One in a Million Uterus

A mother of two adopted boys, I have a unicornuate uterus and I am on a journey to see if it can carry a child.

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I was diagnosed with a unicornuate uterus in January 2006. DH and I decided to follow our hearts to the adoption of our two sons. Now our hearts are guiding us towards fertility treatments.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Maybe I Shouldn't Have Done That

People say all the time not to look on the internet for medical stuff because it is just scary. I know this. I've made the mistake myself several times. Tomorrow is my sonohysterogram so what did I do? I googled "sonohysterogram". I had good intentions. I was just curious how it was different from the HSG (hysterosalpingogram). I did the HSG before. It involved injecting a dye into the uterus and taking x-rays. Turns out the sonohysterogram is really similar. They inject saline into the uterus and use ultrasound to check things out in there.

Then I came across a blog where someone was talking about their experience with the procedure. Lots of talk of cramps and spotting and poking in the cervix and a polyp discovered that needed surgically removed. Still glad I read it because there was still lots of talk about how the HSG was much worse. I survived the HSG and even survived the part where they were all, "Yeah, something is really messed up in there and your uterus is half of what it should be." So, I can do this.

Although I am convinced now I have a polyp. My periods keep getting more and more painful and that is pretty much what the person in this blog had said. Whether we TTC or not, I really want to get rid of these painful periods so I guess this is a necessary step no matter what.

In good news, I read a little further on this blog that I came across and found out there is supposed to be a third Bridgette Jones movie, where she is trying to get pregnant. I love Bridgette Jones so I'm pretty excited about this!

1 Comments:

Anonymous Nadia said...

Hi! I am Nadia. I am also the lucky one with left UU, 2 ovaries, 2 kidneys. And have been TTC for over 2,5 years.
Don't worry about the procedure. I had it done. It's not a pleasant one, but with a good doctor it'll be fast.
Let us know how was it for you. And GOOD LUCK!!!

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