I got a call last night from my midwife concerning my ultrasound results. Calling at 6:00 on a Sunday evening NEVER happens with an OB, so I was a little worried, I'll admit.
She was calling to let me know that my results revealed that I have a septate uterus and asked if I knew of it my previous doctors had talked to me about it. I told her "no" and that I had no idea what it meant.
Here's the scoop:
Septate uterus is a freak abnormality that only occurs within about 5% of the population. When my body was forming, it tried to form two uteri. I don't have two sets of fallopian tubes or anything, but I do have two cavities within my uterus. A septate uterus typically causes infertility, high recurring miscarriages, and premature births - another reason in addition to the anemia as to why T was early.
She's not too concerned as the baby looks great and I've had two previous successful pregnancies after our first miscarriage. The only worry is that I may not make it to term, which in our state is a must if you want to deliver out of hospital. If that happens, she will be my doula.
So, I've really got to be on my game with my diet and keeping healthy so I can try to make it to term. It's a toss up as to if I will since I have one term baby and one preemie baby, but either way, my water will break because of the septate uterus.
In Jesus' name, I'll be able to make it to at least 37 weeks!
What worries me is that neither of my previous doctors ever mentioned anything about it. And now that I've been told what it is, I can definitely see it on the ultrasound, so it should have been mentioned. Regardless, I am thankful that I know about it now and can be on the look out.
But, baby is doing well and is growing in my left uterus.
I've heard of this before. Sorry you have to deal with this stress. But yay for a good midwife who is on top of it. And that's amazing that she will doula for you if you have to transfer care!
ReplyDeleteI'll be praying for you!!