Open AccessSpontaneous pregnancy after pessary placement in a patient with infertility and advanced pelvic organ prolapse
Author(s) -
TsiaShu Lo,
Chun-Kai Chen,
Arjun Dass,
Leng Boi Pue,
Eileen Feliz M. Cortes
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
gynecology and minimally invasive therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.441
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2213-3089
pISSN - 2213-3070
DOI - 10.1016/j.gmit.2015.11.001
Subject(s) - pessary , medicine , infertility , obstetrics , pregnancy , gynecology , in vitro fertilisation , assisted reproductive technology , genetics , biology
To highlight possible association of advanced pelvic organ prolapse with infertility and its successful outcome following conservative management. We report herein a 38-year-old para 1, non-overweight woman who presented with secondary infertility without any factors for infertility except for an advanced POP. She had intrauterine insemination (IUI) performed twice at a local clinic and in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET) program twice in our institute unsuccessfully. She conceived spontaneously after vaginal pessary placement and delivered, vaginally, a healthy female baby weighing 3,365 g at the 38th week of gestation. Advanced POP appears to be an important risk factor for infertility. After completing an infertility workup, pessary application can be the first-line treatment modality for women with unexplained infertility due to advanced POP