Incompetent Cervix - stitch/cerclage - threatened labour

[Katece]

Shelby and Ich: God bless you ladies! Thinking of you both (all 5 of you, actually!).

 

[angel229]

Hi girls. I am in hospital as having painless contractions every five mins. Been admitted n given steroids and will know more tomorrow. Cervix is closed apparently x

Good luck hopeful, thinking of you x x x

 

[Agiboma]

@ hopeful hope all goes well and baby stays putt for a few more weeks.

 

[baby_maybe]

lch - hope everything is ok with your little man

hopeful - keep us updated, cervix being closed is good, hopefully you'll be keeping baby in for a bit longer yet. I went in at 32 weeks with painless contractions with dd3 and still went to 40+!!

Amy - I'm sorry about your infection the first time round. I went far too quickly with my first labour to do anything about it and I was massively infected too. Hopefully you will have a much better outcome with an elective suture

 

[Hopeful 4 #1]

Thanks girls. Theyve decided to remove stitch. Will update when I can xx

 

[baby_maybe]

Good luck hopeful, you're at a great gestation compared to with your son so baby should be fine with a slightly early arrival. My dd2 was born at 32 weeks and never needed any breathing help, she was home just short of 3 weeks after birth

 

[Agiboma]

GL baby 34 weeks is the ideal gestation if you are going early. LO will avoid breathing machines and a lot more, but i still hope LO stays baking for a few more weeks.

 

[Prayerfulmom2]

Baby maybe, what signs of infection did you exhibit if any? I had a rescue cerclage at 17 weeks with bulging membranes but was on iv antibiotics a day before the procedure, the day of and day after. They also sent me home on 2 different antibiotics. Hopefully no infection! Oh and today I hit my 19 week mark! 50 days to V day!! Yay

 

[AmyLouise89]

lch - hope everything is ok with your little man

hopeful - keep us updated, cervix being closed is good, hopefully you'll be keeping baby in for a bit longer yet. I went in at 32 weeks with painless contractions with dd3 and still went to 40+!!

Amy - I'm sorry about your infection the first time round. I went far too quickly with my first labour to do anything about it and I was massively infected too. Hopefully you will have a much better outcome with an elective suture

I actually lost my first 2 baby girls. Dr just said "it happens" with first baby at 19 weeks 3 days so with 2nd baby I switched drs twice & same thing happened again so finally got diagnosed with IC by different Dr so this time I'm seeing him & getting elective stitch. I know the infection I had with 2nd baby was in my uterus & dried up fluid around baby..it was spreading throughout my body & almost had to get a hysterectomy.

 

[baby_maybe]

I didn't even realise I was infected until I went in to l&d in full blown labour, was fully dilated when they checked and then my waters went, which were 'very infected' as they later said. The baby and me both swabbed positive for gbs and initially they thought it was prem labour brought on by the infection alone. They later found, during my next pregnancy that my cervix was silently dilating and that in the first pregnancy this had happened which had let the gbs infection spread upwards and caused the prem labour.

Phew! I think that makes sense. I've swabbed for gbs in pregnancy since then but because I've had my cervix closely monitored and stitched shut it has never tracked anywhere or caused prem labour again thankfully.

 

[Prayerfulmom2]

Hey ladies.. I know we talk a lot about our cervixs here but how are you guys dealing with your husbands? Mine has been great and worried about me and the baby... I have a question and don't know who to ask or where to find the answer... How do you guys maintain intimacy with your spouse. Not trying to be gross and not looking for " details". Sorry , just worried. I'm only 19 weeks and we're newlyweds.

 

[baby_maybe]

Ok that's a good question hun and don't be embarrassed, pretty much nothing is tmi in this thread!

It's hard, me and DH don't have sex at all whilst I'm pregnant until the stitch has been removed. That's one area I'm very cautious about as it just makes me feel uncomfortable and I would rather wait until much later in pregnancy when I know the baby would be fine if he decided to make an early appearance. DH finds this difficult but bless him he's gone through with it each and every time we've been expecting. I do try to 'help' him out in other ways though I think it would unreasonable of me not to, just because I'm off limits shouldn't mean he has to miss out altogether!

 

[Prayerfulmom2]

Ok that's a good question hun and don't be embarrassed, pretty much nothing is tmi in this thread!

It's hard, me and DH don't have sex at all whilst I'm pregnant until the stitch has been removed. That's one area I'm very cautious about as it just makes me feel uncomfortable and I would rather wait until much later in pregnancy when I know the baby would be fine if he decided to make an early appearance. DH finds this difficult but bless him he's gone through with it each and every time we've been expecting. I do try to 'help' him out in other ways though I think it would unreasonable of me not to, just because I'm off limits shouldn't mean he has to miss out altogether!

Thanks! Appreciate the feedback. I guess I just to figure out how to approach him. He might run me off thinking I'm after something else and may think I'm playing a mean game! Lol. I'll figure something out! Thanks again!

 

[angel229]

Quick question. I know you will all say go get checked but thought I would ask first.

I have lower back pain in bum area, lots of tightening but irregular, when I get tightening a pulling sensation between legs, lots of nausea, general period pain feeling, feel like I need a poo (tmi). Any ideas?

 

[Hopeful 4 #1]

How irregular? Have u tried pain relief first?

 

[kimbotrav]

hi ladys hope your all ok i havent been able to get on for a while as we havent had internet....as i was still having lots of pain and bleeding my consultant decided to remove my stitch yesterday morning at 11am i was very scared it wasnt as straight forward as she had planned so was in alot of pain but all in all i thought i was very brave im now 34+4 and am stitch free its crazy i feel more relived down there now but my consultant kept me in over night as she thought i would go straight into labour but so far i havent i wil have to have csection if i do as had 2 already and baby breech so now its just waiting to see what happens does anyone know weather its normal to go into labour atraight away or for it to take a while im hoping i get to 36w that wud be brill xxxxxxx also forgeot to add how thriled i am wiht the stich asd i had it as an emergancy one placed at 18 weeks as i had dilated to 1 cm and it was extremely short that it held me until 34+w x

 

[angel229]

How irregular? Have u tried pain relief first?

dull ache permanently with tightenings between 2 and 5 an hour. Already taking paracetamol and anti biotics for chest infection x x

 

[Prayerfulmom2]

How irregular? Have u tried pain relief first?

dull ache permanently with tightenings between 2 and 5 an hour. Already taking paracetamol and anti biotics for chest infection x x

I would get checked. Don't chance it! You've come so far and can still go all the way. Call your OB before they close. All the best Hun! Xo

 

[angel229]

It is 7.30 pm so if I still feel like this in morning I will call the hospital. Got a meal bought and paid for tomorrow night and going to see twilight on Saturday, bought and paid for. And a 2 nd birthday party to go to on Sunday, lol, typical.

 

[DAYDAY24]

hello everyone getting a cerclage placed in a couple weeks does it hurt kinda scared of being awake while they perform it