There's a Lot of Womb in My Heart

This morning was my appointment with the ultrasound technician, for her to take a closer look at what is going on with my uterus/uteri.

It didn't take her long, in fact, the moment she touched the ultrasound wand to my stomach she made a comment or two about, "Wow! There it is.  How in the world did they miss this before?  It's pretty out there and obvious...."

So, as she confirmed my uteri and began showing Ryan and I things we had never been shown before about my reproductive organ, we learned that I have a very textbook Bicornuate Uterus -- also sometimes referred to as a Heart Shaped Uterus.

So, in a nutshell, I have one cervix, that splits off into two uterus' (uteri).

Both sides are functioning.  In fact, after discussion, we believe Liam lived in my left uterus, and Serenity lived in the right.  This 3rd baby is now living in the right.  So far, there isn't a lot of concern of something going wrong.  Everything looks perfect on the ultrasound, but they will keep an eye on things.

Now, to clear up some things.  Apparently, I didn't explain myself well enough in the last update, and many people were thinking we are having twins.  So far, there is just one baby.  While it's not completely impossible to be pregnant in both uteri at the same time, it's extremely rare.  Where the confusion came in, I believe, is because of what the doctor was saying, that I talked about in my last blog, about the left uterus not being as far along.  There wasn't a baby there, the uterine lining was just gathered in preparation for pregnancy.  Most likely this was due to the pregnancy hormones in my body.  However, there is no baby growing in that uterus -- Just so we're all on the same page. :)

Our First Doctor Visit for Baby #3 and it was Interesting

Many of you know that Ryan and I are expecting our third child.  A nerve-wracking but exciting time.   While we are both so thankful, and so thrilled to be pregnant again, there are also fears and worries that want to creep up into our happy little minds.

Yesterday, was our first doctor visit.  The moment of truth.  This would tell us if the little pregnancy test stick was correct, and we are in fact having a baby.  Although, I would have been shocked and a little bit frustrated if the stick lied to me, since I've been experiencing, for the third time, nasty all-day morning sickness.

But we meet our new doctor, and get ready to see our little gummy bear on the big screen.  The doctor moved the camera around only a little before saying, "I think you're not as far along as you were thinking." After some questions, she began showing us, on the ultrasound, what appeared to be a clump of white, but explained that it was the lining of the uterus clumping together in preparation for the pregnancy.  So, according to the picture, the baby hadn't technically began growing just yet, but my body was preparing for it.  That was slightly, if not totally concerning.

Fears started to creep up.  What if this pregnancy was already failing and we didn't even know it yet? Something didn't seem right.  There should be a little baby there if everything was on track the way it was supposed to be.

The doctor did some more videoing with the ultrasound.  At which point a strange look came across her face, and she said, "Interesting."

Interesting??? "Good interesting, or bad interesting?"

And then I saw it on the screen.  The picture I had been looking for before. The dark spot with a little white baby in the middle.  I could see it's heartbeat!  But wait a minute.  "Am I having twins?!"

After some strange faces and chatter later, the doctor informed us that it appeared I have not one, but two Uteruses (Uteri).  Which is not completely uncommon, except that mine appeared to be pretty separate from each other, which is indeed pretty uncommon.

What in the world?!

After many questions from Ryan and I later, questions like, "Can I be pregnant in both Uteri?"

I now am set up for an ultrasound in two weeks with the ultrasound tech.  She will be doing more digging into this double Uterus thing, and hopefully be figuring out if there is any reason for concern.

So we would appreciate everyone's prayers.  After a very small amount of research, having Uteri can cause problems such as miscarriage and premature births, or it can cause no problems at all.  So we will see.  Right now I'm just along for the ride.  There doesn't seem to be much I can do about any of it at the moment.

But what a very strange doctor visit that was.  Very strange indeed.