Bicornuate Uterus

[Alan]

Hi Jessie
First it will not stop you from getting pregnant. The rest of what you say is true. the premmie baby's are not usually too premmie in the main. If your baby is breech there is a possibility of your ob turning it and once turned they rarely turn back

[Baby~amore`]

Jessie
I would seek 2nd opinion I was told I had bicornuate uterus (high possiblity) from an ultrasound (internal) -by a specialist who did the scan at a women's u/s centre.Infact I didn't - the only way they know for sure is to have a laproscopy/hysteroscopy.

I subsequently had a lap with another fertility specialist - to clip my damaged tubes but they discovered I didn't have bicornuate uterus ... I was doing IVF for other reasons too. I had some kind of small septum too.

A friend was also told she may have had a bicornuate uterus but she had septum - similar loking on u/s but very different consequences ... she had lost a few babies to m/s - because they say embryo can implant on septum wall which hasn't good blood supply as uterus - so they miscarry.

Her Specialist recently operated over two operations (laproscopy) removed her septum and in 2 months she can TTC again.

Please go and get another opinon - the FS I saw said you can only tell my lap and looking inside the uterus too - hysteroscopy - to see what is actually there.

[rachael89]

Hi,

I am nearlly 11 weeks pregnant I also have a bicornuate uterus... I Have the same issue and it is clearly visible on ultrasound where its shaped kind of like a heart but rounded on bottom but one "horn" is very skinny compared to the her side... I am also worried that there is going to be isssues... I have researched and apparently people iwth our conition do struggle to get pregnant.. They usually have a few options.. surgery to correct the uterus.. IVF also with egg etc being implated on the better side so it has better chance of surviving. Also baby can have issues with nutrients if the ambilical cord attatches to the part that looks like its caved in.. not too sure how true that last part is but i have read that many of times

Hope it helps.. If you want to chat feel free to write back to this

[Always Shopping]

My 18 year old daughter has just been diagnosed with a bicornuate uterus. Further testing has also revealed that she has only one kidney. Drs. say these two abnormalities generally go together. We are just in the beginning stages of learning about these two conditions and still have more tests to have run.

The literature on the internet stated that only 0.4% of women have these types of anomalies. Has anyone else had this diagnosis? I would like to know your experience and any advice you would share.

Thanks,
Always Shopping

[beau_9]

DH's cousin has a bicornuate uterus and fell pregnant naturally with 3 healthy children however she did have to have ceasarians for all three, and i just found out a work colleague also has this and had 2 healthy pregnancy's but did have to have them both
c-sections.
As far as i know they both have both of their kidneys. (but i havn't been told otherwise)

[Adriana]

Firstly i would like to express my deepest sympathy to those who have lost one of life precious gifts my heart really goes out to you. I have recently find out at 6 weeks pregnant with my first child that i have a bicornute uterus and was told by the lady performing the ultrasound that women with this abnormality often have problems with infertiltiy and miscarriges. I was also told the my uterus's were symetrical/equal in size and implation had occured in the left side. I am curouis to wether other user's new if there's uterus's were equal in size and if not did they find that complications occured when implantation occured in the smaller sized uterus?
I pray to god that i have a succesful pregnancy and a healthy baby is delivered at the end

[AndiE]

My sister has a bicornuate uterus - she had absolutely no probs conceiving and no "symptoms" of it. The only "hitch" was that her bub was footling breech and his head was more or less lodged into one half of the "heart" shape at the top of her uterus - so no chance of him turning, or being turned, before his due date. She ended up having a C-section around her due date and now has a very healthy 11-month-old DS.

Andie