Unicornuate Uterus

unicornuate uterus is where you only have one side to your uterus normally the left side it is possible to become pregnant and carry full term but often the baby is early and normally breech, bicornuate you have both sides but they are separated down the middle this can be problematic depending on the severity again normally a breech presentation,

Hi guys Me and my fiancée have been trying for about 2.4 years , here are my problems below
*UU (UTERUS ON THE LEFT)
*MISSING RIGHT TUBE ( WELL NOT MISSING CUTE OUT AS WAS ONLY A STRING)
*1 CONNECTED OVARY
*IRREGULAR PERIODS
*DONT OVULATE EVERY CYCLE
*1 KIDNEY
*MULTIPLE CYSTS ON OVARIES
*LOTS OF SCAR TISSUE FROM 5 OPERATIONS 
*Dysmenorrhea

We have had no success , he is perfectly fine no problems just me. I feel the odds are against us , i have hope lots of it at times at other times i feel it will never happen , i mean look at all that stuff , how can i . we are both young freshly 20's . what should i do ?

19/08/11

I am a 37 Year old mother of one (at last). I found your website after 8yrs of trying for a baby and finding out i had a unicornuate uterus and only one left kidney and One left tube and Ovary. My doctor recomended IVF and we went Privatly at Nuffield Hospital and lucky for us it worked the first time. I had a a very good and normal pregnancy and all the scans were good and babyand the space was the right size. As the local doctors at hospital don't know to much about the condition,( as it is not that comon) it was a great help to read about other people with the same condition. I was scanned many times at the hospital and they and ourselves deceided that  a c-section would be the safest for both us at 39 weeks. I new from this site that i would proberly not make it to then and informed the hospital and they deceided to give me 2 steroid injections at 34 weeks to make sure that if the baby came early it would be ok. I went in to Labour at 34 1/2 weeks and had a normal delivery in hospital and my Son was born and was healthy at 4.9 1/2 Lbs. i am so greatfull to all you people that had told me your stories and informed me of an early birth and that pregnancy was possible.  Good luck to you all out there and i hope this has given you some hope. xxx

 

I was looking this up since there is a possibility I may have another child, and came upon this thread.  I just want to tell the others out there who are experiencing difficulty getting pregnant or worried about staying that way (yeah, I'm scared too, if I do it again) that I have a beautiful, healthy and happy 13 year old girl.  I also have a unicornuate uterus, as we found out when my daughter was born via planned c-section.  She was a "surprise" baby, but I can tell you I got pregnant in 3 weeks.  My pregnancy was kind of scary (even though I didn't know I was any different than anyone else at the time, which is kind of a blessing since you don't know you've got a reason to be scared!) because several times earlier in my pregnancy I had heavy bleeding--like periods.  In fact, my doctor at the time told me there was so much blood I was almost certainly having a miscarriage.  Thankfully, he was wrong.  The bleeding really didn't seem to have an effect besides being frightening and I ended up having about 6 ultrasounds during the course of my pregnancy.  At the last one, we found out she was breech (small wonder why, since she had no room to turn around).  They tried to turn her around (closest thing I've come to being tortured in my life) but it put her in distress and affected her heart rate so they had to stop.  I had my planned c-section at 37 weeks, no premature labour whatsoever, and she was 6 lbs 7 oz.  I will say that by the time I had her I was about ready to explode and had put on a ton of water-weight.  Just before I had her I put on 17 lbs. in one week, so they were concerned about pre-eclampsia.  Her head was pushing up into my ribcage.  So it was not easy at the end--my ob gyn who was away on vacation and found out the c-section was planned for a date when she couldn't do it was trying to convince me that I should wait another 2 weeks because the baby might have "wet lung".  I pretty much hysterically said NO WAY.  (Turns out, for good reason, LOL--and my decision to have a planned c-section before I even knew she was breech turned out to be a smart move, too.)  It's interesting that someone else mentioned bladder infections, because I had those too, repeatedly, in my early pregnancy--actually I got a kidney infection too.  But I think someone would have told me if I was missing a kidney.  There were some challenges early on--my daughter was 5 lbs. 5 oz when we left the hospital and was very sleepy and wasn't able to suckle.  It was extremely hard to keep her awake to feed, and get her to take in any breast milk (far less than she was supposed to despite all my efforts) and took her quite some time to start putting on weight.  Once she did, she was fine, and very healthy (and we did get the breast feeding thing going, it just took time and persistence--in fact I nursed her until she was 2 or 2  1/2).  But she was in preemie clothes for the first few months and I had to feed her like clock work every 2 hours, 24 hours a day.  So the first couple of months were hell, because I'd feed her, get half an hour to sleep, then have to wake up and do it all again.  So it's maybe not all a garden of roses, LOL, but, as I said, I did get pregnant quickly and it was, despite all the discomforts and a few scares along the way, a healthy pregnancy and she was a healthy baby--who is now a very healthy teenager ;)

Hello everyone! 

hey im 21 and i just found out i only have half of my utrus and i only have on kidney and my dr said i cant have kids there not much about this condison online can any one help me out alittle bit or kno more about this stuff help me out?

