The next step for the fertilized egg is to implant into the walls of the uterus, beginning the initial stages of pregnancy. If fertilization and/or implantation does not take place, the body ...

There was a large, well-circumscribed heterogeneously hyperechoic lesion in the left adnexa connected to the uterus via a pedicle, suggestive of a pedunculated leiomyoma. Doppler examination showed ...

An ultrasound gives you a miraculous look at your baby – and lets your provider check on their health and development.

It was 1996, and an ultrasound had revealed fibroids growing in the walls of her uterus. But she knew what the procedure had done to her mother: After her ovaries and uterus were removed in her ...

Uterine fibroids are abnormal growths that form from muscular tissue in the uterus. By age 45, it’s estimated that around 70% of people who have a uterus will develop at least one. They are among the ...

A hysterectomy is a common and generally safe surgery that entails removing a woman's uterus. The surgery has many potential benefits (e.g., relief of symptoms like pain or bleeding). You may ...

It creates an image of the baby in the mother's womb (uterus). It’s a safe way to check the health of an unborn baby. During a fetal ultrasound, the baby’s heart, head, and spine are evaluated, along ...

Kelsey Hatcher - pictured with daughters Roxi (L) and Rebel (R) - learned as a teenager she had a double uterus A US woman with a rare double uterus has given birth twice in two days - after a ...

Medically reviewed by Renita White, MD Uterine fibroids are a very common gynecological condition that can cause pelvic pain ...