A heart shaped uterus ♥️ - well, it’s pathological!
A bicornuate uterus is a uterus that has two horns and a heart shape, just like this one. In general, the uterus, tubes, and upper vagina develop from the Müllerian ducts in the absence of anti Müllerian hormone. In particular, the fusion of these ducts will form the appropriate structures and their canalizations.Therefore, if fusion failure occurs at the level of the uterus, multiple uterine anomalies may result depending on the quantity of fusion failure. As a result, the lower part of the uterus is unitary while the upper part is bifurcated. Pregnancies in a bicornuate uterus are considered high risk ones and require extra monitoring because of association with poor reproduction potential. They are associated with recurrent pregnancy loss, malpresentation of the fetus (breech or transverse positions), and preterm birth. It’s questionable whether it is also associated with infertility but studies did not confirm it. Patients with a bicornuate uterus have good reproductive outcomes, but they might require a reconstructive intervention called metroplasty which is done by hysteroscopy (access to the uterine cavity with an endoscope). Photo by @cagrigulumser
does it cause any symptoms? such as pain or worse periods?
I too have a bicornuate uterus and after 15 years my little miracle man was born after much heartache. I only knew of this during the c-section when the surgeon mentioned it to a colleague.
CK1. So you are amazing mom. You have double heart ( real heart and biconuate uterus) k.k.k.