Hi aliboo,

I have a uu (have a right horn with a non-functioning rudimentary left horn and the normal # of kidneys, ovaries and Fallopian tubes ). I just had baby #2. Baby #1 was a honeymoon baby and I found out about my uu at 11 weeks. I had u/s every other week to monitor growth of baby and cervical length. My ob had a lot of experience with my condition and said most outcomes are positive. She said biggest risks are c-section due to breech presentation, preterm labor and iugr. I had a totally normal pregnancy and a c-section at 39 weeks b/c he was breech. I just had baby #2 after 1 month of trying. My new ob also had lots of experience with uu and said it was no big deal; she often sees people who have a uu and have twins who do just fine. I went into preteen labor at 32 weeks, was on bedrest for 4 weeks, and had 5.5 lb healthy baby at 36 weeks (18 months btwn two two boys). Having an experienced Dr who was positive is key. Good outcomes and normal pregnancies are possible!

hi i would get your self a new doctor, i dont have the kidney thing but i do have a unicornate uterus and only one ovary /tube it took us 7 years to fall pregnant i was told at about the same age as you that i probably wouldnt concieve or if i did i wouldnt be able to carry a baby to viability, it took time but i proved them all wrong i never miscarried i carried our daughter to 37 weeks and she is now 3 years old we would love another but as a sufferer of PCOS aswell i need to loose some excess weight first
a good OBGYN should be able to give you information about the condition and also some guidelines about how to have a healthy long pregnancy.
i wont deny it will be a hard road but when your ready get a second opinion

i would love to know how your obgyn came up with 49% Aliboo as in the uk they recon that a lot of women carry full term but dont even know thy might have a UU. dont take any notice of the horror storys every pregnancy is different just think of the joy you will feel at the end and take each stage as it comes most UU pregnancies end up with a C-section due to the baby being breach, if later in your pregnancy you are offered a turning decline it as it will cause you and your baby a lot of distress for nothing there will not be enough room for them to turn the baby in the uk it is against guidelines, also keep a hospital bag in your car or by the house door from about 24 weeks just in case, we had ours in the car as we were told this didnt need it till 37 weeks
if your baby does end up breech be prepared to be a bit uncomfortable from about 28-30 weeks, a head stuck under you ribs and being kicked low down in your pelvis is no fun, you are also likely to carry a bit lower down so be prepared for a bit of lower back pain, but other than that enjoy it

The reason ladies here dont know about the fact you will only have a 47%(not 49) chance of carrying to full term is because you will usually loose the baby before you even know your pregnant.
I have been researching this since i was 16. I knew i had only 1 kindey at the age of 5, and about the ovary and uterus problems at 12 . Nut no1 put 2 and 2 together o i did myself.
Doctors will say that you will have no problems trying to get pregnant with this or any problems during pregnancy.

well the truth is is there is. The fact that most will only have 1 ovary will lower the chances of getting pregnant as quick and also having half a uterus will lower the chances of carrying full term because the uterus cant stretch to full size its ment to that will cause pre-term labour.

If you are like me and on rare case you will also have 1 of the following (sadly i have all of the following)
Irregular periods (this will also make it harder to get pregnant)
Dismenoreaha (im sure i spelt it wrong but its disabling period pains)
Cysts (means you are not ovulating properly
may even have PCOS
all these things will lower your chances
Me and my DH have been TTC for 3 years now an nothing. so hopefully it happens sooon

Thanks for sharing all your stories ladies. Although there's quite a few on here, and I've come across a handful of others, compared to most conditions affecting pregnancy we're a rare bunch! Its good to hear a few babies have made it to full term, but it sounds like 34+ should be considered a good outcome - I think I'd be happy with that.

The other danger point sounds like it's at 22-26 weeks. I'm hoping that by knowing we've got UU and with monitoring if things start to happen then they can put the brakes on and save our baby.

I'm now nearly 13 weeks pregnant after 3.5 years, 2 IVFs and 2 frozen embryo transfers. There's no obvious reason I couldn't get pregnant naturally, but they never monitored to see if my connected ovary ovulated (it did when I was on the IVF drugs though, it didn't produce as many eggs as my unconnected one).

