Incompetent Cervix - stitch/cerclage - threatened labour

[lizziedripping]

Tink, Baby, Agi, everyone - you all ok? Agi, I'd say a 9Iber at least! The bigger the better in my book lol xxx

 

[sweetbuthyper]

I'm doing good 2 weeks post stitch now , had a rough weekend went to see my grandma and the car journey home was very painful sat upright to long with a full bladder i think but fine now, and glad i went as means i don't feel so bad not going again til little one is born.

hes being very active now and kicking harder which is reassuring midwife next week just to listen in as next week is when i will panic most i think being around the same weeks pregnant as i lost my first.

 

[chocolatecat]

crossing my fingers for you wunder xxx

 

[DAYDAY24]

Ladies in hospital was having pains and pressure cervix still closed and remaining at .7. Babies are weight are 1.3 and 1.4

 

[Tink_0123]

Wunderful breathe easy Hun. Baby is cooked just needs to fatten up. He/she can do that in or outside of you Hun. Job well done and hopefully they can slow the arrival down. Praying for you!
Hope wow time is flying girl!
Agiboma don't know what you're eating but keep it coming! Baby's weight is great!
Tink hang in there. You have to make it term for the both of us! Lol
Twinkle hope all goes/is well
Ich? How's the little big guy?
Shelby, I know your loving those girls. Never knew how people managed with 2!!!
Afm missy is great. 3 pounds 10.5 ounces. Doing well. She's 33 weeks and technically 1 month old Thursday hope she's home soon!

Im glad Missy is doing so well and gaining weight quickly. She'll be home sooner than you think hun!!
My current goal is 37 weeks, although ill be off bed rest at 36 weeks, I want to get the things I havent gotten and finalize everything without overdoing it tho, even if it means going to the store and riding in a cart around the store lol.

 

[Tink_0123]

Tink, Baby, Agi, everyone - you all ok? Agi, I'd say a 9Iber at least! The bigger the better in my book lol xxx

Hey Lizzie, Im good, just counting down the days till im off bed rest which is 18 days away.. yay!! Just looking forward to getting a few more weeks in at this point. Got a scan last week, my little girl was weighing 4 lbs 9 oz and looking great and happy in there.

Hope you're doing well..

 

[Tink_0123]

Ladies in hospital was having pains and pressure cervix still closed and remaining at .7. Babies are weight are 1.3 and 1.4

Hope you're feeling better hun! Just a few more days till V-day for you! The babies are weighing great. Just rest as much as you can hun... Sending you lots of

 

[Tink_0123]

Wunderful, glad they were able to stop your labor. Hoping you get a few more weeks in, you and your baby will be in my thoughts. Rest as much as possible and keep yourself hydrated sweetie

 

[TLM21]

Lizzie thanks always for your reassuring words, I think about your twins and feel like I can get to 38 weeks too
now at almost 25 weeks still counting the hours and days to get to 28 and much further. the doc did say that at 28 weeks the baby will block the canal making it more difficult.for the membranes to bulge out.

 

[Agiboma]

Ummmm how soon after you guys delivered did your monthly return? I'm upset... I think it's back already! Uggg missy is barely a month old!!!

Mine took forever 18 months but i was bfing so im not sure why it took so long.

 

[Prayerfulmom2]

Ummmm how soon after you guys delivered did your monthly return? I'm upset... I think it's back already! Uggg missy is barely a month old!!!

Mine took forever 18 months but i was bfing so im not sure why it took so long.

Oyyyy! Lucky you. I'm pumping gallons and I think it's back... Exactly 28 days! Smh

 

[Agiboma]

^^^^ WOW my period outside of pregnancy is sometimes irregular after i had my son i was thinking it would never come back.

 

[Firehol]

Ummmm how soon after you guys delivered did your monthly return? I'm upset... I think it's back already! Uggg missy is barely a month old!!!

Mine took forever 18 months but i was bfing so im not sure why it took so long.

Oyyyy! Lucky you. I'm pumping gallons and I think it's back... Exactly 28 days! Smh

I got mine right after I finished breastfeeding (8 months) Bf usually keeps it away, that's one of the perks!!

 

[baby_maybe]

Lizzie - I'm ok thanks, wondering when this little man is going to make an appearance 38+2 and counting! lol Have another appointment with the consultant next week, which will be to discuss induction or if I'm not favourable then an elective section. Wish I could just hold on for nature to take its course, but I can barely walk or breathe and I'm not sleeping well at all. Consultant says its because of the fluid being high. Ive gotten to the point now where he just really needs to come out!

 

[Twinkle 3]

Thank you lizzie for the advice

I'm really worrying lately about whether my stitch will get me to term. Im 15weeks at the minute, a week after the stitch. I feel like I'm at such a crucial stage because if I go into labour now nothing will be done and the baby is so far away from viability. I'm praying I make it to atleast 24weeks, which is my first aim... Then second aim is to make it to 29 weeks and IF I do I will be so happy and relaxed. Every pain or ache I get lately I panic that's it's the onset of something such as labour or my stitch coming out. I keep getting aches and pains in my back and stomach but nothing constant. It's mainly at night or when I'm sat down so I think it might be the position I sit/lay in.... But I'm scared it's labour and I'm not recognising the signs (I know I'm paranoid lol) I just really hope I can come out of this with a healthy live baby as this pregnancy is my last attempt. I really can't go through another loss I just keep trying to think positive.

