Incompetent Cervix - stitch/cerclage - threatened labour

[Agiboma]

@prayerful wonderful said it best. Most likely no or minimum breathing support, NICU and level 2 nursery stay should not be too long.

As for me just came back from my OB appointment and it looks like i got preeclamsia again in addition to teh GD ill know by thursday or so. Really does not surprise me as i got both gd and preeclamsia @ 19 weeks last time around, in addition to my IC which seems to be well controilled this time around. Cervix is over 4cm long and closed. Hoping I can control this pre eclamsia and gd for 7 more weeks.

 

[ShelbyLC]

Prayerful - don't feel bad about wanting it over! The last 2 weeks of my pregnancy were basically spent with me crying in the hospital, begging the doctors to deliver me. I will warn you - if you take yourself off of bed rest, go into labor, and get put into the hospital, the doctors will try everything they can to keep that baby inside you, no matter what. They will want to give you Ibuprofen for 48 hours. They will want to give you Magnesium. They will tell you that you can't get out of bed to use the toilet and must instead use a bedpan. They will make you stay hooked to the monitors 24/7 and they will only deliver your baby when your baby's pretty much halfway out! (That's an exaggeration of course, but they refused to deliver me until I was at the point where delivery was imminent anyway. So if your labor stalls like mine did, there won't be anything anyone can or will do for you.

With that being said - my one piece of advice: remember your right to say no to any treatment. I'm not telling you to refuse any of the things they will want to try, but I am telling you that if you want to, you can. Also, if you do refuse treatment, the doctors and nurses will not agree with you, and I actually had a really bad time with that - many of the nurses were downright mean to me for refusing medications.

And I'll warn you of one other thing - for the first week or so after the girls were born, I absolutely hated myself. As much as I wanted the pregnancy to be over, the minute I first saw them, I cried. I felt so guilty. When they were in the NICU, every time they had an IV moved or they had a blood test done, I cried. I blamed myself, and I still do really, because I can't help but wonder if there was anything else I could have - or should have - done to stay pregnant longer. I felt (and still feel sometimes) like I traded my pain for theirs.

As for the NICU stay itself - it wasn't bad. They were in the intensive care side of the NICU for 2 1/2 weeks and then the special care nursery for 4 1/2 weeks. Tegan was in the NICU for 51 days and Britton for 54. How well each baby does really just depends. My girls' lives were never in danger but they do have some eye problems (which the doctors thing will get better over time) and Britton had a heart rate drop at home today. So it really isn't something predictable. But, generally, 28+ weekers do pretty well.

 

[Tink_0123]

Abigoma, great news about ur CL. Not so great that u have to add pre e to the mix now. I do hope it remains under control like u said for at least 7 more weeks. FX hun.

 

[Firehol]

Ich. Good luck and fingers crossed. Looks like its a slow one. At least your not in pain with each contraction.
Amber was back to back so I felt it every 2 blimin minutes for 20 hours!!
Hopefully your little man will be out quicker than that!! X

 

[lch28]

I am 8 cm . He is back to back and not engaging enough

 

[ShelbyLC]

Will they let you up to move around? There's a hands-and-knees position you can get into to see if baby will flip. Maybe ask the nurses? Someone might know?

Sorry you've had to wait so long. But 8cm! Not long now, I hope!

how are you holding up mentally? Doing okay?

 

[Agiboma]

i hope not much longer Ich
as for me i forgot to mention LO is 3pounds 5 ounces Yeahhh.

 

[ShelbyLC]

i hope not much longer Ich
as for me i forgot to mention LO is 3pounds 5 ounces Yeahhh.

Great weight!

 

[Prayerfulmom2]

Going to l and d ... Spotting

 

[Agiboma]

ohh my g-d prayerful sending you positive energy oooo!!!!!!

 

[wunderful78]

Hope your ok prayerful ... Wonder how ich has gotten on ? L

 

[Hope2302]

@ prayerful, sorry you are having all this pain! Wishing u strength and praying for u!
@ iCh,not too long to go. Can't wait to hear the good news.
@ agiboma. Baby is a good size but shame about the pre eclampsia, I do hope it won't spiral out of control
Hope the rest of us ladies are doing fine and u too Alliko?

