AW: Saw the heartbeat!

bellaciao · December 2008

I'm SO happy (and relieved!) - we had an u/s this morning and saw the heart beating away at 176 bpm! So I am officially the most pregnant I've ever been!

The only strange thing was that the tech found that I have two uteruses - apparently not common but not rare either. The doctor came in and did an internal, and he said that I only have one cervix but do indeed have two uteruses. He said that it's not really a concern until the 3rd tri when it can cause pre-term labor (because each of the two uteruses are smaller than one normal one is, so the baby runs out of room to grow, turn, etc.). I was really worried at first, but he said that with medical technology these days, premature babies have a much higher chance of surviving - I guess that's true and something I can take comfort in should I go into labor early!

Does anyone else have this "problem"? I've heard of bicornate uteruses, but never of two!

soontobemrs.boulet · December 2008

Congrats on seeing the heartbeat! What a great milestone!

mandyjn16 · December 2008

Congrats on the good appt! Wow 2 uteruses or is it uteri? Oh well that is something I have never heard of...but glad they know now so they can make sure to watch you carefully...is it possible for you to have been having twins each one in a different uterus?

jenn_darrin1515 · December 2008

Congrats on seeing the HB!!!!

bellaciao · December 2008

mandyjn16:
Congrats on the good appt! Wow 2 uteruses or is it uteri? Oh well that is something I have never heard of...but glad they know now so they can make sure to watch you carefully...is it possible for you to have been having twins each one in a different uterus?

I think you're right that it is "uteri". I guess twins would be possible if I had released one egg out of each ovary, but since that rarely happens, I don't think I have any better chance of having twins than anyone else. I just really pray that this doesn't cause any serious complications over the next 7 months...

mandyjn16 · December 2008

I have a nerd confession...I majored in Latin in college. Sorry! I hope everything goes well for you and know that your doc will be monitoring you closely.

dmsmth · December 2008

Congrats! It's so exciting to see the heart beating!!!!

jamie.LOVES.mark · December 2008

That is awesome news! Congrats!

Gregsbride22 · December 2008

YAY, that's such great news! I don't have any advice on the uterus thing (never heard of that before!), but hopefully the doc will just be monitoring you more closely to make sure all is well.