Incompetent Cervix - stitch/cerclage - threatened labour

[Susanah]

Kate - hope you are ok
Glad you have gone in
You should not have the amount of pain you are experiencing
Thinking about you.

x

 

[apsara.m]

kate sorry i don't really have any advice to offer but i do feel some pain inside my ladyparts(sorry TMI) when i gets up from bed or chair and it pains for some time when i begin to walk. my doc reassured me it has nothing to do with my stitch. best of luck honey

 

[helsurf]

Hope you are ok Kate! Thinking of you! X x x

 

[HelenGee]

Hi Kate,
Been meaning to post just all been floored by virus after virus, anyway, really hope you're ok, keep us posted. I can't really offer any advice, but I wish I still had my pregnancy notes as i visited triage at least once a week with a whole spectrum of concerns. Take it steady and got everything crossed for you x

Amy- are you ok? Praying all is calm for you too.....

Susannah- I often think about you too, I'm sooo excited for you, first Christmas with Charlie and the (not too soon!) arrival of baby girl number 2.

AFM - feeling so very emotional at the moment, the memories of bed rest come flooding back in an instant, soo looking forward to a lovely and illness free Christmas this year.

Happy baking ladies xxx

 

[kateqpr]

Hi all,

thanks for your messages, really lovely to come home to!

Well good news - after a few hours in triage late last night, they decided they didn't know what the pain was, but that it wasn't anything they were majorly worried about.

I was back at the hospital at 8 this morning for my routine appointments ( i feel like i live there at the moment!). Anomaly scan, showed we're having another baby girl (yay!), all healthy, and that my cervix has stayed the same at 2.6cm, no funnelling.

Also, my FFN test came back NEGATIVE. DOUBLE YAY!!!

During my speculum examination, they did see a spot of blood next to my cervix (which terrified me, as they told me this before my scan, so i had visions of being funnelled down to the stitch...), which they think could explain the pain i'm in - so the stitch is aggravating something.

Had a good chat with the consultant, and she said she's very happy with things and not worried about the pain i'm getting, as nothing indicates its linked with going into labour, more likely just the pain from the stitch. Which is kind of frustrating, as i'm left with a deep abdominal pain (like a stab or small knife in me) that i think i'm just going to have to live with, unless it gets much much worse. Its not like they can remove the stitch to relieve it!

SO all in all a good. Feel so much happier now and reassured, plus i came home to my daughters first ever school pics, plus a magazine article i'd written has been published today (I'm trying to break into writing again), so feeling cautiously positive for the first time in weeks.

Amy- thinking of you - i hope you're okay.

And thanks everyone else for your kind messages

Now for that bar of chocolate i've been saving up...

 

[Alisa F]

Hi ladies, I just read my laparoscopy report and it says my non-pregnant cervix is 2cm. I read a while ago somewhere that your cervix lengthens at the beinning of your pregnancy from the non pregnant state and then shortens as the pregnancy progresses. I can't find that info again or any info on average length of non-pregnant cervix.

Does anyone know what their cervix measured before pregnancy or very early pregnancy?

A xxx

 

[LaRockera]

Kate hon, I'm SO glad you're fine. I hope the discomfort doesn't last for too long, perhaps your uterus is growing adding extra pressure on cervix, and this will only be temporary.

Amy- I hope you're doing okay hon, please update us as soon as you have some times with good news. x

Alisa- sorry hon, don't know, but perhaps one of the other ladies will.

 

[truthbtold]

Hi Ladies,

I had to share my excitement with my fellow cerclage mommies and graduates. I had my last 17p injection this morning. And only 14 more days until I ditch the stitch! I know the shot usually lingers in your system for 7 to 10 days but I wonder if anything will happen after that. So scared of going into labor with this stitch still in lol.

I hope everyone is doing well.

 

[Chase]

Hi ladies, would you mind telling me how long you bled for after having a shirodkar put in? I have had one put in previously but can't remember.
My recent stitch was placed on Wednesday and both yesterday and today I have had bright red bleeding, which doesn't seem to be easing.
My main issue is that I have also got/had a small subchorionic haemorhage in this pregnancy, so am not sure whether the bleeding is the stitch or the haemorhage.

Any advise would be really appreciated

 

[truthbtold]

Didnt want to read and run, but I have a MacDonald so I have no information to offer.

 

[LaRockera]

Chase- I have a shirodkar, and I bled for about 3-4 days, maybe a bit more, with the colour fading out eventually. x

 

[Chase]

Thank you ladies.
Can you tell me how much blood you had and whether it was bright red or not? I had a bit, but it has become slightly more today, not dripping into the toilet or on the pad really, but like a light-medium period on the toilet roll with some discharge. Sorry about the tmi!!! Does this sound normal? Xxx

 

[LaRockera]

It was typical red blood, like your menses, just not as much. At my first visit to the loo after the cerclage the whole toilet bowl went red, and then it started subsiding. It wasn't soaking the pad it was bright red blood right in the middle of it. It started fading off pad after pad, until it turned into bloody jelly-like mucus, went somewhat pink and then it was gone.

What you're describing sounds pretty normal. If you're not clear in a week do call your doc, but I expect you'll see it subsiding day after day.

x

 

[Irielioness]

I really just wanted to take the time to thank anyone and everyone who has posted their stories. Its taken me quite a few days to get through all the post but many of your post have been very informative & inspirational. In August I lost my daughter at 23wks due to I/C. Im now 14wks pregnant again and have been quite nervous with all the cerclage talk from the Dr. Reading all your stories has given me some hope & courage. Its actually quite nice to know I'm not alone.

 

[lizziedripping]

Chase hun, the bleeding you describe after stitch can be totally normal, but if you are concerned it never hurts to get checked. i had the shirodkar too and had some mild blood loss for a few days which faded to brown within 24hrs or so. With your other issue, it might be worth mentioning but it is likely this bleeding is just surgery/stitch related x

Welcome Irie - sorry for your loss hun, and I hope and pray for a happier outcome for you this time. We are here to help if you need us so feel free to post with qiestions any time

 

[kateqpr]

Hello Irielioness!

Welcome to the gang! I'm so sorry for your loss, but congratulations on your pregnancy too. Its hard but now you know you suffer from IC, you will be looked after so well, and the stitch is quite a common and hugely successful procedure. Try not to worry about it but just embrace the fact that it will help to keep your baby safely inside you, as it does for so many thousands of women. It will all be fine x

 

[kateqpr]

Hey lizzie,

Just wanted to say a big thank you for your message x

 

[lizziedripping]

Hi Kate, was just going to ask how you had got on. Not been on here for a few days and just saw your post saying you'd gone into hospital and I thought that was after my PM to you!!! Then read on and saw that it wasn't and that you are out and ok - phew. Wow this board moves scarily fast lol.

The pain you describe definitely sounds like the kind made by the pushing and pulling of a very taught stitch - a needling, stabbing sensation? Thoroughly unpleasant for you, but not sinister so hopefully that atleast gives you pyschological comfort if nothing else. Great news about you cl too xxx

 

[LaRockera]

Irielioness - Welcome, hon. So sorry for your loss, wishing you the best possible outcome with this pregnancy.

Kate- how are you getting on babes?

 

[apsara.m]

Irielioness welcme honey. so sorry for your loss and huge congrats on your pregnancy. lets bake our little beans to fullterm together!!
kate hope you are okey.
amy thinking of you
chase i had modified shirodkar done and i bleed for 2-3 days with bright right blood not much but as you say light period. and it eventually turned to brown blood and then brown discharge for another 2 months and i was so freaked out about it not its all gone and iam 30 weeks now