Guest guest Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 My name is , my husband and I live in Washington state. I delivered my son Fletcher in March at 24w5d gestation and he died from infections after two weeks in the NICU. My original diagnosis was preterm labor brought on by incompetent cervix. I got pregnant again and miscarried after seeing heartbeat on u/s at 6w...doctor felt that low progesterone was to blame. That was 6/28/05. I had a hysterosalpingogram this week and the results were inconclusive - it appears to be bicornuate but they want to do a sonohystogram next week to know for sure if it's b/c or septate. However, the radiologist reports that the measurements from the HSG are indicative of bicornuate. My OB (who I love and trust immensely) told me that there is little to be done for a bicornuate uterus (and that mine is severe) except bedrest during pregnancy. My perinatalogist will also place a cerclage as my cervix has some problems. If it ends up that I have a septate uterus, then they'll remove it and supposedly I'll be much better off. But it's unlikely that it's septate... I need advice! I feel like any other pregnancies will be doomed to fall short of full-term. I know that subsequent pregnancies go longer because the uterus has been stretched, but that doesn't soothe my nerves. Also, I am petrified of other complications during pregnancy - placental abruption, miscarriage, etc. My husband and I are becoming discouraged - we long to have a child so much. We had always planned to adopt before all of this happened and didn't care at all whether our children came to us biologically or through adoption. Fletcher was a big, happy surprise - and after losing him, we feel like we NEED to have a brother or sister who has some of his traits. We are still pursuing adoption but the going is slow and uncertain. We were going to start trying this month and now we can't because of all the uterus tests. I would appreciate hearing your experiences/advice, good or bad...it helps so much more to hear it from women who have been through it rather than the doctors who read books about it. Thank you so much, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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