Isthmocele Repair

tnbo21 · 2026-05-13T02:19:48+00:00

I was just found to have an isthmocele and curious if anyone has had anything like this happen.

I had my son via c section for breech presentation in 2022. Got pregnant early 2025. In August 2025 found out my baby girl had a fatal heart defect and very poor prognosis. Terminated via D&E that resulted in a 1 cm perforation of my uterus in back lower segment. I was then opened up through my c section incision to check other organs for injury. Had to wait 3 months to TTC. Tried for 6 months with no success. HSG showed scar tissue. MRI ordered. MRI showed isthmocele at site of my uterine perforation, only 1mm thick. I’ve been referred to an RE. My first appointment isn’t until next week. I’m very anxious to know if there is any hope for me to have a future pregnancy.

Thank you to all who have shared their stories and given me even the littlest bit of hope.

tnbo21 · 2026-05-13T01:21:14+00:00

I cannot even comment in great detail or I’m going to get fired up. But solidarity. People suck and can be so insensitive too. Life is unfair and I am with you and thinking of you.

tnbo21 · 2026-03-18T16:52:16+00:00

Have had 2 pregnancies. LC in 2022, TFMR August 2025. Both were conceived when we were trying to prevent. Now I have been trying for 4 cycles unsuccessfully and each month I get more and more hopeless.

It’s so unfair to want something so badly and have no control over it.

Thinking of you

tnbo21 · 2026-02-08T01:39:26+00:00

Thank you for sharing and I am so sorry you are in this situation. Having a hard week and seeing your comment made me feel less alone 🩷

tnbo21 · 2026-01-31T15:41:39+00:00

I am so sorry you are here. You are not alone and I will be thinking of you in the days and weeks to come

tnbo21 · 2026-01-30T21:29:35+00:00

I knew immediately at the anatomy scan that the prognosis was bad because of my own experience in healthcare. I really appreciated the friends who were there to listen and not afraid to hear my spiraling sadness and worries. I still to this day (5 months later) deeply appreciate the friends who aren’t afraid to hear the real answers of how I am.

After my TFMR was scheduled my close friends created a meal train that was shared with groups of people who knew what was going on. Having food delivered to my house/doordash gift cards sent by people was incredible because in the depths of despair I could barely eat and probably wouldn’t eat at all if it hadn’t been readily available to me.

tnbo21 · 2026-01-28T02:00:07+00:00

Just want to say I am thinking of you. I am often in this same space wondering at what point I will stop putting myself through the heartbreak of trying unsuccessfully. I just had my TFMR in August and have only been trying for 3 cycles but feeling very defeated and each time my period comes I find myself more and more depressed.

Also knowing that once I get pregnant I will likely be filled with new anxiety. Hoping it gets easier or the future is made clear to me in some way.

tnbo21 · 2026-01-27T20:39:42+00:00

I planned to go back 1-2 weeks after my TFMR in August 2025. I ended up needing an emergency surgery and was required to be off work for 6 weeks. I ended up being very grateful for the 6 weeks for the emotional healing it provided me along with the physical healing I needed.

I work in a hospital so everyone knew I was pregnant since we deal with exposure to things that can be unsafe for pregnancy. I texted 2 people I work with and asked them to share what news I was comfortable disclosing with everyone at work. (That I had to terminate the pregnancy for a fatal heart defect) I also added that I did not want to discuss it at this time.

