How does a uterus "close" during pregnancy?

[Adn4n]

What I mean is, how is "water breaking" averted until month 9? Does the cervix just tighten? Insight into this would be appreciated.

 

[thetxstang]

Some kind of mucus plug builds up in the cervical area during pregnancy.

 

[Adn4n]

Alright thank you so very much for that term, it led me in the right direction in my research. I can't tell you how much your reply had relieved me.

 

[OsoVerde]

?????

Cervixes are normally in a "closed" state with some amount of mucus to keep uteruses free of germs and happy. The only time they open is when a woman's body is getting ready to expell a kid or a miscarriage... water breakage is due to labor. Sperm can get through the cervix only because they're smaller than most cells and they're designed to travel.

 

[compuwiz1]

Ask your mother.

 

[allisolm]

Also the "water" is amniotic fluid which is contained inside the amniotic sac inside the uterus, rather like a water balloon. Sometimes it ruptures during labor (water breaking) sometimes it has to be broken by the doctor.

Point is, it doesn't come out of the uterus because it is enclosed in a sac which normally doesn't break until the delivery process starts.

 

[meltdown75]

Mainly with the heater although it has been known to use the changeup.

 

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: allisolm
Also the "water" is amniotic fluid which is contained inside the amniotic sac inside the uterus, rather like a water balloon. Sometimes it ruptures during labor (water breaking) sometimes it has to be broken by the doctor.

Point is, it doesn't come out of the uterus because it is enclosed in a sac which normally doesn't break until the delivery process starts.

So a pregnant woman has a giant egg inside her uterus?

 

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: allisolm
Also the "water" is amniotic fluid which is contained inside the amniotic sac inside the uterus, rather like a water balloon. Sometimes it ruptures during labor (water breaking) sometimes it has to be broken by the doctor.

Point is, it doesn't come out of the uterus because it is enclosed in a sac which normally doesn't break until the delivery process starts.

So a pregnant woman has a giant egg inside her uterus?

 

[eplebnista]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
Mainly with the heater although it has been known to use the changeup.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: eplebnista

Originally posted by: meltdown75
Mainly with the heater although it has been known to use the changeup.

closer... closing pitcher... baseball...

*sigh*

 

[eplebnista]

Originally posted by: meltdown75

Originally posted by: eplebnista

Originally posted by: meltdown75
Mainly with the heater although it has been known to use the changeup.

closer... closing pitcher... baseball...

*sigh*

Oh, OK. Explanations tend to take the funny out of things don't they?

 

[edro]

Women gain weight when they are pregnant. The fat weight on their stomach, presses everything inside down and closes the hole.

 

[ShOcKwAvE827]

Originally posted by: OsoVerde
?????

Cervixes are normally in a "closed" state with some amount of mucus to keep uteruses free of germs and happy. The only time they open is when a woman's body is getting ready to expell a kid or a miscarriage... water breakage is due to labor. Sperm can get through the cervix only because they're smaller than most cells and they're designed to travel.

wrong.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: eplebnista

Originally posted by: meltdown75

Originally posted by: eplebnista

Originally posted by: meltdown75
Mainly with the heater although it has been known to use the changeup.

closer... closing pitcher... baseball...

*sigh*

Oh, OK. Explanations tend to take the funny out of things don't they?

ah, nothing I post is ever funny anyway. I'll give up eventually.

 

[Bryophyte]

Originally posted by: ShOcKwAvE827

Originally posted by: OsoVerde
?????

Cervixes are normally in a "closed" state with some amount of mucus to keep uteruses free of germs and happy. The only time they open is when a woman's body is getting ready to expell a kid or a miscarriage... water breakage is due to labor. Sperm can get through the cervix only because they're smaller than most cells and they're designed to travel.

wrong.

Yeah, the monthly period figures in there. The sperm statement is just not true. They are designed to travel, but the idea that they get in and other things don't because of their size isn't true.