Incompetent Cervix - stitch/cerclage - threatened labour

[Agiboma]

congrats wunderful

 

[TLM21]

hello ladies I was just wondering I had a little sweet smell in my urine and wanted to know if it's normal, I usually do the test in the Dr's office to check for sugar in urine every 2 weeks and it comes out negative. I know it's tmi, but I don't want to worry about anything else...

 

[Hope2302]

Am glad for you wonderful!x

 

[sweetbuthyper]

choco- i do have a stitch was placed on wedsnesday as emergancy as was funelling and dropped to 2.6cm on tuesdays scan. Apparently i was very short when the stitch went in but not sure what the actual lenght was but i do gave the shirodkar rather than the mcdonald as far as am aware that was the plan and i haven't been told differently.

just waiting for midwife to appear she will be here at some point today to check my blood pressure hoping its stable or at least within normal, i would like to stay on the nifedapene if i can as they appear to be working. but will see what the consultant says on tuesday.

ooo and its half way day today i'm 20 weeks happy but will be happier when i get to v day.

 

[Twinkle 3]

Hi everyone. its nice to see your all doing well and theres alot of positivity on this thread at the moment with births, stitches been removed, successful stitches been placed and goals been made hope this continues.

im just after any advice once again... sorry for all the questions.

i am ready for my stitch to be placed tomorrow...im very nervous but excited at the thought my little baby will have a chance at surviving. i am unfortunatly Group B Strep pos and just wondering if any one is the same? im scared the gbs is going to be present tomorrow and its going to infect my stitch ot even worse infect my uterus causing complications... should i ask for IV antibiotics during stitch placement just to be on the safe side? i have tried to research this but had no luck just found horror stories on google. which really arnt helping this close to the stitch placement. i have read further back on this thread and there seems to be some women that was on here a few years ago with the same problem but i cant find how they went on. can any one help? i know lizzie might be able to help as shes been on this thread from.the start xx

 

[sweetbuthyper]

I had iv antibiotic during surgery anyway consultant wanted them even tho no infection seen so its possible they will do them anyway to be on the safe side. try not to worry your doctors know what they are doing and will do everything they can to keep you and baby safe, i would mention that you are gbs so if they haven't noticed on your notes they know but really try not to worry x

 

[Twinkle 3]

thankyou sweetbuthyper youv calmed my nerves abit im also in the uk so.hopefully ill get placed on IV antibiotics same as you. i think i worry due to the unknown. i try to think to think positive but never works lol. hope your recovering well from your stitch x

 

[sweetbuthyper]

glad i could help, yeah i'm recovering well its 4 days post op and i feel back to normal, still worried but thats not going to go till this boy is fully cooked , are you having spinal its really not as bad as i thought it would be i was in tears terrifed before going down but i was fine in surgery and i have a sezuire disorder where i fit if i get too stress and not one fit was quiet relaxed they played music in the background and i had the anesitist or her assistant by my side at all times updating me on progress and checking i was ok, i did feel sick at 1 point coz they tipped me and my blood pressure dropped but they gave me meds and i was fine after, also if you can feel anything let them know they will give you pain killers, and they will wrap you in hot towels and blankets to keep warm.

the spinal feels like when you get dead legs coz you sat on them and they go tingly its normal to feel a pins and needles sensation when they touch you x

 

[sweetbuthyper]

ooo and also shaking/ shivering is a normal side effect of the spinal i was worried but apparently its common, but they will keep checking if you are warm enough and if ou do feel cold let them know.

 

[Twinkle 3]

happy to know your recovering well fingers crossed you make it to full term! thankyou for all that info thats so helpful. its made me feel so much better about tomorrow. i am having a spinal and thats the thing i am so worried about. i tend to panic easy so im hoping i can keep calm. atleast now i know what to expect and whats normal thankyou to you did you have to stop in over night? iv been told its a possibility depending on how i am x

 

[sweetbuthyper]

I did stop over night infact i was told by the consultant it was likley i would be in for two nights but doctors decided since i had no bleeding and they had got the contractions i had on the wednesday after my stitch under control with meds that i could go home, i have the midwife out daily at the min because one of the drugs i'm on can make blood pressure drop so they are keeping an eye on it.

