Thanks for this great info - such inspiring stories - I hope she finds them as uplifting as I do!
Thanks for sharing....
Andrea
At 10:14 PM 10/03/2003, Lynne Staff wrote:
Hi Andrea - I have accompanied quite a few women over the years who have a bicornuate uterus (with or without two cervices). My experience is that they have laboured and given birth as any other woman would, although we were cautioned (as students) that 'inco-ordinate uterine action' might be a problem, due to the fact that contractions originate in the uterine cornuae. Also the presence or absence of a uterine septum may have an influence on the presentation of the baby.
Two of the most beautiful homebirths I have attended were with a woman with a bicornutae uterus and a uterine septum. She had a family history of prem births (mother and sister - both with bircornuae). Her first babe was cephalic (she was amazing in labour - when the contractions were very strong she said over and over "Goodness me! My goodness me!", and had her son. Her second babe decided he wanted to present by the breech from 34 weeks. He stayed that way, and although Maria agreed to go to hospital for the birth, when she went to go to the hospital, her labour stopped. She took this as a sign and we had THE most perfect breech birth at home (term). No touching of the babe - just support of his body (hand under his little bum only) until his arms were born. Maria was on hands and knees until his head was ready to be born - then she eased up into a squat, and his head was born - magic. I can only speak from personal expereince - I am sure there are midwives out there with much more experience than me, but hope this helps!
Warm regards, Lynne
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