Patient's question:
I and my husband already have a child, and we don't plan to have a second one. When I gave birth to my first child, I had a slight cervical laceration. However, the cervical opening rupture wasn't severe. Can I get an IUD first and then have a surgery to repair the cervical opening? What kind of help do you need: Can a cervical laceration allow for immediate insertion of an IUD?Doctor's answer:
According to your description, it is possible. Cervical laceration occurs when the cervix gradually expands to 10 centimeters during labor. During labor, the vagina may be lacerated. In women who have not given birth vaginally, the cervix opening is round. In women who have had vaginal childbirth, the cervix opening has a horizontal line in the middle. Some people have a very fast and urgent vaginal childbirth, and the cervix may have some tearing. This tearing can divide the cervix into two parts. If the skin is broken, the doctor will debride it. Unless the laceration is severe enough that it cannot have an IUD inserted. Generally, the small part of the cervix exposed in the vagina looks like a petal, but the internal cervix opening is still quite tight, which is not a problem for inserting an IUD.