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Incompetent Cervix - stitch/cerclage - threatened labour

Hello ladies,

Hope everyone is doing well.. :flower:
New ladies Welcome to the thread!!

Abi, Yay for 31 weeks !! I bet everything is becoming so much more real at this point.

Hope, Yay for 28 weeks! Great weight on ur LO!!

Prayer, so glad you're doing much better and that Missy is making such great progress!! :hugs:

Baby, wonderful news that the liquid around the baby has decreased a bit. Stitch removal is right around the corner for you, so happy for you sweetie!

All other ladies, hope ur doing well.

AFM, been reading and keeping up with everyone's posts just been having some discomfort in my left eye leading to mild headaches, so been trying to lay off the computer for a bit.

I've been meaning to write this, but I end up remembering once I've finished my posts (preggo brain :haha:. So ever since my last US at 28 weeks, it finally hit me that im going to be a mom. I feel like now I can begin to loosen up and bond with my baby, which I was afraid to do till that point due to all the complications. Im pretty certain most of you have felt this way at some point in your pregnancy. I love this feeling tho, Im actually talking to her more, I tell her about her new outfits and what we had for breakfast, lunch and dinner so she knows once it gets to her lol, etc. Even DH is coming around more to the thought of becoming a dad. I have 5 weeks n 2 days left on bed rest which I am anxiously counting down the days lol. Oh, before I forget, I've also been experiencing some pain in my ribs from laying on my sides, so I've been having to alternate sides a lot :cry:

Im going to post the pictures I said I would put up of DH and the scan of Audreys face. I see the resemblance between them, esp. in the lips hehe.
 

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Tink I feel the same way about bonding cant wait till im at your point maybe then I can relax some.I can see the lips too lol
 
Tink I feel the same way about bonding cant wait till im at your point maybe then I can relax some.I can see the lips too lol

After the 20 week mark, time seems to go by a lot quicker, so you'll be 30+ weeks before you know it. DH said her lips were too big lol, I had to explain that they're swollen in there as well as the fact that the picture is zoomed in by the scan lady. But she def has his lips :rofl:

How are you feeling btw??
 
Lizzie-Thank you sooo much for responding to me. It seems like you are definitely the expert to ask :) I am today 26 weeks 5 days. So slowly getting there. That makes sense what you said about the stitch and how that could hold everything in b/c the baby would need contractions to come out. I never looked at it that way. I have been drinking A TON of water and am on strict bedrest so I hope I'm doing the right things. Whats weird though is the dr said I was not funneling. So how can the cervix get shorter under the stitch? To me that would mean there was pressure of some kind, aka funneling? Aaaahhh I need to stop stressing.

One more thing..I did notice that for the last 2 mornings, when I wake up and go to the bathroom I notice like a yellow glob of mucuous when I wipe. Could that be my mucus plug? Theres no blood and I have no contractions. I read somewhere that with a stitch it is possibleto have more mucus b/c there is a foreign body in there. Also I'm wondering bc I had the transvaginal u/s the day before this started, I wonder if that made me create me mucuc too. And with being on bedrest it just comes out in the morning after lying all night. Any thoughts? I hate to call my dr bc I don't want all these tests and poking and prodding if i don't need to you know? Sorry for the long email :) :winkwink:
 
Tink im fine just get cabin fever sometimes but have a great husband calls all day when at work lol. Your daughter is going to be so cute with your and dh genes.
 
Tink im fine just get cabin fever sometimes but have a great husband calls all day when at work lol. Your daughter is going to be so cute with your and dh genes.

I agree, Tink. You guys are super cute. :winkwink:


And glad you're doing well, Day :flower:
 
Thanks shelby.how are you besides exhausted lol? Cant wait to be that way with my lil men
 
@tink you and dh are adourable and yes i see the resemblance already Audrey is a stunner.
 
Hi ladies
I had another scan yesterday and my cervix has stayed the same at 17mm.
I still need to be monitored every 2 weeks but I am pleased with the result. I was told that I have to continue with the cyclogest and that a stitch will not be done due to the fact that I had too much cervix taken away on my previous operations.
I am pleased with the result and now just wait and hope there is no change at the next scan.
 
