What happens when your uterus rips?

Uterine rupture is a rare, but serious childbirth complication that can occur during vaginal birth. It causes a mother’s uterus to tear so her baby slips into her abdomen. This can cause severe bleeding in the mother and can suffocate the baby. This condition affects less than 1 percent of pregnant women.

What does a torn uterus feel like?

What are the symptoms of uterine rupture? Common signs of uterine rupture include searing abdominal pain — a sensation that something is “ripping” — followed by diffuse pain and tenderness in the abdomen during labor. This pain can be felt even if you’ve had an epidural.

How do you know if you have a tear in your uterus?

Symptoms and signs of uterine rupture include fetal bradycardia, variable decelerations, evidence of hypovolemia, loss of fetal station (detected during cervical examination), and severe or constant abdominal pain.

What causes a tear in your uterus?

Uterine ruptures often occur at the site of a scar line from a prior C-section. This increased risk of uterine rupture is the primary reason why attempting a vaginal delivery after a prior C-section (VBAC) is considered high risk.

What are the types of uterine rupture?

Uterine Rupture

• Uterine overdistention (due to multifetal pregnancy.
• External or internal fetal version.
• Iatrogenic perforation.
• Excessive use of uterotonics.
• Failure to recognize labor dystocia with excessive uterine contractions against a lower uterine restriction ring.

Can uterine rupture be seen on ultrasound?

The most common ultrasound feature of uterine dehiscence/rupture is that of herniated membranes through a uterine defect. This was first described in 1978 by Acton and Long 13 in a patient in her third pregnancy with previous complicated curettage.

Do uterus Windows heal?

There may be some or no bleeding and if it happens during pregnancy the scar opening can close again and heal over. Sometimes a uterine dehiscence is called an ‘asymptomatic’ rupture because there are no or very mild symptoms to indicate the separation is happening.

How do you repair a damaged uterus?

REPAIRING THE UTERINE TEAR Repair the tear with a continuous locking stitch of 0 chromic catgut (or polyglycolic) suture. If bleeding is not controlled or if the rupture is through a previous classical or vertical incision, place a second layer of suture.

Can you see uterine rupture on ultrasound?

Ultrasound. Reported sonographic signs of uterine rupture include: identification of the protruding portion of the amniotic sac. endometrial or myometrial defect.

How do you manage uterine rupture?

Treatment of uterine rupture is immediate laparotomy with cesarean delivery and, if necessary, hysterectomy.