tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395646.post6030618274882759435..comments2024-03-06T19:21:15.708-05:00Comments on RealChoice: New to Me: The Death of Kawaida Espenrace at A - Z Women's CenterChristina Duniganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04785550737493692252noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395646.post-28350019990991120732022-11-29T10:53:00.593-05:002022-11-29T10:53:00.593-05:00I think the doctor's note reads, "Ut[erus...I think the doctor's note reads, "Ut[erus] becomes 'floppy' if not massaged i.e. atony".<br /><br />This is not uncommon after childbirth, though massaging the uterus usually makes it firm up, and not be a problem. I've not heard of it post-abortion, particularly in an early abortion, and I suspect that that should have been a red flag to the abortionist that something was wrong.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10118292622669944944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395646.post-34498009663397092172022-11-25T09:38:42.301-05:002022-11-25T09:38:42.301-05:00I think the medical note reads, "ut[erus] bec...I think the medical note reads, "ut[erus] becomes 'floppy' if not massaged ie atony".<br /><br />This would make sense considering the circumstances. It happens with some regularity after normal childbirth; I never heard of or even thought of it happening with abortion, but it's reasonable that it could. <br /><br />With a normal pregnancy, after the baby is born, the placenta/afterbirth disengages from the uterine wall. Because the placenta has been exchanging food, oxygen, and waste via blood along the uterus, the disengagement leaves an open place for a lot of blood to come out into the uterus. Normally, the uterus clamps down and shrinks in size, which greatly restricts continued blood loss, but the uterus can be "boggy" or "floppy" and not restrict on its own. Massaging it externally (pushing/rubbing on the lower abdomen) will often make it contract, but sometimes other measures need to be taken.<br /><br />With an abortion at that early stage of pregnancy, though, the placenta is small and any blood loss or area for blood loss should also be small. Very likely it should have been an indication of something worse, for the uterus to be floppy with an early abortion -- such as uterine puncture.Kathynoreply@blogger.com