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Nadi
10 years agoMember
My experience with a manual manipulation of a flipped port
A few of you on here may remember that a little while ago I was trying to find women who have experienced their port flipping over like mine has done.
For those who don't know, a port (short for po...
Jane221
10 years agoMember
Thanks for sharing your experience Nadine, I'm sure it will be very helpful for anyone else in the same boat, although as you say, it is a pretty uncommon thing.
I think I would have been really worried about the pain too so good to know that it was just uncomfortable. The closest I've come to a similar situation was when I was having my daughter and she was breech and they tried to move her manually into the right position, it didn't work either, but it also wasn't a painful experience as I'd feared.
Best of luck with your surgery on June 3, let's hope the port stays in place this time as I agree, the port was an absolute vein-saver! Jane xx