Hello!!! I was diagnosed with a Unicornuate Uterus last year. I have two ovaries, but only one fallopian tube. I have a small piece of uterine tissue that is not connected to anything that is next to my UU (weird) and everything is covered in endometriosis. I got the news after I woke up from having a laparascopic appendectomy - and a misdiagnosis of appendicitis. Better safe than sorry I guess.
The doc woke up me, gave me the run down and said I probably won't ever have children. My "lovely" sister spoke up and said "Oh, she'll be fine with that, she doesn't want them anyway!" I couldn't even respond. I just cried. I felt like I fell into the deepest darkest whole of nothingness. The next few weeks, all I did was research on UU. I even did an entire paper on it for my nursing program. I was obsessed with it.
At the time, I had a boyfriend of about a year. We hadn't had sex and we waiting for marriage. In April 2011, we got engaged and October 1, 2011 we were married! We wanted children very badly and we knew what we were up against. I bought an ovulation kit, we scheduled an appointment with a fertility clinic and we were ready to go.
October 9 I had some spotting. I just thought maybe I was starting early. Two days later, I couldn't keep anything down and I was exhausted. So, just for fun, I grabbed a pregnancy test out of our ovulation kit .. and it was POSITIVE!!!!!! I just stood in the bathroom for what seemed like forever. I paced, I shook, I cried, and then I ran out to my husband on the couch and said "So ... there's two lines here. How about that?" He smiled the biggest smile I've ever seen!
So far, everything has been ok. The doctor isn't too concerned about my first trimester. He is concerned with my second and third though. He thinks there may be a need for a cervical cerlage, a potential for bed rest, and a risk for preterm labor. The first ultrasound was last Monday, and there was nothing there - so of course, I freaked. He said it was way too early to see anything, but my endometrium was thickened, my breasts are sore, and I'm exhausted. He was pretty satisfied with all of that.
I go back next Monday for another ultrasound. This time, there should at least be yolk sac. I'm so nervous and so hopeful that everything goes right! Everything I've read says it's so rare, and when and if a woman with a UU gets pregnant, it's a high risk for miscarriage and preterm labor. So, we are hoping and praying.
The whole point of my little story is to encourage those of you out there with this diagnosis (or any thing else for that matter) to not give up! We had prayed about it for a long time before the wedding. I got the Lupron injection (to help with the endometriosis) and we stayed positive. The doc said I must have gotten pregnant the day of or the day after the wedding. In our opinion, it was God's gift to us. It was completely perfect!
So ladies, please, go to the doctor, do your research, but don't ever take someones word for 100%!! There is no such thing as "NEVER" .. unless of course you have no ovaries and uterus. Please don't stop trying, try to stay positive and just know that when it's supposed to, it will happen!!
Melissa