I would take stuff as if you are staying in for the night and treat it as such and if you are let out early its a bonus. They keep you in to monitor for bleeds, waters breaking and contractions, also to monitor baby if all of those are fine they will release you.

ps they will go through all the risks before you go down to surgery scared the hell out of me but they have to do it, try not to panic and just remember they have to tell everyone the risks and they really are the worst case senorios.

 

[sweetbuthyper]

also i was only in recovery for about 20 minutes and they get the midwife ( or did in my case) who was looking after you on the ward before the op to come down and stay with you til they are ready for you to go back up. I had numb legs for about 4 hours but it started to wear off in blocks from 2 hours on wards. they will want a catheter in to start once you have feelin in you legs and can stand you should be able to get it out they will also want to make sure you can wee on your own before you can leave. the order of my feeling coming back was stomach, tops of legs, bum, and then bottom of legs. it feels odd having awake parts between numb bits but its normal.

 

[baby_maybe]

Twinkle, I'm gbs too and I didn't have any antibiotics during stitch placement or after. If you'd like some though, ask your consultant and see what their procedure is where you are.

Good luck for tomorrow

 

[Agiboma]

@ baby look at you pretty much term congrats!!!!

 

[Twinkle 3]

Thankyou sweetbuthyper and baby maybe, i feel so much calmer now after hearing your experience. It has helped me so much, im the type of person who needs to know every detail about a procedure of ill panic about the unknown and after reading of your experience i know ill be feeling alot better about what tomorrow has to bring. I was really hoping not to have a catheter in place but it sounds as though it didnt bother you much ill have to let you know how i get on hopefully all will go well x

 

[sweetbuthyper]

the catherter gave me no bother until i got feeling back as that area was one of the last to come back then i had a burning sensation i told them and they assessed the feeling in my legs and then took it out as i could walk. They put it in once i was numb, infact i didn't even realise it was in till they checked it when i was on the ward so i wouldn't worry it shouldn't bother you at all and by the time it becomes annoying they should be able to remove it.

 

[TLM21]

twinkle reading sweet's posts regarding stitch placement just took me back, even though we are in different parts of the world. my ob had mentioned the antibiotics, so I kept reminding the nurses as I was nervous. for them is s simple.procedure and you will be out before you know it. I was terrified of the spinal as I had a complication last year with it when they did a d & c only happens to 1% of the population, go figure... but this time around it was completely different and had no problems. I did go home the same day, after about 6 hours, but that's procedure here. you will b and be fine and will be happy stitch are in. u

congratulations to everyone making it one day further, each day we are all closer to a healthy baby!
it will feel so strange three day I'm not counting days our even hours...;-)

 

[baby_maybe]

Oh forgot to say I went home the same day and I never had a catheter in. I was thinking about asking for one but actually I was fine to get up and use the toilet by the time I needed to go

 

[Hope2302]

Hi everyone. its nice to see your all doing well and theres alot of positivity on this thread at the moment with births, stitches been removed, successful stitches been placed and goals been made hope this continues.

im just after any advice once again... sorry for all the questions.

i am ready for my stitch to be placed tomorrow...im very nervous but excited at the thought my little baby will have a chance at surviving. i am unfortunatly Group B Strep pos and just wondering if any one is the same? im scared the gbs is going to be present tomorrow and its going to infect my stitch ot even worse infect my uterus causing complications... should i ask for IV antibiotics during stitch placement just to be on the safe side? i have tried to research this but had no luck just found horror stories on google. which really arnt helping this close to the stitch placement. i have read further back on this thread and there seems to be some women that was on here a few years ago with the same problem but i cant find how they went on. can any one help? i know lizzie might be able to help as shes been on this thread from.the start xx

I did have IV too during my emergency stitch. All the best tomorrow and here is hoping and praying for everything to go smoothly.

 

[Hope2302]

ooo and also shaking/ shivering is a normal side effect of the spinal i was worried but apparently its common, but they will keep checking if you are warm enough and if ou do feel cold let them know.

I didn't know shivering was a side effect that explains it because I was quite calm all through but couldn't stop shivering