Incompetent Cervix - stitch/cerclage - threatened labour

[ShelbyLC]

Angel - Glad Scarlett is doing well. I'm sure she'll be home with you soon.

lch - I really, really think you'll be okay. I mean, I'm 6cm dilated and they've managed to keep me pregnant! And my bags are bulging but haven't burst yet.

Everyone else - I hope you're all doing well. (Or as well as you can be with a stitch and/or bedrest!) I have been keeping up with everyone, I promise.


As for me - I'm stuck at 6cm and I'm being called "stable" Moved back up to the long term floor yesterday and they're not letting me go home until I deliver, whenever that is. I've got a small hole somewhere in one of my amniotic sacs, which is only leaking a little bit per day, but I'm now at risk for infection and have to have my temp, heart rate, and babies' heart rates monitored closely so we can catch anything early.

I am still having irregular contractions; some are very weak and others are so strong that I can actually feel Baby A being pressed down onto my cervix. I really have no idea why I'm dilating so slowly if my cervix is so incompetent! But, I have resigned myself to being here for a while, so I'm less angry at all of this, and just willing time to move faster.

I'm 30 weeks on Tuesday and I'm told that if I make it to 34 weeks (one month from today) I'll be delivered then. Now that I am on no medication to stop or stall labor, it will be incredibly funny to me if I hold out at 6cm for the next 4 weeks. With the drama queens my girls seem to be, I wouldn't put it past them to pull a stunt like that.

 

[lch28]

thank you for the encouragement ladies, it has definitely made me feel better =D i am never googling again! lol - i really do trust my doc so im sure when i talk to him on Monday he will give me some reassurance.

 

[penuche]

Angel - Glad Scarlett is doing well. I'm sure she'll be home with you soon.

lch - I really, really think you'll be okay. I mean, I'm 6cm dilated and they've managed to keep me pregnant! And my bags are bulging but haven't burst yet.

Everyone else - I hope you're all doing well. (Or as well as you can be with a stitch and/or bedrest!) I have been keeping up with everyone, I promise.


As for me - I'm stuck at 6cm and I'm being called "stable" Moved back up to the long term floor yesterday and they're not letting me go home until I deliver, whenever that is. I've got a small hole somewhere in one of my amniotic sacs, which is only leaking a little bit per day, but I'm now at risk for infection and have to have my temp, heart rate, and babies' heart rates monitored closely so we can catch anything early.

I am still having irregular contractions; some are very weak and others are so strong that I can actually feel Baby A being pressed down onto my cervix. I really have no idea why I'm dilating so slowly if my cervix is so incompetent! But, I have resigned myself to being here for a while, so I'm less angry at all of this, and just willing time to move faster.

I'm 30 weeks on Tuesday and I'm told that if I make it to 34 weeks (one month from today) I'll be delivered then. Now that I am on no medication to stop or stall labor, it will be incredibly funny to me if I hold out at 6cm for the next 4 weeks. With the drama queens my girls seem to be, I wouldn't put it past them to pull a stunt like that.

Wow, Shelby! You are a trooper. It must be frustrating to be right on the verge of something happening, while also being told you might just be hanging out for another month! 30 weeks is super exciting though!!! Are you going stir crazy yet? I hope you have visitors/lots of distractions. Wishing you and the babies all the best - keep updating!

 

[penuche]

Ich my son was born at 27+5 and spent 11 weeks. However there was a few 26weekers that spent 9 weeks. We wanted him home off oxygen hence a little longer stay. U would never know now. Pls dont google it will drive u nuts it really will.

Angel- How is Scarlett?

x

She is doing well thanks. Still on gravity feeds through tube but progressing nicely. I am feeling sorry for all my relatives cos everyone wants to come and see her but they have a strict grandparents only rule. I have 1 sister and hubby has 3 siblings, lol. They are chomping at the bit x x x

Happy to hear she's doing well, even if it is frustrating that no one gets to come see her. All in good time, and hopefully soon!!!

