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![]() ![]() I know my doctors were going to recommend surgery after 1 miscarriage if the MRI had shown that I was a candidate. Do you know how often you’ll have ultrasounds? I hope your pregnancy goes well, but if it doesn’t, I would consider getting a second opinion about surgery after 1 miscarriage. It makes me feel better to be monitored closely. They’re also checking baby’s growth and my cervix length regularly. And we could see that placenta was elsewhere. The left horn of my uterus is growing with the right, which is new. And in my most recent ultrasound we could actually see the septum for the first time. She said if it was in septum we’d likely see a “shadow” behind it. And they look at placenta development to make sure it looks normal. Since maybe 10 or 12 weeks they could see generally where placenta was and compared it to my MRI results. So this time i have been being monitored by MFM since early and getting lots of detailed ultrasounds to check baby and placenta. The MRI showed partial bicornuate, not septate, so they said I wasn’t a candidate for surgery. After my miscarriage I had an MRI to get a better look at my uterus to see if there was a septum they could resect surgically. It was all so new to me then and we were more focused on the news that our baby was not likely to survive. I’m not sure if my MFM knew at that point definitively that the placenta was on the septum. I only got sent to a specialist at 15 weeks when they noticed he was behind in growth. They said we’d have to monitor for growth later on and preterm labor. I didn’t find out I had a bicornuate until I was 12 weeks pregnant and my OB made it seem like it wasn’t a huge cause for concern. I don’t think they could really tell where it implanted for sure, but I don’t think they we’re checking. How do you know you have septate (as opposed to bicornuate)? Did you have an MRI or other test? Have you had surgery to respect the septum? Or is this all new to you and you’ve just found out about your uterus? If it’s new, I’d advise you to do some research so you can advocate for yourself and ask your doctor lots of questions. I’m taking 2 baby aspirin a day to help with blood flow. Baby has been on track for growth and the placenta seems to be in good position not on septum. I have another scan tomorrow so hoping things still look good. She said she thought it would likely be the same time or earlier, I am now 19 weeks pregnant and things seem to be going well. I asked my MFM after miscarriage about our future chances of success and when we’d find out if something was wrong in next pregnancy. The miscarriage was likely caused by placenta insufficiency, likely due to the placenta implanting on my septum, where blood flow is not good. In addition to seeing he was behind in growth with ultrasound, my AFP levels were also abnormal, indicating a placenta issue since there were not other signs of neural tube defects. He probably passed around 16 weeks but we didn’t confirm til 18 weeks. We found out at 15 weeks (15 weeks 5 days I think) that the baby was behind in growth and was not likely to make it. I have a partial bicornuate uterus, so it’s a little different.
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