I'm also looking for anyway possible to keep this baby in as long as possible, so if any of you have any tips, I'm open to ideas. Such as iv heard live yogurt is good as it keeps your "lady bits" free from infection. Iv also heard folic acid prevents preterm birth aswel when taken every day.

I am a bit confused on how much phsyical activity i can safely do aswel, I havnt been told to rest or been given any restrictions on what I can and can't do. Im trying to rest as much as possible and I don't go out much as I daren't walk a lot. What activity can I safely do? I daren't even put a load of washing in the washer as I feel achey after iv done housework... Think I'm paranoid again lol x

Oh God Twinkle, I remember this terror so well, its vile I was particularly bad at around 15wks too. The stitch was in but I felt sooo crampy and lay each night on the settee crying to myself that I'd never make it. If someone had said at that point I'd still be waiting for their arrival at 38wks plus I'd never have believed it! 28wks seemed a goal impossibly far away so 38wks was a ridiculous fantasy I dreamt about from time to time.

Sweetie, listen good to this. At 13wks with twins and before the stitch, I believe I was a few weeks away from miscarrying them. I had begun to lose bits of mucus plug, had constant tightenings, and had period cramps similar to the beginnings of labour. I was already measuring the same as a singleton lady of 18wks and my cervix was quite literally giving way! The boys were huge and by 21wks my uterus was already carrying the equivalent of a 32wk singleton. My scan at that stage revealed a cervix which was firmly closed and 'long enough' however. At 25wks it had funneled to the stitch but remained that way for another 13wks all the way to term. I could barely believe it when I made 36wks with no sign of labour, it was a dream come true.

My advice - listen to your body, if housework triggers cramps then don't do it sweetie. Its likely that you ache more and have an irritable uterus purely because the stitch is there. In the majority of women this doesn't lead to ptl, nor does the stitch fail, but why take that chance? Move around, but don't do anything remotely vigorous. When you feel a strain lie down for as long as it takes for that feeling to pass and then some. I could have been more active, but with twins chose not to chance it - we'll never know if that's what made the difference but I'm relieved now that I did it.

You will feel a whole host of aches, pains and tightenings - some of which are normal for everyone, some of which are made worse by the presence of the stitch. You must feel confident that the stitch will do its job, but take sensible precautions to give it a helping hand. I have said so many times to hundreds of women here that it is totally possible to make term, and the majority have done so, much to their amazement. Every one of them has been where you are, and each one has come back and said they can't believe they're now waiting for baby to come at at 36, 37, and 38wks and beyond. That WILL be you in a few months time honey, so keep the faith and tick each week off with cautious optimism as you go

Thankyou Lizzie so much for that peice of advice it has helped me so much to try and think positive just hearing that you felt the same as I do now is comforting, also with you making it to 38weeks (with twins!) gives me a hope that I can make it. When you said that you felt like 38 weeks was a ridiculous fantasy you dreamt about. That's exactly how I feel, I find myself saying "when I have my stitch out..." but then thinking oh gosh I don't think I'll even make it that far. I'm hoping and praying I make it to 28/29 weeks then I'll be happy (not to have a baby in special care but to just have a baby alive and i know babies do well at 29weeks) Every day that goes by I'm just so thankful to still be pregnant..but I do find comfort and positive thinking in your advice I think I just need reassuring a lot after what happend last time, also I think I have a little bit of paranoia which is understandable as it isn't even a year ago I lost my little boy at 22weeks. I really do hope that I will be one of those women waiting for my baby to come at 36+weeks like you said x

 

[Twinkle 3]

Bet your so excited baby maybe for your little boy (sorry to hear your uncomfortable) do you have a name for him yet?x

 

[Twinkle 3]

Also wunderful hope your doing ok today

 

[baby_maybe]

Yep sure do, his name is Ruben

 

[Twinkle 3]

Aww that's a lovely name I think boys names are so hard to choose, I can pick a girls name instantly but not a boys. Anyways I hope you have your little one soon you'll have to keep us all updated which I'm sure you will... I Hope I'm in your shoes soon at full term!

 

[Hope2302]

@ wunderful, how is it going? In my thoughts
@ prayerful, thx Hun. Missy is doing well, hoping she is in her cot at home in no time.
@ agiboma, I look at you ticker and it seems like you are moving so fast. Wow 34 weeks! That's my new milestone by God!s grace
@ tink, wow is all I can say with no cerclage.
@ shelby and iCh, how are the babies?
@ baby, hoping with u that he is here soon. Ruben is a lovely name. Actually considered that name but decided to go with something else.
@ twinkle, I am keeping everything crossed that you get to 24 weeks and beyond.

I hope everyone else is doing so well. We IC ladies rock! Everyone is such an inspiration and so strong. Being grateful for each passing day and each milestone reached. Wishing us all positive outcomes with healthy babies at the end of our pregnancies.