Pregenant with Partial Bicornuate Uterus! Scared! Please Assist.

Amy - posted on 02/10/2012

Hi There

You are not alone. I have a beautiful 5 month old little girl and also found out that I had a BU at my 12 week scan. It is quite severe but not split and the baby had to grow in the right side. I went into pre-term labour at 32 weeks, waited out on bedrest for a week and had an emergency ceasar when my waters broke at 33 weeks. My advice is to stay positive and treat every day as a blessing. We are trying again for our second baby and while I am concerned about the BU I have taken the approach to learn from the first time round and be positive. Things I would do differentyly this time include more rigorous check-ups, taking it easy (I worked right up to the end and pushed myself which was silly in hindsight), and east well etc. from the very beginning to give your baby the best chance health wise. Also go to the doctors at the earliest sign of anything and use your mothers intution to guide you - I had the steriods before Quinn was born and it meant she came out rather healthy and breathing on her own. Its not a good thing to have but at least we can conceive naturally right????? Look after yourself and take it really easy!! Good luck

Liz - posted on 04/13/2011

First of all, a huge hug from me to you.

I'm also a mother with BU. I was always told that it was very unlikely I would ever conceive at all, since half of my uterus was completely sealed off, attenuated and not connected to a working fallopian tube. The tube on the other side had some slight defects that suggested that natural conception would always be a long shot for me. I was then also told that because of the structural abnormalities, that even if I DID conceive, there was only a 6% chance that I could carry long enough for the baby to survive.

For 15 years, I never used contraception and never got pregnant and seriously considered myself to be permanently infertile. Before I married my husband, I told him that I would probably never be able to have his children. Being the wonderful man he is, he was understanding and supportive; we agreed that we'd see what happened and then deal with any crisis or need for medical intervention as and when we got to it.

Miraculously, I conceived naturally when we weren't even trying. I was only able to carry the baby to 28 weeks, after which we had three very touch-and-go months with her in the NICU. However, after all of this, I have a wonderful, beautiful, clever and happy little girl who is clearly going to be one of those people who put huge amounts of effort into their lives and consequently get that much back.

The scares were there during pregnancy. The preterm birth - as you already know from experience - was less than ideal and relatively traumatic. I feel strongly though that I would go through even this again for a chance at another baby.

My advice to you is to keep communicating with your husband about your fears, but also share the joys of your pregnancy as much as you can. Try not to be stressed. Take as much time as you can to pamper yourself. Tell yourself that you deserve this baby and that he or she will be loved and cherished along side your older children. Take deep breaths...and worry about dealing with any medical crisis that requires intervention as and when it happens. I'm sure that with your history you are being closely monitored by a perinatal specialist and they will take very good care of you. If your baby is meant to be born, he or she will be....and then you'll be an awesome mom of three instead of two.

If you would like to write to me to share how you feel, if you think this would help, I'd be glad to correspond privately with you. I don't mind listening, even if you need to 'vent'. If I can help at all, I'd be happy to do so.