bicorunate uterus ?

[justwantcheese]

anyone hoping for a normal delivery with a bicornuate uterus?
what sort of delivery did you have? and any complications? thanks as i'm a wee bit scared of it coming out wrong.

I have a heart shaped womb, not severely but at the start of my pregnancy they thought it may cause baby to arrive early / weakened cervix / breech presentation. I have in fact had a fab pregnancy, am 38wks now and no sign of early arrival :)

This is my first baby and we are planning a home water birth...goes to show that unusual shaped wombs don't always cause a problem. My baby has been head down and engaged for a couple of weeks now and all looks ready to go.

Good luck!

I also have a heartshaped womb again not severely. I discovered this due to a miscarriage before I had ds.

As it happened I did have ds early(29 weeks) but this was completely unconnected to the shaped of my uterus. Labour was easy, and although it has been a rollercoaster since DS was born it didn't go wrong as such, I just have a different experience to most people due to DS being prem.

I discovered that I had one after a miscarriage. I went on to have one prolonged, back to back labour and ventouse delivery at 35 + 5. 17 months later I had an unplanned home birth with ds 2 at 40+1.

Both pregnancies were straightforward despite me worrying all the way through.

I'm finding getting them to revise for GCSE's much trickier than either pregnancy.

No problems here either, found after 2nd MC was having a d and c, no-one interested whilst pregnant with dd. Thoughts of I would have to have q c section etc, was induced and had forceps. With ds again induced no forcps this time, yay! Both were back to back with anterior placenta, not sure if that has anything to do with BU or not. Good luck!

I have one too, discovered when I miscarried a twin at 9 weeks. They did say that the baby I lost had implanted on my smaller side and that might have been the reason for the miscarrige. Dd1 clung on though, and I had her at 38 weeks by elective section as she was always transverse or breech all the way through the pregnancy and had no room to turn round.

2nd pregnancy, and I did go into labour early, at 34 weeks, but they don't think that was connected to the shape of my womb. Dd2 had managed to turn head first, but I ended up with an emergency section anyway as I failed to dilate at all.

Ds, was born at 37 weeks, again not because of my womb, and he was born by elective section. He was also breech.

All in all, i had pretty uncomplicated pregnancies wrt the shape of my womb. Any issues I did have were unrelated.

Good luck.

How strange, OriginalNutcracker, I had similar pregnancies to you and I think it was because my womb was heart-shaped.

DS1 - breech so ELCS, DD1 - waters broke early 36+5 and I didn't dilate so EMCS (she was back to back), DS2 - born at 30 weeks, no reason for early labour.

Didn't post before as didn't want to scare OP. All my DCs completely OK and so was I.

Clear from other posts that a heart-shaped uterus doesn't always mean problems with birth. It's just that when I'd had 3 DCs I could see a pattern. It means I would never risk a fourth. Always felt my pregnancies were pretty straightforward until the last one.

I think if I'd known a heart-shaped uterus could cause problems I would have discussed it in detail with my obstetrician and taken it a lot easier in my third pregnancy.

Oh i definately think that my baby's positions were down to the shape of my womb, and so the reason for my sections essentially.

With dd2 I had the flu at 34 weeks, and that is when i went into labour. The consultant said he felt it was me being ill and not my womb that triggered the labour.
With ds, he was early as i had problems with antibodies.

I hope i haven't scared op.

I think the thing to remember is that if you're aware of it they will keep a much closer eye on you throughout.

This is my first baby but due to a previous Gynae scan 3 yrs ago i knew about my womb shape. Admittedly mine is not severe but they still thought it culd cause problems. I have had 2 extra scans and 2 appointments with the Ob despite a very normal pregnancy. Obviously i still have labour to come ;-) but so far all is looking smooth and they know already baby has managed to get into the right position somehow. I have always felt it may come a little early (due to lack of space!!) but i'm 38wks now so whatever happens should be fine.

Happy to hear all babies healthy :) despite some early ones.

Original, I didn't mean your post was scary - I thought it was very reassuring actually. Even though he was early, DS2 came out head down in 35 minutes, so birth-wise fine. Did prefer my nice, calm c-sections though.

I wonder how far along the OP is.

Good luck, K4mi - 38 weeks is great, babyk must be comfy.

Hi there OP, I have Uterus Didelphys (vaguely similar) and have been told that my chances of having early birth/breech with complications are greatly increased (not pg at the moment). To that end, my specialist has advised that I have an ELCS when and if I do get pg as the chances would be that I would end up with EMCS. But then again, I live in the Channel Islands and my gynae had only ever read about it and I have been sent to UCLH (London) who have told me all this, so vaginal birth could be possible too. If it helps, I joined a Facebook group called 'Abnormalities of the Uterus' whereby people put all of their experiences with malfunctions of the womb and give their advice and experience. You might find that helpful :). Nice to hear from someone with the same sort of thing, I sometimes feel a bit on my own with this thing. x