 

[baby_maybe]

Hope everythings ok prayerful

lch - I hope you have that little boy in your arms now and if not very soon

 

[DAYDAY24]

Have anatomy scan today so nervous

 

[Tink_0123]

Day, best of luck today on ur scan

Prayer, worried about u.. Hope everything is ok

Abigoma, thats an awesome weight for ur LO.

Ich, hope everything has finally progressed n u have ur baby in ur arms.

All other ladies, hope ur doing ok ill b chiming in later. Its 6:30 am here, going back to sleep since the progesterone makes me drowsy this early. to all

 

[Agiboma]

Hi all,

@ prayerful i hope your back home and resting
@Ich i hope LO has arrived and you are enjoying him already
@ Aliko how are you holding up hun
@ dayday GL today with the scan

As for me i have my appointment with the internist doctor tommorrow along with a grocery list of blood test for my GD and pre eclamsia. But my spirits are still up i've had friends that have been in teh same situation and they went to term, only 7 weeks to go that's what i keep telling myself.

Hope everyone else is holding up just fine.

 

[Prayerfulmom2]

Labor and delivery sent me home last night. They didn't see bleeding with a speculum. FFN came back positive but dr thinks its a false positive because of the pinkish blood and slight discharge. They put me on the monitor and I was indeed having true contractions but they were irregular. I just came from my Ob and he wrote for Vicodin for bad pain. He said if it continues he could admit me to be sedated so I can get some rest. My cervix is closed but I think there is nothing left because all they feel is the stitch. They tested and my water wasn't broken. I passed my glucose tolerance test, 79. My labs were good too. I asked when he was going to deliver me and be said 39 weeks if I make it there. He said I could walk around more too if it helps with the pain. I'll try to rest so u might not here from me much. Sorry I just some rest. I hope you ladies are alright and continue to do well xx ill be reading though. I won't abandon you guys, you guys have been very supportive.

 

[DAYDAY24]

Just got back two boys 10oz each but cervix went down some more 1.7 i dont know what to do

 

[ShelbyLC]

Just got back two boys 10oz each but cervix went down some more 1.7 i dont know what to do

Congratulations! Don't stress too much about your cervix. Easier said than done, I know, but I stayed stable at 1.0 for 5 weeks. Just rest and relax and enjoy those two little boys of yours.

 

[june2013]

I hope you all are doing well today, I really like reading this thread, you ladies all seem incredibly supportive of one another!

I am getting a bit frustrated today as I have yet to hear from my midwifes. Originally on Friday I was told by the radiologist at the US that my midwife would contact me to set up another scan date and an appointment with an OB, I thought I would hear from them yesterday but got nothing, and still have heard nothing today. My biggest fear is that they will wait 3-4 weeks to do another scan and cervix measurement (as I know the hospital here has a 1-2 month waiting list for scan appointments) and from what I've been reading from you all it seems as though the cervix can change very quickly. Keeping my fingers crossed that they will call me at some point today.

I have a question for you all that may seem a bit silly. This is my first pregnancy so I was unsure of how it feels to be pregnant and for the past few weeks I have felt very heavy, I can't really describe it but it just seems like when I'm walking and standing everything is pushing down and feels very heavy down there. I also feel a lot of movement but it has all been very low, sometimes it feels like the baby is kicking down even. I thought this was all normal (and maybe it is), but now since being told about the shortened cervix I'm wondering if these are signs of that as well. Is this something I should bring up with the midwife or is this just how it feels to be pregnant?

@Tink-Thanks for the information and advice. It's great to hear that the bed rest and progesterone are working for you!
@Shelby-Your girls are so beautiful! And the cat is very cute too!!
@Alliko-Good to hear you've made it another day, your spirits seem to be very well too considering what you must be feeling right now. Good for you for remaining confident.
@lch-Hope your labour has gone, or is still going, well. Very exciting to be so close.

I am keeping you all in my prayers for safe and long pregnancies!