During my 1st appointment last Monday I found out I have a "heart-shaped" uterus. The doc who explained it to me didn't know much about it. I did some research about it am and a little scared. Any of you ladies have the same thing? What should I expect or prepare myself for?
I have one, and the doctors are totally unconcerned. It depends on how yours is shaped and where the baby is, but it isn't always a big deal. i'm not getting any extra monitoring because of it, and no one has mentioned it since they discovered it in 1st tri. it's 100% a non-issue for me.
bff has one. she was told if baby wasn't headdown by a certain point, she would definitely have a c section. baby was head down.. but she went in at 38wks.... couldn't get past 5cm... went for a section, baby was tiny ... 4 1/2 lb. but momma is petite... and baby is now 2 and avg ht, skinny ... she was just gonna be petite though. baby is fine.
this will totally depend on your case. how much of a septum is there. if your ob is unsure about it, he/she should refer you to someone with experience.
I just want to throw in that it's very difficult to diagnose uterine abnormalities on an ultrasound. I had to have an hysterosalpingogram and a pelvic MRI before we knew that I had a septate uterus rather than a bicornuate utereus (they are not the same thing).
So when you do research and see how terrible one of these abnormalities is, bear in mind that you might actually have a different abnormality, or even none at all. They're very frequently misdiagnosed.
Best of luck to you. I hope everything will be fine. I'm assured that my small septum won't be my issue with carrying to term.
I have a bicornuate ute and I am 35 weeks. So far it hasn't really been an issue. I have to have an u/s every two weeks and have basically my entire pregnancy. My doctors don't expect me to go full term and my baby girl is in a position where she cannot turn so I will have to have a c/s. It was kind of funny because they didn't expect me to make it to 34 weeks either but here I am at 35 weeks and have a feeling that this baby isn't going anywhere.
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Re: Any ladies here with a bicornuate or "heart-shaped" uterus?
bff has one. she was told if baby wasn't headdown by a certain point, she would definitely have a c section. baby was head down.. but she went in at 38wks.... couldn't get past 5cm... went for a section, baby was tiny ... 4 1/2 lb. but momma is petite... and baby is now 2 and avg ht, skinny ... she was just gonna be petite though. baby is fine.
this will totally depend on your case. how much of a septum is there. if your ob is unsure about it, he/she should refer you to someone with experience.
good luck.
I just want to throw in that it's very difficult to diagnose uterine abnormalities on an ultrasound. I had to have an hysterosalpingogram and a pelvic MRI before we knew that I had a septate uterus rather than a bicornuate utereus (they are not the same thing).
So when you do research and see how terrible one of these abnormalities is, bear in mind that you might actually have a different abnormality, or even none at all. They're very frequently misdiagnosed.
Best of luck to you. I hope everything will be fine. I'm assured that my small septum won't be my issue with carrying to term.