 

[penuche]

I am twenty-three weeks today! Still super early, but every week is one week longer that these babies get to stay inside (and one week closer to twenty-five weeks, which my doc has said is the absolutely earliest he'd feel comfortable with me delivering). Bed rest is getting harder and harder, but I am grateful that the babies are still cooking and doing well.

One question for you all - I am feeling really out of breath today! It obviously isn't from exertion, given that I am pretty much lying down all the time. I know the babies are getting bigger (my new-found stretch marks are proof, wah!) and especially with twins it's not uncommon to feel breathless as they grow. Just wondering if anyone else went through this, and if you had figured out ways to manage it? Maybe it's anxiety? I am starting to feel a little overwhelmed not leaving the house.

 

[Hopeful 4 #1]

Ich my son was born at 27+5 and spent 11 weeks. However there was a few 26weekers that spent 9 weeks. We wanted him home off oxygen hence a little longer stay. U would never know now. Pls dont google it will drive u nuts it really will.

Angel- How is Scarlett?

x

She is doing well thanks. Still on gravity feeds through tube but progressing nicely. I am feeling sorry for all my relatives cos everyone wants to come and see her but they have a strict grandparents only rule. I have 1 sister and hubby has 3 siblings, lol. They are chomping at the bit x x x

Glad to hear that hun. She breathing totally unaided? It sucks the rules around but I am sure ur fam understand and she will be spoilt rotten once home! x

 

[Hopeful 4 #1]

I am twenty-three weeks today! Still super early, but every week is one week longer that these babies get to stay inside (and one week closer to twenty-five weeks, which my doc has said is the absolutely earliest he'd feel comfortable with me delivering). Bed rest is getting harder and harder, but I am grateful that the babies are still cooking and doing well.

One question for you all - I am feeling really out of breath today! It obviously isn't from exertion, given that I am pretty much lying down all the time. I know the babies are getting bigger (my new-found stretch marks are proof, wah!) and especially with twins it's not uncommon to feel breathless as they grow. Just wondering if anyone else went through this, and if you had figured out ways to manage it? Maybe it's anxiety? I am starting to feel a little overwhelmed not leaving the house.

Congrats on 23 wks hun - Breathlessness is very normal. Mine have both been singletons but i really felt like i could not physically breathe at times and it freaked me right out. If it gets ridiculous then give ur doc a call. But from what u describe its normal x

 

[ShelbyLC]

I take back what I said earlier about settling in for 34 weeks! My water just broke! (The real deal, huge gush all over kind!) That was two hours ago and contractions are already 1-2 minutes apart and getting painful. Looks like I'm having babies!

 

[Hopeful 4 #1]

Omg Shelby!!! Excited much! X

 

[Prayerfulmom2]

I take back what I said earlier about settling in for 34 weeks! My water just broke! (The real deal, huge gush all over kind!) That was two hours ago and contractions are already 1-2 minutes apart and getting painful. Looks like I'm having babies!

Yay Shelby!

 

[penuche]

I take back what I said earlier about settling in for 34 weeks! My water just broke! (The real deal, huge gush all over kind!) That was two hours ago and contractions are already 1-2 minutes apart and getting painful. Looks like I'm having babies!

Good luck!!!!! Exciting!!!!

 

[angel229]

Ich my son was born at 27+5 and spent 11 weeks. However there was a few 26weekers that spent 9 weeks. We wanted him home off oxygen hence a little longer stay. U would never know now. Pls dont google it will drive u nuts it really will.

Angel- How is Scarlett?

x

She is doing well thanks. Still on gravity feeds through tube but progressing nicely. I am feeling sorry for all my relatives cos everyone wants to come and see her but they have a strict grandparents only rule. I have 1 sister and hubby has 3 siblings, lol. They are chomping at the bit x x x

Glad to hear that hun. She breathing totally unaided? It sucks the rules around but I am sure ur fam understand and she will be spoilt rotten once home! x

Totally unaided plus she has taken a little bit of milk tonight from a bottle, whoop whoop x x

 

[angel229]

Omg good luck Shelby. Can't believe you are letting us all know when your contractions are that close. You go girl x x x

 

[Hopeful 4 #1]

Ich my son was born at 27+5 and spent 11 weeks. However there was a few 26weekers that spent 9 weeks. We wanted him home off oxygen hence a little longer stay. U would never know now. Pls dont google it will drive u nuts it really will.

