I was diagnosed with a 'Bicornuate Uterus' when I found out I was 5 weeks 5 days pregnant with my first child. The baby was growing in the left 'cornu'. My pregnancy was considered 'high-risk' but everything was normal I got told of all the risks, but I didn't let that get to me.
I bled at 6 weeks, then again at 11 and a half weeks, yet everything was fine. At my 19 week scan I found out I was having a girl, Lydia Grace, and again, everything was fine, she was growing normally and everything, she was also head down.
A month had past and I was nearly 6 months, I couldn't believe it. Then the night I was 23 weeks and a day pregnant, I went into premature labour. I gave birth naturally, to the most precious little soul, Lydia Grace on the 10th of January 2009 weighing in at 580 grams (1lb 4oz) and measuring 30.9 cms.
She was very early, and it was very unexpected. But she's a healthy 9 month old now But I've heard apparently if your first child is prem, all your children are going to be prem... Also, generally women with a bicornuate uterus have only one kidney? Well, that's what I heard from my doctor and I only have one kidney..
I wish everyone all the best with their pregnancies. Thanks for reading x
shockzworth I am so pleased to here your daughter Lydia Grace is going so well after her early arrival.
I work as a midwife and the women I have seen with a Bicornuate Uterus have also only had one kidney. There are different types of Bicornuate Uterus's as I am sure you would know and some the septum the divides the two parts can stretch out of the way as the pregnancy progresses. I have also seen the Dr take the septum out (not always possible and rarely neccessary) when multiple late m/c has occured.
First of all can I say that I am saddened to hear of so many losses and my heart goes out to all of you. I hope my story can bring some hope, that there is the possibility of a fairly normal, healthy pregnancy and a happy ending.
I too have a Bicornuate Uterus which was discovered during the C/S of my son a 38wks. He turned footling breech at 36wks and had his cord wrapped around him 3 times, so we were booked in for an elective C/S. My pregnancy was fairly normal, I had excessive fluid (which was what the doctor first thought had caused the breech) and some discomfort from around 30wks due to DS being on the right side and pushing firmly against my ribs whenever I sat down. During the C/S my OB had trouble pulling DS out through the incision and he got his head got stuck - the incision was too low for a BU. This resulted in DS ingesting some fluid and ending up with wet lungs and on a C-PAP machine in NNICU for 5 days. My OB and the Paed also think I have a longer gestation period than normal, and this also contributed to the wet lungs. DS is now a healthy 22mth old.
I am now 22wks pregnant with bub no. 2 . This pregnancy has been normal so far, so I am crossing my fingers that it continues this way. This baby is also on the right side and the hope is that DS may have stretched it a little so that bubs has a little more room! This time I will be going full term to 40wks unless I go into labour. I am hoping for a VBAC if all is going well, but will happily have another C/S if necessary.
I had no trouble getting pregnant, it took about 6mths of trying but that is pretty normal.
My OB didn't really give me alot of information when I saw him at our 6 wk check up. I did my own research but never really worried too much because I had already had a successful birth. The above information has really opened my eyes to just how lucky I have been.
I am also really interested in the information that woman with BU can have only one kidney. This is a bit of a worry as we have a history of kidney problems in the family. I will be talking to my dr about that!!
I wish everyone the best of luck in getting pregnant and having a healthy pregnancy.
Thank you everyone for sharing your stories, and best wishes to everyone X
It's amazing what people are going through to have healthy happy babies, and sad that people have to go through such sad losses too.
I lost my baby at only 8wks gestation and was and is hard enough to carry on, but what others have gone through I can only say that you are all such strong people, and I look up to you all X
Last edited by murraycod; November 8th, 2009 at 07:54 PM.
I am so glad to have come across this, I am very sorry for all those who have experienced a loss.
I found out today that I have a bioconuate uterus... and was very scared to hear that even though the doctor explained it, it still seems scary...
Booked in to see a gynecologist in 2 weeks time... I guess it is probably good I have found this out before my husband and I concieved we have been trying for around 5 months now.
It just seems hard when you want a baby so much.. I know you can all relate....
Hopefully seeing the gynecologist will give some more info which will make it less scary and I guess I am probably just processing it having only been told today.
I've just been diagnosed with a Bicornuate Uterus as well!!
The thing i'm angry & upset about is why & how was this not discovered at all in my past history.....
So far my history is that i had my first baby in my late teens (he's now 19 years old) & had a normal pregnancy with him but a difficult labour. He was eventually delivered by emergency c/s. He was not overly small & he did arrive 1 wk early but there was no mention of my unusual uterus then!!! Could they not see it???
I then seperated from his father & met my husband a few years later. He has no children but does want them...
At 29 i fell pregnant with my second child & it was a difficult pregnancy from the word go. Lots of brown/red bleeding & a massive bleed at 10 wks. It all settled down after that but the slight spotting continued. My water broke at almost 20wks & i delivered & lost my little boy......
Even after all this we still wanted to have children so a year later we fell pregnant again & again i had the same problems with spotting on & off with this pregnancy as well. This baby i lost when i was 9wks pregnant. The baby had stopped growing & had died at 7wks so i had a missed miscarriage & ended up having a d/c to remove it.
Again we tried again & i fell pregnant with my fourth pregnancy. This pregnancy was diagnosed as a blighted ovum at about 7wks so another loss & another d/c.
After these 3 miscarriages i was very reluctant to fall pregnant again but 7 years later i have now fallen pregant again which was a total suprise pregnancy as we were not trying.
I just lost the baby today at 7.5wks Last weeks ultrasound showed a healthy bub with a good hearbeat but todays ultrasound was a different story..no heartbeat. This pregnancy has pretty much taken the same road as all the others with the same spotting & bleeding......
They only now discovered my unusual uterus from all my recent ultrasounds & when i asked why was this not discovered earlier they said it may be because of ultrasound equipment being more responsive now days or it just wasnt investigated further!!!!
They also said that they believed this was the reason of my 4 miscarriages & are now going to do further investigations for a septum in a few months.
I cannot believe this all happened because of my uterus......I'm so glad i have my son at least......
I am so happy for all you girls who have gone on to have your gorgeous babies regardless of this problem and sorry to all who have lost their bubs, i completely understand.......
Hopefully they can give me some good news in a few months after they perform further investigations as my maternal clock is fast ticking away........
I wish good luck to all you girls with this problem
I'm nine weeks along and have just found out I have a bicornuate uterus and the baby is growing in the left side. Does anyone know whether there's a difference between the left and right sides - is one better for the baby than the other? Also when is the danger zone over? 16 week?
I got told of all the risks, but I didn't let that get to me.
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