Is it okay to be pregnant with a twin uterus?

A double uterus is a relatively rare female disease. Many people do not know about this type of disease. The formation of a double uterus is generally a congenital developmental problem. It is relatively rare for a woman with a double uterus to become pregnant. A double uterus can cause great trouble to a woman's life and also have an impact on the body. So, is pregnancy with a double uterus good for the body?

Having two uteruses is not something uncommon in medicine. Generally speaking, in a patient with double uterus, one uterus is well-developed while the other is underdeveloped. In fact, patients with double uterus do suffer from dysmenorrhea due to the underdevelopment of one side of the uterus.

Because both of her uteruses produce menstrual cycles, but when menstruation comes, because one side of the cervix is ​​"missing", menstruation cannot be discharged normally, which causes pain. For this type of patient, cervical dilation surgery can be performed to allow normal menstruation and naturally eliminate the pain.

In addition, when patients with double uterus experience abnormal conditions during pregnancy, most of the time it is because the fetus "runs" into the abnormally developed uterus during implantation. However, this situation can be avoided. Since a woman's two ovaries ovulate alternately every month, and for women who have two uteruses, ovulation from the left ovary mostly results in pregnancy in the left uterus, while ovulation from the right ovary mostly results in pregnancy in the right uterus.

Therefore, before deciding to get pregnant, patients with double uterus can first check to determine which of the left and right uteruses is the "good" uterus and which is the "bad" uterus, and then monitor the ovulation of the ovaries through B-ultrasound. If the left uterus is well developed, then you can get pregnant when ultrasound monitoring shows ovulation in the left ovary. This can prevent the fetus from implanting in an underdeveloped uterus and affecting the normal growth of the fetus.

Precautions for pregnancy with twin uterus: Pay attention to pre-pregnancy and prenatal examinations and diagnoses to avoid harm to the fetus and pregnant woman caused by miscarriage, dystocia, etc. Because one side of the uterus of patients with double uterus is underdeveloped, it is easy to cause dysmenorrhea due to the inability to discharge menstrual blood normally. Women with two uteruses may be affected by the menstrual cycles of the two uteruses when they menstruate, so they often have symptoms such as heavy menstrual flow and prolonged menstrual period.

In addition, because there are two ovaries, even with normal contraception, twin pregnancy still occurs frequently. So in addition to the precautions for twin pregnancy, for women with twin uterus, the best contraceptive method is for the husband to use condoms. In addition, women with a double uterus are more likely to give birth to twins than other normal women. This may be caused by one fertilized egg splitting into two fetuses, or two fertilized eggs implanting and developing at the same time. But it does not mean that women with a double uterus will definitely give birth to twins.