Heart-shaped Uterus

Last week I had my first FA appointment, and I was referred to a radiologist to check if my tubes were blocked.

So, I had my hysterosalpinogram (sp?) on Monday, and it has shown up some alarming news. My tubes are not blocked, but...

I have a heart-shaped uterus, which means one of two things:
1. a septum uterus
2. a bicornuate uterus.

I also have a fibroid on my uterus (which i think is not as serious as the other issues).

I am anxiously awaiting my next appointment with FA to find out what this all means.

But from my research, it seems that the best case scenario is it's a septum, as you can have an operation for that, but bicornuate uterus sounds a lot more dire. :( :( :(

Also, there seems to be a very high risk of miscarriage with these conditions. You can imagine how stoked I am about that, considering I have been TTC 14 months with no pregnancy to speak of - to then find out that if I do get pg there is a high risk of miscarrying, and also a dangerously prem birth.

It turns out this is something I was born with, so at least it's not my fault!

I think the best case scenario is that I have surgery for the fibroid and septum (please be a septum!) and then I do get preg.

Either way, it's going to be a looong road involving operations, and all the charting, and BDing and eating right and Elevit in the world isn't going to help me.

I have never even heard of this problem before, and was wondering if anyone else has it? It seems quite rare.

Thes types of uterine problems also seem to be called "Mullerian Anomalies".

I spent all day Monday sobbing (alarming googling had thrown up surrogacy as a possible solution - hello my life has just turned into Shortland Street!) but am now trying to be positive, and at least wait until I know exactly what the hell the story is.

My FA appointment is still a month away!!

Sorry for the novel.

We used to have a member on here (not any more) who has a bicornuate uterus and is mama to a 2yo. She had a lot of monitoring during her pregnancy but I don't think anything serious came as a result. As far as I recall, they were able to conceive naturally too.

Firstly, hugs hun as it's not nice to find out news like that. Secondly, google is NOT your friend so don't go googling info on it as it has all the worst case scenarios.

It really depends on how severe the heart-shape is. I have a slight bicornuate uterus (basically a very slight heart shape) I was monitored more closely during pg and did have a bit of a scare at 26 weeks which turned out OK and then my boy was born at term. Other than that, my TTC issues have been completely separate.

Also, my friend's mum has a severe bicornuate uterus where it's so bad it basically forms to seperate wombs. She managed to carry all of her kids till at least 36 weeks as the side she wasn't carrying on would just get squashed by the side that had the baby in.

I hope you get some good answers when you have your next appt. But I strongly suggest not doing what I did - I went through my whole report and googled every word I didn't understand - not a smart move!

Thanks everyone for your support - awesome to hear that some women have had normal pregnancies/births with heart-shaped uteruses (uteri? LOL).

I am going to try and stay positive until I find out what the next step will be. Dh has been wonderful, and won't have me talking about my "bung uterus", LOL.

I guess at least I now know why I have not been able to conceive (well kind of). It could well be the fibroid preventing implantation, as apparently it sort of acts like those contraceptive devices some women have implanted.

Thanks again you guys!!!!!!!!!!

Elleroo still sounds like there is hope hun and although it is easy for us to say, try to take one step at a time. Yip, stay away from google, I know it's tempting cos we all do it but it gives you so many more questions than giving you answers and throws all this scary info at you which may not apply to you. Lots of hugs and keep us posted.

Sorry to hear about your news Elleroo and having to wait another month to get any more news must be so frustrating I'm glad to see so many replies of others with the same thing and that they've gone on to have babies fine, such a relief. I hope the wait for your operation isn't too long.

Good luck Elleroo, I have normal shaped uterus as far as I know but have had a polyp in uterus which like your fibroid was acting like a contraceptive device (IUD). So you might find that is the reason you are not conceiving...by the sounds of what others are saying re heart shaped uterus it might not be an issue at all.
I have also been trying for some time (16 months?...crap i think it is 18 months when did that happen!) and only just found out in December so it was very frustrating to wait to get it fixed even though I had op in Feb.   
Pretty crazy to think that all along your naughty little uterus was stopping all the spermies ay!

Thanks crakars! Am heaps more chilled since I wrote the original post, as I am waiting to find out exactly what is wrong. Appointment is in 10 days now, yay! :D

fx that it is all fine and we can be clomid popper buddies.

Hey Megs! Yep I hope we can be clomid pill popper buddies too! hehe.

Good news is MRI had a cancellation so I am getting it TODAY! No time like the present huh! Then it will take a few days to find out what the results are - possibly not till after Easter now.

Yay!