Bicornate Uterus Please help!

[amandac19]

Hello Everyone!

I am currently 12 weeks and 3 days pregnant for my second pregnancy (on right side). I had a natural miscarriage with my first pregnancy at 5 1/2 weeks (on left side), I was pregnant again after my first menstral cycle. I am freaking out because I read how it all depends on the degree of your split but I don't know how bad mine is. My Dr. tells me I will be fine but I read that there is only a 65% chance for fetal survival. Although the right side is supposed to be slightly bigger then the left they look the same to me. I look at pictures of complete splits and partial and mine looks to be somewhere in middle. I am so scared that I am going to have another mc and regular statistics about after the first trimester everything will be fine doesnt reassure me at all!!! Can anyone share their story or offer me advice, does anyone have a split about my size and had children? Please let me know. Thank you

[ffnell343]

I have a complete bicornate uterus as well as polycystic ovarian disease and was told I would never have children or even get pregnant. Im currently 10 1/2 weeks pregnant with my first child. Im on bed rest and not allowed to do anything at all. I've known for two yrs now and the thing I've found out is doctor's dont know a whole lot about bicornate uterus. I currently have 3 different doctors each saying a different thing. The things i did find out I will share with you though. Whenever you go in for an ultrasound ask questions...they are more knowledgeable about it than doctors are oddly enough or at least are willing to tell you more. What mine said was if there is only a partial bicornate uterus and it chooses one side or the other you will most likely be able to carry to full term cuz as the baby grows it will just push the separation out of the way. When the partial is a real problem can be if there is a layer of skin that splits the uterus in two but is still one uterus. The most advice i can give you is DO NOT GOOGLE trust me it will just freak you out more. Also, go to more than one doctor, find a doctor who will put you at ease. Also, just so you know if you do miscarry again there is a surgery they can do to bring the uterus together. In the case of a complete bicornate (which i didnt find out until the tech for the ultrasound told me) i have two complete halves.. i technically have two uterus but they are only halve so my baby only has half the space to grow. The doctors keep telling me not to get my hopes up that i will most likely miscarry, but i was also told i could NEVER even get pregnant and here i am....so i decided screw 'em....there is a reason they call it the "practice of medicine". the best thing you can do is just rest as much as possible, take ur prenatals and dont stress the more you worry about it the more stress you put on the baby. Good luck girl Im sure it will all turn out ok. :)

[AnnieBrooke]

Sorry, I don't know what my septum looked like exactly.  (They removed it in a surgery last year.)  Some of the images I saw looked flattened and some looked more heart shaped, it probably just meant that some of the times the uterus was in a different position than others.  I will probably never get a definitive answer about the shape of my uterus.  Even a doctor who has seen it from the outside with a laparoscope (who told me my uterus was heart shaped) would not agree with the doctor who did the HSG (that saw it from the inside) who said it was bicornuate.  Unless I someday have to have it removed, we'll never know, and by then of course the whole issue will be academic.

Ask your doctor if, given that you are 20 weeks, he is pretty sure the baby's blood supply is not in any doubt.  That is the main thing to be concerned about.  A septum is soft, and the growing baby can push it aside and move into the other half of the uterus.  If the baby's blood supply is fine, then you should have no worries.

[amandac19]

My doctor hasn't told me really where the fetus implanted other than its on the right side. Did your split look like mine at all? I have been looking at pictures and my septum and overall shape looks a bit different then the "heart shape" Thank you for helping!

[megan210792]

I have a bicornate uterus. And I have a 2 year old and I'm pregnant with my second baby. I'm now 22 weeks. I did have a miscarriage back at xmas due to my uterus and baby was on my left side which is smaller then my right side. Don't give up hope and don't stress. I have had 4 scans so far because they wanna keep an eye on my. My pregnancy is also very painful and I'm not allowed to work or do much. I'm mainly resting and I have trouble sleeping but it will all be worth it. Just try to relax and hope all goes well for you.

[AnnieBrooke]

I had a uterine septum, which some doctors felt made my uterus "severely bicornuate" and other doctors said, "frankly, I don't see much of a septum there," and I carried my son readily to term.  If the embryo implants on the septum, there is a chance it will not get an adequate blood supply, and you will suffer a loss.  If it does not, it will have an adequate blood supply.   The fact that you are at 12w3d suggests there is nothing wrong with the blood supply.  Has the doctor been able to shed a little light on the question of where the embryo has implanted?