But tamoxifen can cause cancer of the lining of the uterus in post-menopausal women.
But somehow, Morrison notes, a pelvic ultrasound managed to miss the lack of a uterus.
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This keeps the lining of the uterus healthy and ready to nourish a developing foetus.
Endometriosis occurs when tissue, which normally lines the uterus, is found elsewhere in the body.
Kegel exercises strengthen your pelvic floor muscles, which support the uterus, bladder and bowel.
The women often say the doctors frightened them into surgery by saying the uterus was cancerous.
She wrote how a DDT-like pesticide affected the uterus by blocking powerful pituitary hormones.
These include fibroids or "lumps" in the uterus, cancer, and heavy or irregular periods.
Any remaining fragments must be removed from the uterus to prevent bleeding and infection.
But if the egg has already been implanted in the uterus, the morning-after pill will not work.
If there has been fertilization, Plan B may prevent a fertilized egg from embedding in the uterus.
However, the when the tissue acts in the same way outside the uterus it can cause problems.
These include abruption, where the placenta separates from the uterus wall, and the potentially life-threatening condition pre-eclampsia.
The mother's abdomen and uterus are opened so as not to harm the placenta, which nourishes the fetus.
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Pip Gould was diagnosed with cancer of the uterus and had a hysterectomy.
If you have a C-section, your health care provider will remove the placenta from your uterus during the procedure.
Your health care provider might massage your lower abdomen to encourage your uterus to contract and expel the placenta.
According to the medical definition, pregnancy doesn't begin until a fertilized egg implants itself into the wall of the uterus.
She was finally sent to another clinic, but my mum later found out that her uterus ruptured on the way.
Doctors also found that taking exemestane reduced the risks of developing cancer in the other breast or in the uterus.
Every three months, the women were given another hormone to protect the lining of the uterus, and cause period-like bleeding.
This suggests that if the uterus was "rested" the body might overcome some of the contraction problems caused by excess acid.
In general, masses on the ovary are called cysts while growths on the cervix or uterus tend to be called polyps.
If three to five embryos can be implanted in the uterus at once, fertility doctors argue, the odds for success are better.
The cause of pre-eclampsia is unknown, but it is clear that the placenta fails to invade into the wall of the mother's uterus.
"As the uterus grows and pushes the diaphragm up, there is less room for the lungs, " affecting a woman's ability to breathe, she said.
She said the result was in clear contrast to the Women's Health Institute trial of combined progestogen and oestrogen therapy in women with a uterus.
Some are convinced but some are not convinced because they've been told: 'If you don't get your uterus removed you will get cancer and die.
In the cloning experiment, cells from an infertile father would be injected into an egg, which is then implanted in the mother's uterus for the pregnancy.
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