Bicornuate Uterus

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I recently found out I have a bicornuate uterus and 1 kidney. Haven't been able to conceive in 5yrs......my question to the OB nurses, can you share experiences in the topic with similar pts?

By the way, I was 17 ounces at birth-mom took DES (My Dr. claims this is probably why).

I had never heard of this before and want to hear about any experiences with such anomality.

Thanks in advance.

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I have a dydelphus uterus (sp) and have recently have the septum removed from my lady parts to increase my chances of conceiving. I'm a member of an online group for women with mullerian anomalities if you want to pm me for the group. I've seen a geneticist about it and she was really interested as I also have a duplex kidney, my dad was born with 4 kidneys (no that's not a typo), his dad had 3 kidneys and an aunt of his was unable to conceive.

I recently found out I have a bicornuate uterus and 1 kidney. Haven't been able to conceive in 5yrs......my question to the OB nurses, can you share experiences in the topic with similar pts?

By the way, I was 17 ounces at birth-mom took DES (My Dr. claims this is probably why).

I had never heard of this before and want to hear about any experiences with such anomality.

Thanks in advance.

I had a doula client who was a DES daughter and had trouble conceiving for awhile. She went on to have two beautiful, healthy children and the lovely natural births she had planned.

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Hey Jess,

Just wanted so send you some ((((HUGS)))). I had a septate uterus (found out after 5 yrs ttc with no pregnancies), which was removed (the septum) in 2005. While I don't know anyone personally, I have met many women on the internet that had bicornuate uterus and went on to have healthy children. Good luck Jess!

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i found out I had a bicornate uterus at the same time I found out I was carrying twins. I went from being told I could never carry to term ...to delivering not only those twins but two more children afterward. My pregnancies were difficult to say the least...but the end result was worth it. I was on bedrest practically from day one and in preterm labor it seemed every other day. My kids were all born premature--but all 4 are happy and healthy and thriving. Good luck to you and contact me if you need any more info. BTW--it was these experiences that lead me to the path of becoming a nurse!

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i am not a nurse yet, but i do have a bi-cornuate uterus with no kidney issues. i have 5 kids.

my mom and sister and an aunt have all been dxd with it. although, i have been told by a pre-natal geneticist that it is not normally an inherited defect it probably is mine.

my mom, sister and i have all had difficulties getting and during pregnancy. my sister had a full term almost 9 lb baby who she delivered c-sec due to her being breach. unfortunately, she has had several misicarriages. i have had 2 and my mother has had several as well. the problem with my sister is that she has one side that is extremely small and when the babies implant on that side they don't have enough room to get to a viable stage. i carried 4 of my children on the right side they were all born between 10-6 weeks early except for #4 who was full term at 3 weeks early. i was not actually dxd until my 4th pregnancy although because of my mom and sister's hxs i suspected it and discussed it with my dr. i was actually scheduled for an hsg when i found out i was pg. with # 4. we thought we were done with # 4 , but got a surprise a couple of years later when we found i was pg. again. this time the baby implanted on the left side. i only carried him to almost 30 weeks. he weighed 4.4 lbs, fairly large for a 30 weeker. he spent 10 days in the nicu. my kids are all healthy now and no one would ever suspect they were preemies. only child # 2 had a fairly lengthy nicu stay. but, she was born with tetralogy of fallot so that had a lot to do with that.

i'm not trying to minimize the whole preemie thing. for us we had extremely positive outcomes. i realize we are lucky.

i guess my point is that even though i had complications things turned out for me so they can for you as well.

there is a yahoo group for people with mullerian amomlies. it's a wonderful group that is filled with ladies with lots of helpful knowledge. the support was awesome for me when i was pregnant.

hth & good luck

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i know a woman in the same situation as you and she had twins. good luck to you...

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Denise-

I saw that you had replied to your thread. I thought you were going to say that you have it and also have six kids. :eek::roll

I just caught a baby of a woman with a double uterus, double cervix and septate lady parts the other night. The doctor clipped the septum and stitched it over to the side out of the way for delivery. The baby was a bit small with a positional foot (like clubbed but not true clubbing) - but otherwise seemed fine. I have caught only one other baby from a nearly identical anatomy/delivery that I can recall.

I'm sure there are as many combinations as you can think of with these types of anomalies (from just a septate or bicornate uterus to having 2 of everything). I am no expert, but I do know that babies can often times be crowded and have problems associated with reduced space to grow. Preterm labor can also be a problem.

I encourage you to see a fertility specialist and get everything checked out. Seek their advice. You may very well be able to have children. Don't give up.

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I, too have seen several such cases. In my experience, the biggest problem seemed to be preterm delivery as the baby tends to grow on "one side" or another of the septum. Sometimes, such ladies also have two cervices, as well. We just had one lady the other day, having her 3rd baby. The other two are healthy and well. But all 3 were born prior to 31 weeks' gestation. Be sure to keep in close contact with your doctor regarding your ability to have healthy pregnancies and babies. Don't lose heart, however. I have seen women deliver healthy babies, despite this condition.

Also I have seen several ladies with only 1 kidney go on to have healthy babies, as well.

Best wishes to you!

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Also I have seen several ladies with only 1 kidney go on to have healthy babies, as well.

I have too!

OMG

I have a bicornuate uterus and one kidney!!!!

I found out about the kidney when i had an MRI for back pain and they said R kidney not located. I was like huh????

I have had 3 misscarriage and no successful preg yet

"cross yer fingers"

I just turned 37 and decided i need to investigate why i cant sustain a preg for more than 5 weeks. Also took 2 years to get preg.

So i have seen a fantastic doc in Kansas City and have surgery in Oct 07

He now says i'm "normal" now. You are the only other person i have heard of with the same issue. Please tell me more

picklesmax LPN :nurse:

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There are many degrees of uterine doubling--from a bicornuate uterus that is heart shaped because it almost tried to be double, all the way to women with two separate uteri, cervixes, and lady partss. And everything in between. I've seen women in all stages give birth. With a true double uterus, prematurity is a problem because it is smaller and there's not as much room to grow. With a bicornuate uterus, breech is more common. Picture a typical uterus with the baby turning from head down to head up and back again throughout the pregnancy. As term approaches, he/she usually settles down head first and the head becomes lodged in the pelvis and he/she can no longer turn (although I've seen them turn in labor). Now picture the same thing with a heart shaped uterus. Can you see how easy it is for the baby's head to get trapped in one side of the heart and be unable to turn to the head down position? Not always breech, but more common.

I've taken care of a few women lots of kidney problems who weren't supposed to be able to get pregnant at all. One with a kidney transplant and 2 or 3 on continuous peritoneal dyalisis. Everyone, patient, partner and physician was reeally surprized. They had healthy babies. So having one normally functioning kidney should be no big deal. Just be prepared to be considered high risk and being very closely followed by your provider.

Good luck

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