Objectives Secondary PPH has received little attention. In more than half of cases the etiology is not made out. Vascular abnormalities like pseudoaneurysm and AV malformation are rare but detectable and easily treatable. Methods This is an analysis of five women presenting with severe secondary PPH after the 3rd to 6th week of postpartum. All women were post LSCS with no identifiable cause and referred for further management. They were diagnosed to have pseudoaneurysm by angiography and uterine artery embolisation was done. Results Five women were analysed. Four of them had a pseudoaneurysm and were embolised one woman was hemodynamically unstable and hence taken up for hysterectomy. Conclusion Pseudoaneurysm is an important vascular abnormality especially following LSCS. Uterine artery embolisation is safe and reliable alternative technique and prevents a hysterectomy.

Pelvic floor dysfunction occurs commonly following childbirth, with increasing parity urinary incontinence particularly stress incontinence was more common. No significant reduction in incidence of incontinence following LSCS was noted in this study.

An interrupted inferior vena cava (IVC) and a left-sided subrenal (postrenal) IVC with azygos or hemiazygos continuation are very rare anomalies of the IVC. The prenatal sonographic and color Doppler features of these anomalies are reported here.

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This study was done in is a teaching hospital in south India with a moderately busy obstetric unit with 2500-3000 deliveries per year. We are involved in the teaching