A woman's uterus can stretch as big as a watermelon, and 5 other facts that amaze you

Everyone, including you, is born from a woman's womb. There is no other way for humans to be born other than through the womb. However, to what extent do you understand the intricacies and interesting facts about this one organ? Check out some amazing facts about a woman's womb that might make you want to thank your mother or partner.

1. The uterus can stretch as big as a watermelon

The uterus is the most flexible of the female organs. The reason is, a woman's uterus is ideally sized like a small pear. Now, when the egg is fertilized and the uterus finally becomes a home for the fetus, the size of a woman's uterus can stretch to the size of a watermelon! The size of the uterus can also stretch even more if you are pregnant with twins. This means that your uterus can stretch up to 500 times its original size when you are not pregnant.

Even more amazing, after giving birth to a baby, the uterus will shrink back to its original size in just a few weeks. That's great, right?

2. Women can have two uterus at once

In general, a woman is born with one uterus. However, in very rare cases, a person may be born with two uteruses. According to various data, this case will only appear in one in two thousand women worldwide.

This phenomenon occurs when a woman with two uteruses is still in the womb. A woman's uterus is formed from a combination of two tubes. If the tubes in the fetus do not join completely, more than one uterus will form. Women who have two uterus can still get pregnant as usual. However, if both uterus is functioning normally, you may become pregnant with twins from each uterus.

3. But some are born without a womb

A woman can also be born without a uterus or be born with an immature uterus. So, she also will not menstruate and can not have a normal pregnancy. The condition experienced by one in five thousand women is also known as Mayer-Rokitanski-Küster-Hauser syndrome (MRKH).

If you want to have offspring, women who don't have a uterus can do IVF. This is because the ovaries are still functioning to produce an egg that is ready to be fertilized. However, later the finished embryo will be injected into the womb of a surrogate mother (surrogate mother) who are willing to conceive and give birth to the baby.

4. A woman's uterus can be transplanted

There are other solutions for women who don't have a uterus but want to get pregnant. Recently, experts have succeeded in developing and perfecting the technology for grafting (transplantation) of a woman's uterus. So, women who are born without a uterus can receive a uterine donor from someone else.

So far, there have been several cases in which women who received a uterine donor managed to conceive and deliver their baby. For example in Sweden and in the United States. In this unique delivery process, babies are usually delivered by caesarean section.

Unfortunately, uterine transplant procedures are currently very limited. Not all countries or hospitals are able to transplant the uterus. However, later uterine transplants can also be the answer for women who have had a hysterectomy (removal of the uterus), for example because of cancer.

5. Women may still get pregnant after tubectomy

Tubectomy is a method of sterile contraception (sterile KB). Your fallopian tubes will be tied or cut so that the sperm cannot meet with the egg to fertilize. Even if they finally meet, the combination of the two will not be able to enter the uterus to form a fetus.

Even so, it seems that you can still get pregnant after a tubectomy. According to statistics from the Johns Hopkins medical institution in the United States, one in two hundred women who have had a tubectomy will still be pregnant.

Pregnancy may occur if the line that has been cut is connected again. It could also be because the process of binding the fallopian tubes is not perfect so that fertilization continues and the fertilized egg successfully enters the uterus.

6. The uterus can help orgasm

It's not just the vagina and clitoris that play an important role in women's sexual satisfaction. In fact, a woman's uterus is an organ that supplies blood to parts of the body that receive sexual stimulation, such as the vaginal lips, clitoris and pelvic area. Without blood flow to these areas, it is difficult for women to enjoy stimulation to orgasm.

A number of studies have also shown that hysterectomy can reduce women's sexual satisfaction. The reason is, the uterus is one of the female organs that will contract during orgasm. Without uterine contractions, orgasm feels less than optimal.