Incompetent Cervix - stitch/cerclage - threatened labour

[WTBmyBFP]

I'm so glad I've my cerclage in as it is the only thing keeping my GBs in place!!

 

[baby_maybe]

lch - thinking of you hunni and hoping that everything is ok with you and lo

Wtb - you are doing so amazingly well, it just goes to show how miraculous these sutures can be especially when holding the weight of two or three babies . How much longer do the docs plan to let you go or is it a case of just getting as far as you can?

 

[JJEE]

Hi Ladies,

Just a quick update from me, I finally gave birth to Grace Kathryn Sofia Kendrick on Sat at 7:37pm..she was 1 week late, and weighed 8lb 1oz. She is beautiful. I had a very quick labour, arriving at the hospital and delivering in 2hrs 22mins! Yay! Definitely think that was cervix related! It was a really good birthing experience, and I will definitely update more when I am less tired! She is a very hungry baby! We also ended up staying in hospital until today due to my raised blood pressure..so I have had 4hrs sleep in 48hrs!!

Keep your babies cooking ladies, I will continue to check in on how you are all doing, good luck Ellie, your turn next!! And a HUGE thank you to Lizzie for all of your advice and giving me hope when it seemed like there was none!

Thank you to all of the ladies here, for sharing your stories and giving us hope!

Xxx

 

[angel229]

Congratulations jjee. Same weight as my first daughter x x x rest while you still can x

 

[lch28]

jjee huge congrats!!!

just got back, my dr met me at the hospital, cervix is completely closed and discharge is normal. silly me. cramping is growing pains lol

 

[lizziedripping]

Jees Ich, you really scared me just now. Had read your earlier post, heart started pounding scanned down (in very slow motion, or so it seemed) to read your latest message reporting that all is well! Bloody hell girl, don't do that to me!! I was shocked that your stitch could be 'failing' as early as 18wks and couldn't get my head around that - especially since you got to 23wks last time without a stitch. Thank God all is ok - now go rest and stop trying to give your Aunty Lizzie a heart attack lol

Dmj - you ok love? The tearing pains down below happened to me in the early thirties but I was carrying two babies, one of whom was low down and kicking me constantly in my bladder and cervix. It isn't abnormal to feel pinching and pulling in your cervix this late on, but it's obviously troubling you enough to mention, so I'd get checked - you lose nothing in doing so xx

JJE - massive congratulations on the arrival of baby Grace - she sounds beautiful. So relieved that you made it not not to term but overdue! What a lovely story of hope to share with everyone Pics soon please xxx

 

[lch28]

awww lizzie sorry lol!! i really thought that i was dialating. my doc put it as normal pains. maybe im just a drama queen i think with Sophia i was just so calm the whole pregnancy, never bothered by anything that now the slightest twinge and im on the phone calling my dr already! i am going to be really scared, reaching 23 weeks and all. i just pray all is going to stay well. =] so is it true that after 28 weeks it is unlikely to go early from IC?

 

[lizziedripping]

Btw DMJ - dilating with the stitch intact usually causes some bleeding and pain, but there are rare occasions when it does so without any specific symptoms at all. Usually tho it only opens slightly, tearing right through it typically only happens under the influence of contractions. Contractions themselves aren't always felt strongly either, so with any crampy aches and pains which are followed by sharp tearing pains down below, it's always good to get looked at. Good luck xx

 

[angel229]

Got a glucose tolerance test tomorrow. Never had it in my first 2 pregnancies. What's it like?

 

[lizziedripping]

awww lizzie sorry lol!! i really thought that i was dialating. my doc put it as normal pains. maybe im just a drama queen i think with Sophia i was just so calm the whole pregnancy, never bothered by anything that now the slightest twinge and im on the phone calling my dr already! i am going to be really scared, reaching 23 weeks and all. i just pray all is going to stay well. =] so is it true that after 28 weeks it is unlikely to go early from IC?

Course you're damned scared sweetie, you've just lost a child - it doesn't get much worse than that! No need to apologise, was just trying to make you smile after the day's dramas

IC is a problem mainly up to 26wks or so. After that your cervix has to dilate more to allow the passage of a larger third trimester baby - it can only do that with contractions. An IC cervix typically dilates to 3cms purely as a result of pressure and, it is thought, as a result of uterine stretching between 16 and 26wks. Once you have made it to 26 without any significant dilation, it's much less likely that it will suddenly give way. If it can hold under that initial strain, then it usually continues to do so. All this of course is less relevant anyway if you have a stitch - 99% of the time it does not allow dilation through and below it. Good night chick xx

 

[lizziedripping]

Nothing to worry about Angel, from what I can remember they do a fasting blood test first, you have a fizzy sweet drink, and they do a blood test a few hrs after. If that comes back positive it still isn't conclusive, so you have a follow up blood test - though I can't remember the exact details of that. Good luck xxx

 

[baby_maybe]

Congratulations jjee, so pleased for you hun I went to 41 weeks last time too, just goes to show how well a suture can work!

lch - so glad you are back from the hospital with good news, I went yesterday with aching thinking it was something and it turns out its probably just stretching pain too. It's understandable to be so worried about every ache and pain, I'm the same hun xx

 

[Hopeful 4 #1]

Can you decline to GD test? I hated it last time I really did. Then went to have Eli two weeks later. Pfft

 

[baby_maybe]

My bmi at booking was very slightly, like .5 over 30 and they normally refer for a gtt at that point, but I said I didn't want it. She asked me if she could write that I would consider it in my notes, so I said that was ok, but I definitely won't have it unless I show any other symptoms later on in pregnancy.

Definitely feel free to decline it if you don't want it hun

 

[Alisa F]

Urgh, I don't want to do my GTT either. Hopeful - you don't have to do anything you don't want to. But if you failed (GTT) what donthey do then, and what are the symptoms of any probs cos I really want to cancel mine.

 

[Hopeful 4 #1]

No idea what they do if you DO cancel. Mine was not based on BMI.. but if your family background are from certain areas they do it. Nobody in my fam has it or has ever had it. And pre-pregnancy I was not over in terms of BMI. The stuff they give you to drink tastes like crap.. and last time I got so hungry I was actually physically shaking.. which in my opinion was not the greatest! I think I am going to call n cancel.

 

[Alisa F]

I think I know why they put me down for GTT. On the referral form one of the risk factors boxes is ticked for me, they noted I'm asian ?!?!??! Which is funny cos apart from my brown hair I'm the whitest person on the planet hahaha My bmi at booking appt was just in the healthy weight range so I think I will cancel too. If I don't eat as soon as I wake I'm shaking and feel really sick which can't be good.

 

[angel229]

I was that thirsty by the time I got to hospital this morning for the test the taste didn't bother me, in fact I thought it was quite nice, lol. Reminded me of anti histamine medicine. Got home at lunchtime and ate everything in sight though and had a major sugar crash this afternoon with headache and tiredness.

 

[chistiana]

Congratulations jjee!

 

[Hopeful 4 #1]

Alisa i will be cancelling in am. Def not doing it lol