PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for September, 2002: Re: bicornuate or septate uterus?

Re: bicornuate or septate uterus?

From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 30 Sep 2002 22:31:53 -0500 (CDT)

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At Sun, 29 Sep 2002, anonymous wrote: >
>I am currently 13.5 weeks pregnant. I lost my first pregnancy at 8
>weeks in February, and at that time I was diagnosed with a bicornuate
>uterus. This diagnosis was done with a transvaginal ultrasound.
>
>I have done an extensive amount of research into uterine anomalies. I
>understand that women with bicornuate uteri have an increased risk of
>loss, PTL and breech. I have also read several times that it is almost
>impossible to correctly tell the difference between a bicornuate and
>septate uterus by ultrasound. Is this true? Could I possibly have a
>septate uterus? Is one "worse" than the other? I have read that septate
>uteri have a higher risk of loss than bicornuate.
>
>I would just like to know if it is possible to tell the difference
>between the two on a t-v ultrasound.
>Thank you.
>
>LD.

I know how you feel. I almost miscarried my son due to this problem. I have a transvaginal ultrasound when i was 5.5 weeks pregnant because they thought that i was having a tubal pregnancy. When they seen the ultrasound, they thought that i just had a bicornute uterus all through my pregnancy. I had to deliver my son 3 weeks early due to the fact that i had preeclampsia and he was breech. The doctor told me that having this would make me a high risk pregnancy because i could miscarry in the first trimester, or go into preterm labor in the second and third trimester. I did have a lot of problems in the middle to end of my pregnancy with him because he started to run out of room to grow. When they did my c-section, they discovered that i actually had 2 full sets of reproductive organs, which they were unable to see in all of the ultrasounds they did (they did like 7 or 8 through out the pregnancy). If you haven't already, i would talk to the doctor about the possibility of c-section, but if you can, i would recommend vaginal delivery. I regret not being able to deliver my son vaginally. So i am not really sure which would be worse to have, but i know that either or makes your pregnancy harder.

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Amy Sandaran

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