What is an uterine inversion?

A uterine inversion is when the uterus turns inside out after childbirth. It can happen in various degrees, varying from still within the body to completely outside (which is what happened to me.) The biggest problems come from it's inability to clamp down and stop bleeding and after the body senses the placenta has detached (or at least moved out of the cervix and still connected to the inside out uterus), the body closes the cervix shuts once again. To your body, the mission is complete. Because of this, the doctor must move quickly to get the uterus back in place before the cervix closes completely. My doctor said that there are three options when there is an inversion: 1) manual correction 2) laproscopic or other surgical correction 3) hysterectomy. This is a very rare complication, but it does happen. I have my own theory on why it happened to me. But that is neither here nor there. Any other questions? Please leave them in the comments!!