M A 's... is it hereditary?

[Guest guest]

I was wondering, does anyone know if these types of uterine problems

hereditary? The doctor told me no, but my mom had a significant

amount of problems giving birth. She had a mc, then me 6 weeks

early, then my brother 4 weeks early, then another brother at 4 mo.

early, he lived for 2 days & didn't make it. Then another early one

that was stilborn. They said it was because she had a tipped

uterus. But I bet they never really checked into that stuff 25-30

yeasr ago. I kinda wish she would check into it, just out of

curiosity. But she won't, she's upset enough because she wants

grandkids like yesterday. My brother and his wife are having a hard

time conceiving as well.

Congratulations to Jen! Yeah

Rose, 32

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[Guest guest]

I've been wondering the same thing.

I'm new to the site, and from the postings I've been reading it

doesn't seem like many people have a family history.

But I do- my aunt had total uterine agenesis, and I'm a UU.

She suspected hereditary something-or-other even before she knew

about me, because her side the family has died out, and as far back

as she can remember, not many women had kids.

Who knows. All it would take is a couple wrong signals built into

embryogensis. ?

Maddie

28

UU

> I was wondering, does anyone know if these types of uterine

problems

> hereditary? The doctor told me no, but my mom had a significant

> amount of problems giving birth. She had a mc, then me 6 weeks

> early, then my brother 4 weeks early, then another brother at 4

mo.

> early, he lived for 2 days & didn't make it. Then another early

one

> that was stilborn. They said it was because she had a tipped

> uterus. But I bet they never really checked into that stuff 25-30

> yeasr ago. I kinda wish she would check into it, just out of

> curiosity. But she won't, she's upset enough because she wants

> grandkids like yesterday. My brother and his wife are having a

hard

> time conceiving as well.

>

> Congratulations to Jen! Yeah

>

> Rose, 32

> uu

[Guest guest]

> > I was wondering, does anyone know if these types of uterine

> problems

> > hereditary? The doctor told me no, but my mom had a significant

> > amount of problems giving birth. She had a mc, then me 6 weeks

> > early, then my brother 4 weeks early, then another brother at 4

> mo.

> > early, he lived for 2 days & didn't make it. Then another early

> one

> > that was stilborn. They said it was because she had a tipped

> > uterus. But I bet they never really checked into that stuff 25-

30

> > yeasr ago. I kinda wish she would check into it, just out of

> > curiosity. But she won't, she's upset enough because she wants

> > grandkids like yesterday. My brother and his wife are having a

> hard

> > time conceiving as well.

> >

> > Congratulations to Jen! Yeah

> >

> > Rose, 32

> > uu

Some times when I talk w/ my mom about the progression of discovery

w/ this MA. I tease her and say that this is her fault. We both know

that it's a joke b/c my mom was-is puritanical about her body. So it

really wasn't anything she did or any thing genetic b/c she and her

sis (girls, 10mo apart!! She was always an over achiever) had

healthy preg. I saw the doc on my lap/hyst post-op and asked him

that same question. @ that stage of development, the Mullerian

hormone didn't kick in. So you can't pass it on.

Jenn 31

UD, ttc

[Guest guest]

It is one of those controversary things. There are plenty of women

on here who do have either mothers, sisters, aunts, etc. that do

have some type of it. So it gets some thinking on it. So who

knows. lol I don't know if anyone in my family does or not. Just

know that my mom had three c-sections, my one aunt had two, but had

numerous m/cs', another aunt had a c-section and wasn't able to have

anymore, then one other aunt took 7 yrs. before she conceived and

then the baby was breeched so she had a schedule c-section (I am

curious to talk to her because she is only 3 yrs. older than I, and

just had the baby this year)....so who knows?

Nikki

[Guest guest]

There is some history in my family. My grandmother had 4 daughters.

Of those 4 daughters, 2 had daughters (my mom (3 daughters) ,and my

one aunt- one daughter). My 2 sisters have not tried to have

children, so we don't know with them. BUT my cousin and I both have

been dx for an MA. We are not close ,so I don't know exactly what

her dx was, but I remember about 10 years ago (before I ttc and knew

about my SU) my mom heard that my cousin had " 2 uteruses " and had

surgery. Well, I'm thinking SU also? Anyway, she ended up not having

kids, but she was also in an abusive marriage and was already in her

later 30's, so maybe the timing was wrong.

So, of the 4 females, the only 2 who tttc both have an MA.

The other 2 we don't know.

ANgie

Septum resected 3/03

> It is one of those controversary things. There are plenty of

women

> on here who do have either mothers, sisters, aunts, etc. that do

> have some type of it. So it gets some thinking on it. So who

> knows. lol I don't know if anyone in my family does or not. Just

> know that my mom had three c-sections, my one aunt had two, but

had

> numerous m/cs', another aunt had a c-section and wasn't able to

have

> anymore, then one other aunt took 7 yrs. before she conceived and

> then the baby was breeched so she had a schedule c-section (I am

> curious to talk to her because she is only 3 yrs. older than I,

and

> just had the baby this year)....so who knows?

>

> Nikki

[Guest guest]

> I was wondering, does anyone know if these types of uterine

problems

> hereditary? The doctor told me no, but my mom had a significant

> amount of problems giving birth.

Lots of drs say that it is not hereditary, but there are some studies

out there that say the opposite. I believe that the proper studies

have not been conducted yet.

