please advise me re progesterone levels

[Guest guest]

Thank god - my blood test shows I ovulated so hopefully no need for clomid

this time!

Is a progesterone level of 42.5 good?

Janine

Experience of Labour/VBAC with Uterus

Didelphys

> Hi there,

>

> I have Uterus Didelphys (with 2 cervixes (cervices?) and complete vaginal

> septum). I'm pregnant for the fourth time (2 previous pregnancies ended

> in

> early m/c c. 8 weeks; 1 lovely boy born 5 years ago by elective C-section

> at

> 38 weeks).

>

> I live in the UK, where medical attitudes/protocols might be slightly

> different from the US, but wondered whether any of you with UD have

> experiences of labour (and VBAC). A bit of background: in my second

> pregnancy (the one that went to term) I had very relaxed antenatal care.

> I

> was under the care of a hospital rather than my family doctor/midwife

> because of the UD, but apart from that didn't have any special tests or

> treatments. I asked about having a cervical stitch, but was told that

> because my previous m/c was early there was no reason to think I had IC.

> All the way through pregnancy I was told by hospital doctors (registrars

> and

> senior house officers, below the level of consultant) I could have a

> 'Trial

> of Labour' but because of my funny uterus I might not labour well in

> which

> case I might need help (i.e. C-section). However at 37 weeks (and more or

> less by accident - I had changed my appointment time!) I saw the

> consultant

> who told me that I shouldn't risk going into spontaneous labour because of

> the possibility of uterine rupture. I asked how likely uterine rupture

> was,

> but didn't get any clear information and in the end was so scared by her

> telling me 'your baby might died, you might die, even if you don't die you

> could need a hysterectomy' that I agreed to an elective C-section. I was

> really upset because I felt I'd been falsely reassured by the more junior

> doctors and terrified that I would have a rupture before the surgery - I

> felt my uterus was like a dangerous ticking bomb waiting to explode!

>

> I'm now 20 weeks pregnant in the same uterus in which I had the successful

> pregnancy. I'm under the care of a consultant at a different hospital

> (different part of the country), but the care is similarly laid-back and

> I've seen lovely doctors and midwives who all say the fact I've been

> pregnant to term before is a very good indication that all will go well

> and

> no need for special treatment or tests in pregnancy. My consultant says

> that UD doesn't increase my chance of uterine rupture, but that having had

> a

> previous C-section does. Obviously, it comes as a shock to be told that

> the

> original reason for having an elective C-section wasn't valid, especially

> since having had the surgery does increase my chance of having uterine

> rupture. My consultant says there's no reason why I shouldn't try for a

> VBAC if I want to. He says there's no predicting how effective my uterus

> (uteri? Although I guess there's just one actively involved) will be in

> labour and I might end up with 'failure to progress' but that all

> first-time

> labouring women are a bit unpredictable.

>

> Does anyone know of studies on women with UD who have been allowed to go

> into spontaneous labour? What about VBAC? What are your experiences -

> what

> happens with the second cervix, vaginal septum - did you tear? Any

> thoughts

> most welcome.

>

> Best wishes

>

> Judith

>

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