Re: Trying one more time-please respond

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,

This question comes up about once a week on this board and the overwhelming

response is YES. Get it done. The risk of surgury is so low compared the

chance of having a healthy pregnancy. A septum is the MA that has the

highest cause of early preg loss. Even a small septum has shown to cause a

60% m/c rate. Most women feel that they will do anything to give themselves

a chance at having a child.

There are many different ways the RE will treat you after the surgery. I had

'average sized' septum about 1/3 down. My RE did not give me any hormones

after or any thing else. She had a check up to make sure that I was healing

properly and that was it. Your RE will give you treatment as to what is

comfortable and appropriate. Don't be afraid to ask questions about your

after care.

There are women with septums who have no problems and have health children.

The choice is up to you as to have the surgery.

i hope this helps Good luck -Liz

Liz

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>Reply-To: MullerianAnomalies

>To: MullerianAnomalies

>Subject: Trying one more time-please respond

>Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 19:47:02 -0000

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Christie-

I am either BU or SU, awaiting lap/hyst to be scheduled. From what

I've read on the posts over the last several months, many of the

women here have had septum resections, and most have had little or no

problems with the procedure. There are several posts in the archives

that would help answer your questions. A lot of the women go on to

have great success stories after the septum resection, and some have

had successful pregnancies even with their septum still intact. IMO,

I do not think it worth the risk of getting pregnant again if you

know the septum is there and could very likely cause complications,

but again, that is just my opinion. As for the lap, if you are

certain that you are SU, and you have no other problems that need to

be addressed, than I wouldn't think it would be necessary. Some of

the other girls may have different opinions on that. Hopefully you

will get more responses.

, 24, BU/SU?, 1 m/c

[Guest guest]

Christie-

I am either BU or SU, awaiting lap/hyst to be scheduled. From what

I've read on the posts over the last several months, many of the

women here have had septum resections, and most have had little or no

problems with the procedure. There are several posts in the archives

that would help answer your questions. A lot of the women go on to

have great success stories after the septum resection, and some have

had successful pregnancies even with their septum still intact. IMO,

I do not think it worth the risk of getting pregnant again if you

know the septum is there and could very likely cause complications,

but again, that is just my opinion. As for the lap, if you are

certain that you are SU, and you have no other problems that need to

be addressed, than I wouldn't think it would be necessary. Some of

the other girls may have different opinions on that. Hopefully you

will get more responses.

, 24, BU/SU?, 1 m/c

[Guest guest]

Christie,

I don't have any information to share with you b/c I'm UD, but I

wanted to let you know that I did read your post...

I do know that lots of ladies here have had septum resections. It

looks to me that you've been pretty successful with your septum.

I'm sure that someone with relevant info will be along soon! Good

luck!

C.

28, UD

[Guest guest]

Hi Christie,

I'm sorry that your message got lost in the shuffle. I agree that a

search in our archives would probably be very helpful for getting

some information and opinions on the resection surgery.

I'm sorry I don't remember, but have you had m/c also? Were both of

your pg uneventful?

Has your dr given you any insight into your SU? The reason that I

ask is that some women have found that their SU works quite well...my

guess (and theirs sometimes) is that it must be somewhat vascular

like a BU/SU combo. D is in her 2nd pg and doing great. She

found out about the SU during pg #1, had it confirmed during her

csection and thought about having it removed but got pg with #2

before she could decide.

I'd be looking for some guidance from your RE. I guess if it were me

and I had no history of m/c or pg complications, I might be inclined

to ttc w/out surgery. But I would still be aware that I am taking a

risk. If I had any history of m/c I would opt to resect.

I only had one m/c, have no proof that it was due to SU which was

found at time of m/c, but didn't want to take any future chances. I

needed 2 surgeries to remove a septum that was 1/3 the length. You

said that yours was 2-2.5 inches? That sounds big b/c I think that

the uterus is only about 8 cm or 3 inches long. Check w/ your dr

about that one. Mine was very wide at the top.

The surgery is very easy and I have been here over 2 years and have

only seen 2 or 3 complications that led to a few more days in the

hosp. That is the exception.

I had hormones after surgery #1, not w/ #2. #2 was done w/ hys only

b/c we knew I was SU w/ no indentation. IUD is not used often from

the women who have posted here, but it seems to be used often

overseas. Adhesions cannot lead to Ashermans. Asherman's is

basically a chronic occurance of adhesions forming. You are either

predisposed to forming them or not. If you have already had some

surgery, your dr would probably know from the lap if you easily form

adhesions. Your risk is probably low. Some women have used the

balloon catheter instead of the IUD to prevent the cut edges from

healing together. It stays in about a week and sometimes can be a

bit uncomfortable.

I hope some of this helps. Please let us know if you have more

questions. I hope that this didn't just " muddy the waters " on your

decision. I just cant remember your history, so it's hard to suggest

what I'd do in your situation. To be honest, I lean toward resecting

an SU, especially if you have good medical coverage, a capable dr and

plan on having more kids.

Oh, and the rectal bleeding is not something that I have heard of

here before. I agree that it is something to worry about, but I have

not heard of it being related to MA. Hope your dr can find an

explanation for you.

Welcome,

Sara

36, SU resected x2, dd 9 mos, #2 9w5d