biocurnate uterus
Hi I am looking for some advice and would be extremely grateful if someone could share there experiences with me.
After doing a clear blue test I found out I was 1+2 weeks pregnant, therefore very early, however a couple of days after doing the test I started to get sharp pains in the left side of my stomach. I was sent to the early pregnancy unit where a internal scan was done. The examiner said that she could see a small cystic area but could not say for sure whether it was a very early pregnancy or not. I was then told I had a biocurnate uterus when asking what this was I was very briefly told it was a heart shaped uterus. I had my bloods taken and was told my hcg levels were 1000 and to return in 48 hours to repeat this blood test to see if my results double. When I returned home I of course googled biocurnate uterus and was met with horror story after horror story of how you are more likely to miscarriage have preterm births and a breech baby. I was just wondering if anyone on here has a biocurnate uterus and has had similar pains etc but has gone on to have a healthy full term baby as at the moment I am thinking the worst
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Hi there chemmway. When I was pregnant for the second time I had an early scan and an er doc told me I had a heart shaped uterus. They called this a septate uterus to me... did like you & googled like crazy and scared myself s***less as its all just horror stories online.
so my first piece of advice for sure would be to go see an actual OBGYN as soon as possible... the er Scan technician and doctor both seemed very confident that I had this uterus issue & when I saw my Ob she did scans and said I most definitely did not have it... er docs are not specialists in pregnancy related things so i would definitely advise you go to your obgyn.
Secondly... when I did speak with my obgyn about it she was extremely reassuring and said that she had successfully delivered several babies from women who had septate uterus. the issue will be that the space your baby has to grow in will be reduced.... so they will want to monitor you closely & it's possible your baby might not go to full term but your doctor will be able to go through all that with you & do everything they can to ensure you carry th baby for as long as you can.
So in short... yes it's not ideal... but no it definitely does not mean you cannot have a successful pregnancy.
Good luck & congratulations!
My daughter has a bicornuate uterus. She experienced massive bleeding in her first trimester. The doctors told her she would miscarry. Every doctor appointment, they would send her out for another ultrasound to see if "she miscarried yet." the doctors had a very dim view. Well, she carried the baby full term and delivered a beautiful, healthy baby who is now almost five years old. So, stay positive.
Hi,
thank you that's me feel a lot better!!! I just wish I was told more by the doctors, but I'm back at the hospital on Friday so fingers crossed my hcg levels have doubled