I was diagnosed during the infertility work up, and because I'm a scientist I read the medical literature on the condition. Sadly there's not much info out there, and the stats do indeed say only 40-50% chance of a healthy baby (including those monitored from 20weeks) - but the numbers are so low in the studies it's not that significant. There's more stories here than are published for the doctors to read. Which explains all the conflicting advice people are receiving!

The consultant I saw in the antenatal clinic was very senior but he'd never heard of it and was clueless (this is at a very large maternity hospital). He referred me back to the gynacologist who diagnosed me. I'm waiting to see what she says. But I've already asked to have my cervix measured, as that seems to be a big issue for UU women.

I hope you all have the babies you hope for and deserve. I'll update when I know more.

i also i have a unicornuate uterus and i was able 2 get pregant and my pregnancy was very successful my son is almost 7 months old, the only problem i had was i didnt know i had a unicornuate uterus, until after they tried to induce me into labor and they finally gave me a c-section. my son had got stuck and he had a ring around his head. that was all that happened but, if you look at some websites they say that 50% have miscarges and 2.7% have premature children. I wish you luck!!!!

Hello Everyone.
My husband and i have been ttc for a little over 3 years now with no luck, not 1 pregnancy. we found out in august of 2011 i have a uu, 1 connecting fallopian tube 2 ovaries and only 1 kidney. the doctor told us our chances of conceiving on our own are about 35% or we can do invitro. Im so nervous to try given the stats and i have been such an emotional wreck since this all began, I have watched some people start and finish their family since the time we started trying. Its so emotionally draining. We believe that god has something in store for us and will continue to pray and hope to be blessed with our own beautiful baby.
Any advice on the invitro? And carrying full term or next to full term. Its such a risky thing. Please help!
Thanks,

I am now 31 and have been diagnosed with a unicornuate uterus. I am 27 weeks pregnant with my 3rd child. I'm not going to lie to you, my 1st pregnancy was terrifying and pretty painful at times as the baby runs out of room at some point, (It took us 2 & 1/2 years to conceive) I took it very easy the first time around and was constantly checking to make sure my son was moving (or could move) but once he came at 37 weeks and 6 lbs 4 oz (i started spotting pretty bad) it was absolutely worth it! 2nd pregnancy was not as painful and came as a HUGE surprise after only 2 months, I was not as lopsided as I was with my first son but I still was taking it easy at the halfway point and my 2nd son came at 38 weeks (7 lbs 5 oz!) after my water ruptured. This time, I am now re-married, It happened after a few days... Honeymoon baby! Lol, Same little issues as before, I get a lot of pain around my sternum area and down low were the 2 previous c-sections were, but all in all it's absolutely worth it and the way I see it is If God allows us to get pregnant with this condition and have a healthy child, then what's a little pain for the joys of motherhood?! I hope this helps you.

I posted here earlier (2/14/12) when I was 13 weeks and hopeful. We are now devastated by the loss of our son at 22 weeks exactly. I'm going to post what happened so that others might aware. He was an ivf baby, long for by both of us. I had scans on my cervix at 14, 16, and 19 weeks, it measured 4cm and looked good. At my 20 weeks scan all was great, I asked about space and she felt he had plenty still. My next cervical scan was booked for 23+5w - we didnt make that far. Id started to relax about my pregnancy as so much was going well. I had a large, even bump already and proud of it. I had a busy wkd and stupidly walked around 5 miles as my digestive system was getting very sluggish and I'd heard walking helped (it did - sigh) 2 uneventful days at work, with only a couple of hours on my feet, I came home and felt period like pains. They died down for half an hour, I had dinner, then they returned. I thought I needed the loo, but as I pushed it felt wrong, I lost my mucus plug and I could feel my membranes bulging. My waters broke a couple of hours later in hospital, despite drugs to try and stop the contractions. They stopped after my waters broke for a bit, but I gave birth to our darling son a couple of hours later (8hrs total). I had no symptoms out of that time period and I'll never know if I did too much activity, if straining on the loo made my labour faster beyond the point of being stopped. But it might help others to know that even if things are looking good it would do no harm to take it easy. Despite all the doctors saying space wouldn't be an issue, and that my cervix would be the issue if I had preterm labour, they know say they don't know. I cant help but feel that my last cervical scan was well over 2 weeks previously, so how they can say it wasn't that I don't know. Not sure of our future path, but as we are so rare I think it's important to share all our stories, good or bad. Wishing you all healthy babies