All that I know is that from my 2 year experience being here in this

group, I have seen enough women that have MAs and who also have

immediate or extended family members that also have MAs. Jill had

diagnostic testing done to see if she had an MA before ttc b/c her

mom had several losses and later found out she had a full SU and had

abdominal metroplasty to fix it...guess what, Jill had the same

problem but was able to fix it before ttc. We also recently had

triplet sisters post here and they all had an MA (UD I believe).

My sister just m/c unexpectedly and I'm glad that the ob that she saw

in the ER was receptive to doing further u/s and/or HSG to determine

if my sister has an MA based on my history of SU.

So, I guess for now...who knows if it is hereditary. But at least if

you have an MA, you can warn your sisters and watch your daughters

closely and hopefully we can all help them get an early diagnosis and

provide support in the event that they also have MAs.

Sara

36, SU resected x2, 35w0d

[Guest guest]

> I was wondering, does anyone know if these types of uterine

problems

> hereditary?

Early on in my adulthood, the doctor who was also the regular gyn of

my mother and oldest sister, informed me that I had a " heart shaped

uterus " , but it was nothing to worry about, and would never cause

problems, since my sister and mother also both had " heart shaped

uterus' " .

The words " possible septate uterus " showed up on a US report for me

when I was 32, 13 years after the initial " heart shaped uterus "

comment.

I don't think we'll ever confirm if anyone in my family ever had MAs

though, my sisters are beyond childbearing years at this point.

Kind regards,

[Guest guest]

Wow ... posts aren't getting through. Weird.

Yes, MAs can be hereditary. They aren't always - somethings its just

a random occurance but we've had enough mother-daughter and sister

combinations here to convince me that it does run in some families. I

believe it runs in mine - I was 5lb 8oz at two weeks past term, my

maternal uncle has kidney anomalies and my mother's cousin was told

she'd need c-sections b/c something was wrong with her uterus.

I'm trying to figure out how to convince my sister to get screened.

She's a marathon runner with no health problems, very no-nonsense

push-through-the-pain kind of woman. I'm the one with 7 birth defects

so I'm sure she sees MA as one of my many issues - not as something

that could happen to her as well. We're a very private family (I

know - WHERE do I get it?) so I just can't figure out where to slip

it into conversation! Sigh. Miss Manners doesn't cover this one.

HTH,

[Guest guest]

Whups!! I stated in the last post on this subject that the doc said

it wasn't hereditary. Then my grandmother called to ask how the

follow-up drs visit was. She told me that when she was preggers W/

my dad that the doc in MN said for her to be prepared to loes this

baby b/c her uterus was too small. Can I get a witness sistas!!

(AAAAAYYYYmen) Thank you ladies. Now it's got me thinking, mabey it

really isn't my mothers fault. It's my dads fault:0!!! Just kidding!

I can't really find out b/c she had a hysterectomy way b4 I was born

and my dads sis had one while I was baking. She said it was b/c of

cysts and very painful periods. Does this sound redundant to you?

Mabey it's like male pattern baldness revenge, or color blindness. I

don't know. The fact that we get one human being w/ all parts

connected is a miracle to me, or even disconnected in the case of my

ud. It would be worth investigating further. it may have to do w/

the fact that this Ma stuff starts @ such an early stage that makes

it diffto research.

jenn 31 ud

ttc hopeful#1 1m/c

[Guest guest]

My potential " heritage " is from my dad's side, too.

Maddie

In MullerianAnomalies , " and Prater "

<jennifer@s...> wrote:

> Whups!! I stated in the last post on this subject that the doc

said

> it wasn't hereditary. Then my grandmother called to ask how the

> follow-up drs visit was. She told me that when she was preggers W/

> my dad that the doc in MN said for her to be prepared to loes this

> baby b/c her uterus was too small. Can I get a witness sistas!!

> (AAAAAYYYYmen) Thank you ladies. Now it's got me thinking, mabey

it

> really isn't my mothers fault. It's my dads fault:0!!! Just

kidding!

> I can't really find out b/c she had a hysterectomy way b4 I was

born

> and my dads sis had one while I was baking. She said it was b/c of

> cysts and very painful periods. Does this sound redundant to you?

> Mabey it's like male pattern baldness revenge, or color blindness.

I

> don't know. The fact that we get one human being w/ all parts

> connected is a miracle to me, or even disconnected in the case of

my

> ud. It would be worth investigating further. it may have to do w/

> the fact that this Ma stuff starts @ such an early stage that

makes

> it diffto research.

> jenn 31 ud

> ttc hopeful#1 1m/c

[Guest guest]

Same here - my Dad's Mother lost " a lot of babies " but still managed to

have four sons live; my Dad also has extraneous nipples, as do I, which

we discussed a while back as being possibly related to MAs...

There's not a lot of females born in my Dad's line - I only had 2

female cousins to 6 males plus my brother - mind you, in the next

generation there's 8 girls to 9 boys, so perhaps that's the generation

we should be watching out for with regard to MAs turning up...

Hafey

Sydney

--- maddieumo wrote: > My potential " heritage "

is from my dad's side, too.

>

> Maddie

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[Guest guest]

Just As an off shoot on this subject, I have a friend that is

working on her doctorial thesis in KS. I told her about the MAs and

how an awful lot of us have female relatives (no specifics)that have

had similar problems/symptoms. I told her of my family history on

it. She said that that was very interesting topic and she would look

in to it as a possible project. I don't know how far it may go but

mayby we can get a few of them thinking....

Jenn 31, UD

1 m/c ttc#1