I found out today that my uterus is "heartshaped" or in doctors terms a bicournate uterus.
I was wondering for those who had/have the same thing did you also bleed and cramp at the beginning of the pregnancy did it lead to other complications. I have read that most births are c sections due to the baby being in the breech position.
Is it something that you can develop? I don't remember being told anything like this with DD.. but i did have cramping and spotting at 11 weeks..
Im also looking for some reassurance that i can proceed with a H&H pregnancy.
A friend of mine had this and had no issues during pg at all, although falling pg was harder (she was older too). She did end up with a c/s because her baby was transverse, but they had been hopeful until 37 weeks that she would turn. Nothing was decided until that stage.
I know Dr google is bad, i know this so getting myself worked up last night was silly but alot of it made sense for my pregnancy with DD. Hopefully i can get in to see my GP today as i know she will atleast talk me through complications that could happen.
I have it. Took 6 months to fall pregnant with DD and 8 months with this baby. I should also mention that I only have 1 ovary.
DD was footling breech (CRASH c-section at 35+2w due to waters burst and feet poking out/cord prolapse) and DS is currently head down and making me wait for him (currently 36w). We are hoping for a VBAC.
With DD I had bleeding at 12w but that is all.
I have a fairly pronounced divide and I don't think it's made that much of a difference to the pregnancy? All my OBGY said is it's a very high chance of an early birth due to no room for bubs.
I would also like to mention that DD was in SCN for almost 2 weeks but had no breathing issues and is currently a very healthy toddler.
How was your labour and birth with DD? I can't recall..
My bestie has one. It wasn't discovered until her 12wk scan. She was told that it can cause difficulty conceiving (though it didn't for her and doesn't appear to have for you either), as the egg can ave trouble implanting up the top of the uterus, near the "horns".
Other possible complications she was warned about were placenta praevia (sp?) for the same reason - lower the egg implants, lower the placenta. Also breech baby and pre-term labour - as if baby is breech for a long time, as can happen with a bicornuate uterus, it can put undue pressure on the cervix, causing it to dilate prematurely.
So yes that can lead to c/s. Though my friend was allowed to go into spontaneous labour and then they monitored her for a while but it became apparent bubs was not moving so she had a c/s.
Logically, from what I've written above, spotting might be normal - if the placenta is lower, might lead to more spotting? But that's me guesstimating, not based on any sort of knowledge!
As for whether it can develop, hmm who knows? The uterus certainly changes shape with pregnancy, but that is stretching and growing, is it really changing shape?? Hopefully a medical person will be able to comment on that... But I suspect you might have had it with DD too...
LMS, I would think that if your labour and delivery of DD were all good then you might not have anything to worry about so much this time
Sounds like you are more relaxed after speaking to your GP which is good. Dr Google got his/her medical degree from a Cornflakes box so you shouldn't pay attention to them!
It is not unusual for a mild case not to appear on every scan - bizarrely I also had mine picked up by a trainee sonographer after having about 20 scans with very experienced ones!
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The uterus certainly changes shape with pregnancy, but that is stretching and growing, is it really changing shape?? Hopefully a medical person will be able to comment on that... But I suspect you might have had it with DD too...
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