Another day on obstetrics! Today was my first day shift, and I was on the Caesarian section duty. I have seen 3 so far today. One really interesting case involved a bicornate uterus. That means that the uterus has two "horns" instead of one large space to hold the fetus. So this baby was delivered pre-term, and he/she just was a tiny little thing. The uterus was placed outside the abdominal wall to be sutured, and I felt the horns. That was cool. A few interesting things about bicornate uteruses:
1.) it is shaped like a heart <3
2.) if you have a uterine anomaly such as a bicornate uterus, you are likely to have kidney anomalies as well due to the fact that they both arise from the same embryological origins.
3.) many animals have a bicornate uterus - dogs are one of them.
Still loving obgyn. It's such a happy moment when the mom and dad meet their little one for the first time. What a thrill!!! :)
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