Ah right, thanks Bernina. Thanks for the link too - I'm already a member there!

Can I please ask - for those who have bicornuate uteruses, did you have many mcs before having a baby, or did you get lucky first time round? I'm just wondering how it relates to my situation - mc in Sept, some sort of uterine problem found, still waiting for proper diagnosis but probably a bicornuate.
Thanks!

My personal experience was a missed miscarriage at 10 wks (baby stopped developing at 8 wks) back in Dec 2008 and a chemical pregnancy in Aug 2009 (ended with a period at about 5 wks). I was diagnosed with a heart shaped uterus (uterine septum) in November of 2009. Have my 2nd appt with fertility specialist tomorrow so will let you know. I plan to have the surgery to remove the septum and was told I should just be down for 1 cycle (although my gut tells me it could be several cycles until I'm back in the game as I seem to have developed hormonal problems and lots of mid cycle spotting).

Best of luck to you all and please keep us posted as you learn more about your specific condition. Always so helpful to hear from others in the same boat.

Sorry to hear about the mc I had one mc before I had my baby girl. i wasnt specifically told it was due to my bicornuate uterus but it was suggested that mc was more common with BU

Good Luck

i had mc from left so aiming for right horn to see if i have a successful pregnancy

Hi
I have been ttc for 2 yrs but had a missed miscarriage in Aug 09. I am now 12 weeks pregnant in the right horn - after bleeding at 9 weeks and being diagnosed by A&E as having a miscarriage. 4 days later after a scan to see if my uterus was clear it was found i was still pregnant and had had a subchorionic hematoma. I am hoping anyone can advise me on how to ensure that going forward i can be sure that i am getting the appropriate level of care on the NHS. I am seeing a private consultant at present but cannot sustain the cost for the full pregnancy (especially as i am on unpaid bedrest)

All my research on the internet suggests that this type of uterus results in high risk pregnancies which need more monitoring particularly from the 2nd trimester onwards. The private consultant has in fact recommended seeing a fetal medicine consultant.

I am at my wits end and hope someone out there has some advise.

hi soap, congrats for getting to 12 weeks that is great. I had very similar to you with my son A&E said was miscarrying but scan few days later showed heavy bleed from other horn, baby was fine in other side, i had bleeding badly again at 16 weeks, was told that other horn is trying to carry on as normal and have normal period but baby was fine each time in other horn, i was put onto consultant care and he was great all the way through, i would suggest asking your midwife or doctor to refer you onto consultant care throught the NHS for the rest of the preg, paying privately shouldnt be necessary. i had scans every 2 weeks up until 20 weeks then every 4 weeks until having c-section. i was on bedrest from 12 weeks until baby born, such a pain!
also as baby has limited space baby often in breech or transverse position and cannot turn head down so often have to have c-section, please be aware tho alot of Dr or registrars will try convince you to have ECV (external cephalic version) where they try to turn baby manually with their hands on your belly, my consultant said with a bicornauate uterus never have this done as its too dangerous!

i saw alot of dr.s throughout the preg and often they said, " i have never seen a bicornuate uterus before" its very frustrating! you have to be quite head strong and almost demand to have a consultant and when booking next scan or appt request to see the same one each time.

I am sure that now you have reached 12 weeks you will be fine!

if you do have a big bleed try not to stress to much, my consultant even suggested i get a doppler and then i can re-assure myself and hear baby heartbeat, i did and found it wonderful.

if you have any questions at all please feel free to ask, i remember feeling so over whelmed by the lack of info and support through my pregnancy with my DS and my 2 failed pregnancies, this preg i feel quite prepared thank goodness!

take care hun, hope you not too bored on bedrest!
x

got my bfp today, please god let me be able to carry this baby this time x

fantastic news ThatGirl, i bet you so excited! keep us updated on how things go! well done you! x

I am now 33w2d, all seems to be going well (knock on wood). I have a heart-shaped uterus, but they couldn't tell whether it is bicornuate or septate because I was already pregnant when it was discovered (but septate is apparently more common). So far, the pregnancy has gone smoothly though I've been under high-risk monitoring since 12 weeks. I had one mc before at 7 weeks or so, but whether it was because of the uterine anomaly, I don't know. I had my cervix scanned biweekly until 26 weeks, since cervical insufficiency is apparently a problem with a lot of mullerian anomalies. Mine held out well. I was also scanned for growth problems and the little boy is growing well, nicely average. He also just turned, after having been breech since 20 weeks. My dr. first gave me a 15-25% chance of prematurity but now thinks I will carry at least to 36 weeks and likely to term.