Listen: Mia Freedman speaks to her cousin Syl, about an endometriosis diagnosis that turned her into a warrior for other women. Just to give you an idea, though, around one in five women (about 20 per cent) have a uterus that tilts backwards at the cervix towards the spine. pls explain why are my organs tilted), it's actually pretty common - so don't be alarmed. Also known as a retroverted or tipped uterus, a tilted uterus usually tips backward at the cervix instead of forward.

It's probably best to touch on what a titled uterus is first, huh? If any of these sound familiar, it's obviously best to check in with a gynecologist, mmmkay?Īlrighty, let's get to it. To give you a rundown, we've pulled together some of the most common signs of a tilted uterus and what this might mean for you. But a titled uterus can be associated with some specific symptoms, and some of these can become pretty bothersome (lookin' at you painful sex). Well, it's not really something that you HAVE to know - cause the majority of women with a tilted uterus will not have problems. So, how do you know what position your uterus is? And why do I need to know this? While the former is the most common (around 80 per cent of people have an anterverted uterus), a retroverted or 'tilted' uterus is not exactly an uncommon thing.

Uterus shifted to the left