Bicornuate Uterus?

[Noonchie]

Hello everyone. I am 21 years old and I have had two miscarriages one at 3 mths. and one at 5 mths. I didn't know the reason for my miscarriages back to back! I find out that I had a "heart-shaped uterus" until my second miscarriage and examination. I looked up "heart-shaped uterus" on google and saw "bicornuate uterus" all over the screen and  at the bottom were miscarriage links. I'm wondering  if I will ever be able to carry a full term pregnancy and will my baby be healthy!  It is taking long periods of time for me to get pregnantI Out of 6 long years I have been able to get pregnant only twice! Is it my body or because of my bicornuate uterus? I am still bothered by my miscarriages everytime I hear one of my close friends are pregnant and how happy they are. Does anyone have any answers for me of any kind????

[AnnieBrooke]

Although some researchers say that uterine anomalies can increase your chance of miscarriage, a lot of women out there have them, and have had children, and never knew they even had a heart-shaped uterus.  A woman with a double uterus recently gave birth to twins, one from each uterus.  

The theory is that if the embryo implants in the wrong place (on the septum between the two lobes of the heart shaped uterus) it might not get enough blood flow, and so might miscarry, and/or the baby might not have enough room in one side or the other and will come early.  But there are many women (myself among them) with heart-shaped uteruses who have carried successfully to term.  Talk to your ob-gyn and see how big the septum is, and see whether he or she thinks it is having any effect.  There are surgeries that can be done to remove the septum between the two lobes of the uterus.  Good luck!