Anyone else have a 'heart shaped' uterus?

[Cydonia]

I had my first DC in May. When I saw my midwife for the routine antenatal appointments she often struggled to palpate the baby's position and commented that she thought I had a heart shaped uterus. My DS was breech for a bit and also oblique and towards the end of my pregnancy I had a couple of extra scans to check position as MW thought he was breech again but scans showed him in head down position. The MW didn't mention anything about how having a heart shaped womb might affect the birth, though I was provisionally booked in for CS if baby hadn't turned, and nothing was mentioned at the scans.
DS was born by ventouse as was back to back, I had to have my waters broken and placed on the syntocin drip as labour wasn't progressing. I also had to go to theatre after the birth to have the placenta removed as I didn't pass it naturally. The obstetrician said afterwards that I had a heart shaped uterus and that he recommended I had scans before trying to conceive again.
I hadn't really given it much thought since, but have now read up about it a little and am a bit annoyed that I wasn't prepared for the problems it might cause when it came to labour. I don't have any complaints about how my labour was managed, despite it being nowhere near what I wanted, and DS was fine but I think in hind sight I should have been warned?
Just wondering if anyone else had had a similar experience? At the moment I don't know about having a second child as I am nearly 36, but now I'm not sure if it would be advisable anyway? Has anyone with the same problem had more than one child and if so could you share your experiences? Thanks!

hi i have one but apparenlty not THAT pronounced but I mention it as my 1st was also back to back - i wonder if this creates that in any way....

they dont seem to know much about it tbh!

the main problems with unusually shaped uteruses are difficulty in conceiving, premature labour and abnormal positions in labour ie breech/oblique.

If those aren't the case and you are full term, then there is no reason not to plan for a normal birth. Back to back is common, difficult to prevent and can occur during labour. It happens to many women with standard shaped uteruses. There can sometimes be problems with delivering the placenta with a unusual uterus but again, it is not rare for standard issue too..

Hiya I have this. Had no problems getting pregnant. The main problems are premature labour and breech prsentation, depending on how severe the uterine deformity is. I had DD at 36 weeks, by csetion as she was breech and DS at 35 weeks (but my waters broke at 33 weeks) and had a repeat section. DS was 7 lb 4 though 5 weeks early, so I obviously had space to grow an average sized baby. Had perfectly normal pregnancies apart from the problems at the end.

Same here, biv ornate uterus and apparently I have two quite pronounced 'horns'

Everything u'd read said difficulties in conceiving, had to have cs etc yet no-one was remotely interested when I was having dd. both dd and ds were big babies, induced and both back to back coming out face up. See what happens with this one I wonder

I have a heart shaped uterus but so far have not given birth (ds due in december) I only know about the heart shape because we had fertility problems so it was picked up at the IVF clinic.

The dr and midwifes all seem pretty uninterested in my heart shaped uterus, the baby seems to be stuck in the same place, head down. I only ever feel kicks/punches on the bottom left and top right of my tummy, I do wonder if he has not enough space to move about.

I found out I've got a bicornuate uterus after getting pregnant and being scanned to find a coil in one side and a baby in the other!

Grew three very big babies but always had problems with their positions so never went into labour despite 2 inductions at 42 weeks (had 3 x cs). Had steroids at 24 weeks with ds1 they were that convinced he would arrive early!

No problems with fertility as 2 out of the 3 were surprises and I got pregnant with number 2 the first month we tried!

I would definitely say just go with the flow as there seems to be no set pattern to how things work out. Ask for a consultant referral if you're worried at all, I did after ds1 and she reassured me how things would be managed during the next pregnancy.

Honeytea I was the same with DS, was always worried about him as couldn't feel him kick or move about much. I also felt he was stuck in the same place, ie with his foot stuck in my ribs! He did have positional talipes in one foot when he was born and his hips were a bit 'froggy' so I don't think he did have enough room, however he's fine now.
It's good to know other people have had more than one normal pregnancy and birth, though I will see a doctor before making any decisions about another baby. Thanks for the replies.

cydonia I'm glad your DS is fine now, I worry for my baby that maybe he is uncomfy but I guess he doesn't know any different yet!

I'm sure he'll be fine, good luck with the rest of your pregnancy!