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"   Question My girlfriend is pregnant and has been diagnosed as having a constriction around her womb.  What is it and will it affect the baby?   Answer From your letter it is difficult to be sure what the constriction around your girlfriend&amp;#039;s womb could be. However, there are various possibilities that are discussed below so hopefully these will be of some use.  Fibroids are benign tumours of the muscle wall of the uterus and can occur in many different sites, including the cervix, where they may obstruct labour.  In general however, fibroids do not cause any sort of &amp;#039;constriction&amp;#039; around the womb, and are unlikely to cause problems in labour unless they are very large.  If your girlfriend has had any sort of treatment to her cervix for example, laser treatment for abnormal cervical cells or surgery, then there may be scarring as a result of this, which could possibly affect the way the cervix might function during delivery, but again this is unlikely to be described as a &amp;#039;constriction&amp;#039; around her womb. Perhaps a scan has shown that your girlfriend has a muscular thickening around the womb, in which case this will be monitored throughout pregnancy and an assessment made towards the end of pregnancy as to whether this is likely to affect her labour.  The best suggestion would be for your girlfriend (and you too if she agrees) to arrange to see the doctor who has diagnosed this problem to ask any questions that you have and to discuss this issue further.  It is important to establish exactly what has been found and what it is thought to be due to. Yours sincerely The NetDoctor Medical Team  Other Qs &amp;amp;amp; As Acne anxiety After pre-eclampsia Am I expecting my husband&amp;#039;s baby or my lover&amp;#039;s? Blood groups and pregnancy Can my daughter have a termination Does a family history of Down&amp;#039;s syndrome increase my risk? Does loud noise affect the unborn baby? Exercises to strengthen your pelvic floor First visit to the doctor Has a loud noise hurt my unborn baby&amp;#039;s hearing? How can I avoid weight gain during pregnancy? How can I find out what time I was born? How can I tell the father of my foetus? How much will my second child weigh? I am a vegetarian and would like to have a baby I have had puerperal psychosis and now I am pregnant again - what do I do? I have low oestrogen levels Intercourse on the first day of the period Irregular periods after an abortion Is pregnancy stressful? Is the painful sex down to my pregnancy? Lactation at 11 weeks Lumps Male masturbation while trying for a baby Perimenopause Phantom pregnancy Pregnancy after a cyst Pregnancy after the pill Symphysis pubis dysfunction Tell me about endometriosis The latest news on obstetric cholestasis Tummy muscles What does &amp;#039;long, multips os&amp;#039; mean? What happens in the first stages of pregnancy? What happens when some of my eggs are frozen? What is a bi-cornuate womb? What is a blighted ovum? What is a haematoma? What is a retroverted uterus? What is adenomyosis? What is Edward&amp;#039;s syndrome? What is obstetric cholestasis? What is ovulation induction? What is spotting? What is the mucous plug? What should I do to tighten my pelvic floor? Will a bipartite placenta necessitate an hysterectomy? Will I be anxious and panic stricken forever? Will my husband&amp;#039;s old habit harm a baby? Will my male partner&amp;#039;s age increase the risk of birth defects?  Last updated 04.08.2014 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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