Hi everyone.

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.

Lou.