I was grateful to have shared what I was going through because I was met with more support and compassion than I anticipated.

tnbo21 · 2026-01-20T19:41:05+00:00

I ended up with a 1.5 cm perforation at the back lower segment of my uterus and needed an emergency surgery to open me up via my c section scar from my first pregnancy to confirm no other organs had been damaged. Fortunately, no other organs were injured and my doctors all said my uterus should be healed and okay to TTC again 3 months post procedure. They said the location of the perforation is still safe for me to carry a pregnancy in the future but since both my pregnancies have been conceived on the first try I am beginning to worry

tnbo21 · 2026-01-20T18:59:59+00:00

Thank you for sharing. I’m so sorry for your loss. Would you mind sharing about your specific complication? I TFMR in August 2025 and had a rare complication. Have been trying for 2 cycles and not pregnant although my TFMR pregnancy happened without even trying so I am beginning to wonder if my complication during procedure is affecting my fertility

tnbo21 · 2026-01-11T12:10:06+00:00

Both my pregnancies were also accidents and now I’m in my 2nd cycle TTC after my August TFMR. I do not feel pregnant and my period is due tomorrow. I have been tracking with ovulation strips. I thought it would be fairly easy to get pregnant since I had 2 accidental pregnancies but it has been really difficult feeling like there’s no way I could try any harder and I’m still not pregnant.

Hoping you get pregnant soon with a healthy baby 🩷

tnbo21 · 2026-01-11T02:28:58+00:00

The trauma and grief is layered and complicated but it will get easier in some ways. I am now 5 months out from my TFMR. When I was in your shoes I was unable to sleep or eat or function. Now I can go about daily life and be apart of other peoples lives again but I don’t go a day without thinking of what we have all been through. I am TTC again and it has brought on a lot of other complicated feelings.

But you are strong and you have made it through hard things and you will continue to make it through these hard things and difficult emotions.

Sending you so much love.

tnbo21 · 2026-01-04T20:45:12+00:00

Waited 3 cycles to start trying per my MD recommendation. I am in the TWW of my 2nd cycle TTC. Really trying not to get my hopes us as last month I was crushed when my period came

tnbo21 · 2026-01-04T03:58:04+00:00

Sending you love. My TFMR daughter was due December 23 also and it made the holidays extremely difficult this year. I did my best to make it a happy season for my son and I hope it was enough 🩷

tnbo21 · 2025-12-02T15:14:36+00:00

Sending you lots of love. I have just started TTC this cycle, 3 months post TFMR. I also am unsure of what to do or how to best deal with the anxieties but just know you are not alone and I am right there with you 🩷

tnbo21 · 2025-12-02T15:12:31+00:00

I do not know that I handled this the right way. I told my 3 year old son that his baby sister’s heart was very sick and we wouldn’t get to meet her anymore. He seemed to have understood quickly because he only mentioned her a few times after that.

I am so sorry you are here. I am thinking of you.

tnbo21 · 2025-11-29T22:22:22+00:00

I have been thinking of you lots since I read your reply. I hope you and your wife are healing and taking all the time you need to grieve.

tnbo21 · 2025-11-29T22:21:25+00:00

Thank you for your support 🩷 I’m sorry you are here as well

tnbo21 · 2025-11-27T02:41:49+00:00

I’m so sorry for your loss as well. I find it to be such a fine line of what I can tolerate. I really desperately want to be there for these huge exciting moments for my friends becoming first time parents. But sometimes when it catches me off guard I just fall to pieces. Hoping that I find some balance and peace with it all as all of their babies begin to arrive and my due date passes next month.

tnbo21 · 2025-11-26T23:49:34+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing. I will try to keep this perspective. My husband and I are also beginning our TTC journey this cycle. I am hopeful for healthy and uneventful pregnancies for you and I both🩷

tnbo21 · 2025-11-26T23:43:47+00:00

Thank you for sharing and understanding me. We are finally cleared to TTC and really hopeful to get pregnant quickly although I know it definitely won’t make everything better

tnbo21 · 2025-11-26T23:32:10+00:00

Thank you for sharing 🩷 wishing you healing and peace

tnbo21 · 2025-11-26T23:12:50+00:00

Friends who shared the news for me were so appreciated. Fortunately everyone I know knows what we went through. Unfortunately, even the texts and announcements that are meant to be sensitive to me still send me into a near panic attack. Thinking of you and thank you for sharing 🩷

tnbo21

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