Massive congrats Hopeful
Fab weight as well for 37ish wks, you did so well. Make sure to take care of yourself too now that the whole pregnancy journey is over, its so easy to forget yourself once bubs has arrived
Shelby, the girls are such poppets
Tegan is really looking like her Momma, though you probably can't see it yourself. Beautiful girls, thanks for posting xxx
Prayer - with a stitch that's a whole different ball game. It would have been surprising if you hadn't funneled to the stitch sweetie given your history and that this was an emergency cerclage. Ich is experiencing a similar pattern to you, albeit later on in her pregnancy. Please try not to panic hun. This isn't an ideal scenario, but funneling and shortening is to be expected with IC and doesn't usually mean imminent stitch failure.
Your real enemy now is less the 'silent' funneling, but more any contractions you might be having. It is possible that this whole process has caused irritability and contractions to creep in, but unless you're feeling fairly regular, painful tightenings/crampings then the stitch will hold and its unlikely any further significant changes will occur before you've reached a decent gestation.
With Evie I had pretty painful contractions for several days, accompanied by lots of bleeding until she was eventually born less than 10 days after stitch placement. It was progressive and there was no doubting that I was in ptl almost immediately after the emergency stitch had gone in.
With the twins I had lots of irregular, painless tightenings, didn't feel 'right' at all from 10 thru 28wks and was plagued by dodgy aches and pains which felt like the early stages of a failing and weak cervix. Symptoms definitely do not correlate with cervical status in my experience, so it's impossible to know how every IC pregnancy will progress on that alone. So too funneling and length rarely determine how long a pregnancy will last - there seem to be no hard and fast rules. Upshot is, I can't offer guarantees that everything will be ok for you my darlin', but neither is this 'game over' either - and there have been dozens more women in your position make it than don't. Particularly encouraging is that you are already 5wks post stitch - emergency stitch failure typically occurring sooner rather than later as it did with me.
I have typed out this exact same message hundreds of times before to women like yourself, fearful and convinced its over. Thankfully, time and time again they have been wrong (I have been one of those women too
) Try to rest, remain positive and don't lose hope. It's scary and unpredictable, but there is every chance this will all come good. Thoughts and prayers with you tonight
Ps - hope all that made sense, I get a bit 'blah' late at night lol
xxx
Sorry Prayer and Tink that your news wasn't positive today 
Both girls are now on full feeds with no more IV nutrition! 