Thanks shelby.how are you besides exhausted lol? Cant wait to be that way with my lil men

I'm great! Less exhausted now that I've figured out how to get the girls to sleep a bit longer at night (leave the lights and tv on!) so I feel wonderful. T&B are worth it all, of course. But the sleep is nice. :flower:
 
hey ladies....
first of i am so happy to find this forum.. iv been posting in other pages and iv just been ignored...xx*
i lost a baby last march @20weeks...*
only by going through this (my 2nd preg) its seems to be due to IC.. MY CERVIX was measured every 2weeks.. the highest it was 2.8mm and had dropped to 1.2mm at 26 weeks.*

i am now 33 weeks now.
i cant walk too much i feel pressure and heavyness.. babys head has been low down for weeks.i had PTL @24 & 27 weeks.. 2x doses steroids
has anyone have a cervical stitch. i have the mcdonald stitch in and gietting it removd in two weeks. i am so scared.. does it hurt? and how long after that did it take begore u went into labour.... any information would be great im really afraid.. im having nightmares... last night was i dreamed i was in labour and the doctor wouldnt remove the stitcih as it*
was too complicated so they left me there...
 
I know I'm postpartum and not IC but the other forums are not as fun. Lol. I saw missy today and she is stunning. She had her animal print sheets dad and i bought her in her crib. I fed her and changed her diaper. I held her and my milk monster fell right asleep!!! So cute. We're hoping she will be home no later than her 33rd week. She's 30 today. Her feeds are up to 10cc every 3 hrs. I'm still pumping and getting about 4 ounces each time.. Hope it's enough. I want to stockpile it and have enough for months. The nurse said bf up to 2 years really does wonders. We shall see! I have swelling in my feet still ever since surgery and I'm worried because that was 8 days ago. Mommas got work to do! I can't Stay laid up Any longer!
Contrats to all who made it another week.
Welcome new members!
Tink you guys are cute and I love the name Audrey !
Shelby, I just read your prego journal! Your hilarious chick! I loved it.
Ich, how's the feeding going ??
Hope everyone else is good.
 
Glad to hear missy is coming along great. When my son was in NICU i pumped every 4 hours i woke in the night to pump ohh my goodness and my milk really came in i kid you not i was expressing minimum 1.5 liters a day @ the peak my maximum was 3 liters a day. Well needless to say when we left NICU i had so much milk i had to buy a deep freezer and all of it did not even fit. I ended up trowing some of the milk away because he was home and i was breastfeeding him so didnt see the need for the frozen milk. I tried to donate but they could not take it. Went on craiglist and got some weird request from some men looking for a wet nurse i was like this is to much so i just threw them away. the point of this post is to pump and the supply will come in and drink lots of water. i did eat oats porrige daily i think that helped.
 
In the first few weeks after I gave birth, I pumped 2-2.5 liters a day. Now that I've got my supply under control, I consistently pump 1.5 liters a day. :thumbup:
 
SJ that's so good they stopped labor twice , amazing work at getting to 33wks , in answer to your questions I don't have personal experience but didnt want to ignore you , seems that happens to me too hehehe ;) but I have read alot because I also have a cerclage and I have spoken to my ob about similar fears , apparently you will definitely know if your in labor with a cerclage , they remove it without anaesthetic in most cases it's as simple as a speculum awkward position and a few snips and tugs n it's out ;) they won't just leave the stitch in and forget about you ok
 
I'm 26 weeks tomorrow ..... I'm going to make this ... Sigh

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Morning ladies. Pleased to hear everyone and there little ones are doing well.
Hello to the new ladies as well. This is my first tvcic pg, last was monitored so I'm not helpful for advice im afraid.
As for me, had a wobbly week. Bit of melt down on weds,combination of losing my dad,my job and so scared to lose this baby. OH and I have been starting our own business and I felt he wasn't picking up the slack enough and so I had to work hard when I really didn't want to. He's awesome emotionally,but what I needed was practical support.had been great since though. And today we see the midwife this am and baby this afternoon. :)
Think my 16 week midwife visit might be a bit pointless but didn't go last time so so feel I should go to all of them this time. I also want to ask about my coccyx which is painful.
And this afternoon hopefully get sex confirmation!

Hope you have a good day
 
Morning ladies. Pleased to hear everyone and there little ones are doing well.
Hello to the new ladies as well. This is my first tvcic pg, last was monitored so I'm not hear for advice km afraid.
Administration, had a wobbly week. Bit of melt down on weds,combination of losing my dad,my job and so scared to lose this baby. Oh and I have been starting our own business and I felt he wasn't picking up the slack enough and so I had to work hard when I really didn't want to. He's awesome emotionally,but what I needed was practical support.had been great since though. And today we see ghetto midwife this am and baby this afternoon. :)
Think my 16 week midwife visit might be a bit pointless but didn't go last time so so feel I should go to all this time.also want to ask about my coccyx which is painful.
And this afternoon hopefully get get confirmation!

Hope you have a good day
I've prayed for you. Feel better
 

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