Angel- How is Scarlett?

x

She is doing well thanks. Still on gravity feeds through tube but progressing nicely. I am feeling sorry for all my relatives cos everyone wants to come and see her but they have a strict grandparents only rule. I have 1 sister and hubby has 3 siblings, lol. They are chomping at the bit x x x

Glad to hear that hun. She breathing totally unaided? It sucks the rules around but I am sure ur fam understand and she will be spoilt rotten once home! x

Totally unaided plus she has taken a little bit of milk tonight from a bottle, whoop whoop x x

yaaaaaay Go Scarlett!

 

[baby_maybe]

Good luck shelby, hope you and the girls are doing great right now

Penuche - I have been feeling breathless on and off since about 22-23 weeks, originally I thought it was baby growing but ironically it seems to be getting better and not worse as the weeks go on. I guess it just another pregnancy symptom to add to the ever growing list for me!

 

[lizziedripping]

Hi ladies

Shelby - thinking of you tonight as you have your girls sweetie, can't wait to hear your announcement. Hope the labour is quick and straightforward darlin'. Incidentally Hun, your cervix wouldn't have opened beyond 3cms without strong regular contractions even tho it is weak. An IC gives way under pressure but only slightly, it cannot dilate further on its own. Good luck xxx

Penuche - breathlessness can be normal in pregnancy and I have always had it too but I have also tested positive for anaemia in all my pregnancies. Since everything is twice the effort in a twin pregnancy it's always worth ruling anaemia out if it hasn't been already. One of its main symptoms is breathlessness. Failing that put it down to two babies squishing your lungs into a smaller and smaller space lol - should ease as they drop xx

Ich - glad you're sounding a bit less stressed. It's hard to stay confident especially when you know that your stitch is being tested to capacity Hun, but please try to remain hopeful - membranes often sit on the stitch with IC but don't rupture nor is ptl triggered. Many women don't get scanned after stitch (especially here in the Uk) so they're unaware of the day to day fluctuations of their cervixes. Being monitored is bitter sweet - the reassurance of a closed cervix is great, but when it inevitably funnels and in your case the membranes bulge, it is terrifying. Doesn't change the outcome tho sweet, and most women still get to term or thereabouts.

I'd definitely rest as much as possible on the basis of why not? any extra precautions you can take can never hurt. I always recommend rest anyway until 30/32wks (and more if you can stand it) because it makes sense to play it safe

Angel, glad to hear Scarlett is rallying now She has done so well and should go fro. Strength to strength now lovely
Hi to everyone else, hope you're all doing ok whilst waiting for your babies to arrive

 

[HelenGee]

Shelby- good luck! Your girls will do fabulously, you've done so well, hoping for a straightforward, easy labour for you xxx

Angel -What a little trooper Scarlett is, what a gorgeous name too, she'll be home before you know it. Many moons ago, I was born at 34 weeks, and all was fine breathing-wise, it just took me a while to get the hang of feeding, from what my mum says! Good luck and thanks for keeping us posted xxx

 

[AmyLouise89]

Ive been having watery discharge past 2 days & my mother is freaking out cause I had it right before I lost last baby...is watery discharge normal? Its not like flowing out..like a slow leak enough to wet pantries.

 

[lch28]

do you feel a gush of it if you get up from lying down or anything?? i have so much discharge too, but i did go to L&D at one point because i was scared it was my waters

 

[Prayerfulmom2]

Ive been having watery discharge past 2 days & my mother is freaking out cause I had it right before I lost last baby...is watery discharge normal? Its not like flowing out..like a slow leak enough to wet pantries.

I would call or get checked ASAP just to be safe. When my water broke with my daughter it was a slow leak I felt like I was done urinating but had a few drops that wouldn't stop dropping. Not trying to scare you but always err on the side of caution . Good luck