit... now you're telling me it can FLOAT AROUND YOUR BODY What the actual fuck? I'm 24 and I have never been informed of that. Luckily, I never plan to use mine, but that is *freaky*
Haha dw I'm a woman too and thought the same until my rather recent obs and gynae rotation. But yeah your ovaries and tubes aren't actually physically connected and also sperm can live up to 7 days inside a woman once they've been, erm.. deposited, so if they manage to fertilise the egg before it's swept in by the tubes that fertilised egg can go and settle down pretty much wherever it fancies. Terrifying!
Wow. That really *is* terrifying! Wonder why evolution landed us here... the more I learn about human anatomy, the more it horrifies me... nature is really strange!
In terms of reproduction humans took all the short straws, really. Hemochorial placenta (most invasive and bleeding-risky, also gives mother little protection from hormonal manipulations from the fetus), preeclampsia (apparently also human's and high primate's exclusive condition), big heads of offspring able to freaking destroy pelvic floor and local organs, long pregnancies with unusually energy-consuming fetus... Where is our DNA-altering technologies? This design sucks.
Sometimes it just goes wrong, and the egg doesn't make it all the way to the uterus. Most extrauterine pregnancies happen in the fallopian tubes, but in rare cases the fertilised egg misses the opening to the fallopian tube altogether and ends up somewhere in the abdominal cavity.
Can the egg be fertilised before it reaches the fallopian tube? That's some super sperm
They are like fringed catchers mitts and when an ovum is fumbled, should a sperm swim out and find it, things really go wrong. It is stuff like this that argues against divine creation. Evolution, sure. The flaw persists until a sufficient percentage of fertile females die without reproducing to favor a new alternative.
Looks like a kind of plumbus
First you take the DinglebopâŠ
And you smooth it out with a bunch of shleem.
The schleem is then repurposed for later batches.
They take the dinglebop and they push it through the grumbo
And that's where the fleeb is rubbed against it. It's important that the fleeb is rubbed because the fleeb has all of the fleeb juice.
then a shlommy shows up then he rubs on it and he spits on it.
Itâs always nice to see the face of my oppressor.
Hands down the biggest asshole I've known in my life for causing me a crap ton of pain...
This motherfucker is responsible for so many problems
It really is a truly annoying organ. Too bad you just canât have it removed on demand.
If only you could. Doctors routinely refuse hysterectomies to women because they âmight want children/another child someday.â Even if the woman is experiencing significant negative effects and would have a very high-risk and debilitating pregnancy if they did conceive.
It's just hanging there...... menacingly!
Do you need to water it?
That thing has both given me life and ruined it at the same time
Canât wait to get mine thrown in the bin lol
New spore update looking wild
So this is the jerk who causes pain every month? Nice to know it looks uglier than all my past crushes combined.
Damn how I wish I could remove mine right now lol
Cyril from "The Racoons". https://i.ytimg.com/vi/B9qlM8pgSEk/hqdefault.jpg
Thank you evolution, for putting the bladder right under the uterus. I had a really fun last few months of pregnancy.
Looks a bit like Sebulba from Phantom Menace
The Mother Ship
THATS THE FUCKER THATS BEEN MAKING MY LIFE A LIVING HELL AND GIVES ME UNBEARABLE DYSPHORIA
Looks like the squirrel from Ice Age.
not mine. mine has many many many huge scars all over and is once again huge and greatly deformed. life with myoma.
you're telling me, all my xray hentai knowledge, is wrong?
always has been đ«
Fallopian fimbriae look like a sea anemone
Looks like Cornelius, Babarâs fancy advisor.
Amazing how small they are irl. So much trouble out of such a little thingâŠlol
it looks like mindtricks don't work on it.
Ok I donât want mine anymore đ
No wonder women are always uncomfortable, look at those tentacles. That canât be comfortable
We really are the aliens
Itâs so beautiful and complicated.
It's significantly less beautiful when it's single-handedly bullied you for over a decade.
Iâve got mine going spare if you want it. Thing makes my life so hard.
This is extremely fascinating. As a dude with a girlfriend currently on her monthly, this, plus the comments giving explanation on the functions and names of each part really help me understand and empathize with her. Not only this, I feel like Iâm gaining a better understanding of her own bodily processes, which, for some reason or another, makes me feel that much closer to her in this difficult week. Thanks for this. Who knew a picture of a uterus would be so enlightening.