I had an MRI with contrast this am to determine if I have one. I had a recent loss and there was a question of bicornuate uterus on my Ultrasound. If anyone also has one, I'd love to hear your experience.
Here's a link to my blog with information about my recent experience.
Re: Bicornuate uterus anyone?
Hi - I'm sorry to hear about your loss. Mine was discovered at my 20wk u/s with DS1. Prior to that, I had never heard of such a thing. I did get good info from this site when I was first starting out:
https://mulleriananomalies.blogspot.com/2007/12/what-are-different-types-of-mllerian.html
I recently wrote out my experience having a bicornuate uterus for a fellow Bumpie, this is just a copy & paste of what I wrote to her:
Mama Jan's Kitchen... a food blog
My first pregnancy was in 1995. We discovered she was breech and attempted to turn her. She flipped back and subsequently dropped her foot down. Had it not been for one very insistent Captain, I would have attempted a vaginal delivery.
After...AFTER I delivered via c-section, she came in and explained that I wasn't "shaped right". Anterior placenta, cord was about 1 foot long and atrophied, ogliohydrosis ((lack of amniotic fluid)) and this was at 36 weeks.
It was not until 5 years later when we decided to try again...and again...and again. I didn't understand. Hubby did not either. We underwent fertility testing. Hormones are ok, sperm count great, put me on Parlodel and a sex schedule. This went on for a year...meds, testing etc. Finally they did the iodine check and ovaries were fine, but the shape of my uterus...not so much. I would continue to get pregnant, but no pregnancy would "stick". We accepted it and hoped for the best. We averaged about 4 or so miscarriages a year...for almost 10 years. I said "Babe, the day something BIG happens...like I get a school date to ANCOC or something...we will get pregnant"
Fast forward to 2010. I quit smoking (yay) and went on BCP. I was going to be deployed and wanted to minimize my cycles for hygiene reasons. I took two pregnancy tests before I left...both negative (of course). I landed in Afghanistan in Feb 2011. I got a notification that I had a date to go to my school and I laughed because I needed to be cancelled as I was downrange. I landed at my home station in March. I was eight weeks pregnant.
I had read my medical records from when I delivered our first daughter and I was more aware of the issues. I was put on Uterogest for low progesterone. Bed rest and medication when I started having pain and cramps. CPP at 18 weeks ((which has finally resolved yay!)). No exercise, no sex, no orgasm. hubby and I got really creative ((lol)). I got back to the US and immediately scheduled the appointments for OB. The care I was getting at my home station was not up to par with the US as far as the communication. Stateside, I can express everything and they get it.
I have had two u/s since I have been in the states ((approx three weeks)). I am already scheduled for another in 4 weeks to monitor her growth. 1st pregnancy I had two total. Amy is breech and will more than likely remain that way. She will come via c-sect like her sister did. She is measuring a little small, but she is healthy and growing consistently. Her sister was 6 lbs, 4.5 oz and 18.75 in long. We don't see Amy being much different. The doc was so sweet, she tried to be gentle and let us know that it was more than likely the only option. We already knew. No big deal to us, we know what to expect. A healthy beautiful baby regardless of how she comes into the world.
Who knew that having a horn ((I call it a banana)) shaped uterus could be so much trouble?
My ob doesn't consider me high risk with a bicornuate uterus. I also have GD and they don't consider me high risk. I hang out on this board anyway
Mama Jan's Kitchen... a food blog
I should clarify that my ob does watch for those things more closely but they don't send me to a high risk doctor / high risk hospital like they would with other high risk cases (triplets, for example).
Mama Jan's Kitchen... a food blog
I am thinking that this depends on your docs school of thinking. In my world, a non-high risk pregnancy only receives 2 u/s. Military is pretty strict about specialty care. To date I have received 10. Kinda crazy, but I am not a common case according to my docs. To have delivered ONE successfully was amazing to them. Now that we have a second on the way...they are fascinated with me.
Due to the fact that (as DanielleD7 stated) the bicornuate uterus contributes to increased risk of IUGR and preterm labor as well as a plethora of other issues such as placenta previa and increased risk of breech (which normally results in a c-section), most practitioners will regard the pregnancy as high risk. Because of this, I am increased for monitoring via u/s to watch for the IUGR, measuring of cervix and closer observation of contractions/dilation/effacement. I do not get seen in the normal OB clinic, I go to the "COB" clinic (Complicated OB). BTW, we also regard GD as high risk.
I think to get regarded as "high-risk" in the military, it really has to be a serious situation.