Incompetent Cervix - stitch/cerclage - threatened labour

[Tink_0123]

Hey Ladies,

Just popping in to say Hello :wave:..

Hope, OMG! 39 weeks, thats amazing. I was 2-3 cm at 38 weeks and if it wasn't for my bp going up I would've probably lasted longer. Its true what you say, we spend our whole pregnancy prepping for baby to arrive early and then we manage to get to this point and we are just beyond anxious to meet our babies. You'll get to meet yours very soon

Wunderful & Sweet, How are your babies doing??

Shelby, as usual the girls are precious!

Prayer, Missy is doing wonderfully from what I can see in the picture. Hope you're doing good as well.

Audrey and I are both doing well. At her last weigh in on Wednesday she weighed 7 lbs 13 oz. She loves to eat, last night woke me up every 1.5-2 hours to have 2.5-3 oz. I'm mostly giving her formula since I didn't have much breast milk to begin with, besides as much as she eats I wouldn't have been able to keep things up. I do have some pictures to post, but havent had a chance to upload them, but I'm planning on posting them soon tho.

I hope you ladies are doing well. You're all doing great cooking those precious babies!!

 

[jadey_fae]

Morning lovely ladies. How is everyone?
Twinkle - I feel for u with the ligament pain. I am suffering too. My belt arrived yesterday and it really is helping with that. I find that the less active I am the more it hurts later in the day. Are u getting leg cramps at night also?
My belt is a heavy duty belt LOL. It's from 3m direct. I highly recommend it I felt a bit of relief from the pressure immediately! It is also definitely helping with the ligament pain.

 

[wunderful78]

Hi guys just checking in

Hoping everyone is ok

My boy gets to come home in a few days everything is going well I will try to figure out how to post pictures on this thread
Thanks so much for everyone's support and for just being here to chat and share with

 

[jadey_fae]

That's great news. can't wait to see pics

 

[lizziedripping]

I have a daft question and I know it sounds silly but I'm worried, I am in my danger zone as you all know, I'm counting down to 24weeks. I have had a cold for 3days now and I sneeze constantly through out the day. I sneeze that hard that its painful and I can't help it but I sneeze about 3-4times in a row, I read on the dreaded google (I know you shouldn't)
But I read that sneezing can irritate your stitch and put pressure on the cervix do you all think I'll be ok? It's on the worst week aswel that it could happen. I just want to get to 24 weeks and beyond. I feel as though everything's always against me

I'll just add that the baby wriggles a lot after some of the sneezes which results in him kicking low down on my cervix

Hey hun, coughs, sneezes, 'o's' and all things of that nature are nowhere near strong or sustained enough to affect your stitch or cervix. The expanding uterus and baby weight are far more stressful on it hun, and if it is holding up to date then these minor additional and very fleeting strains are inconsequential. Feel better soon xxx

 

[lizziedripping]

Just a bit curious -- when does the sticth come out for you guys?? Do you have a plan? My consultant usually does it as 34 weeks but was wondering if this the same for others..............obs not if I go into pre term labour..........

Shanny - stitch usually comes out at 34wks for twins and 37 for singles. I'd push for them to leave it til as late as possible so long as everything is progressing well xx

 

[lizziedripping]

Prayer, Missy is gorgeous Don't worry about tummy sleeping hun. In hospital they actually lay them prone because it is so much better for oxygen uptake and lung growth. Evie was very distressed on her back and her sats would immediately drop. I took to propping her on her side with rolls of blankets supporting her legs and back overnight. During the day when I could keep an eye on her I let her sleep on her tummy. I would roll one blanket against her back, another at the front and one between her legs in the recovery position? Hope that makes sense xx

 

[lizziedripping]

Hope - so excited for you We're away this week so wishing you all the best if baby decides to be born any time soon lol xxx

 

[Hope2302]

@ tink, I really can't wait to meet him. How is Audrey?
@ wunderful, good to know ur lil one is coming home soon. Bet you can't wait.
Thanks lizzie! Hope you all have a lovely time

 

[Hope2302]

@ Tlm, how is the pressure? 8 weeks to go, amazing!
@ Jessie mum, pink sparkle, how are you ladies doing Too?
@ sweet, how is ur lil man too?
@ twinkle, almost reaching the big milestone. Couldn't be more pleased for you.

 

[Hope2302]

Dr is thinking of inducing next week as I would want her to be there as we have a good relationship and she's been of tremendous help all through this journey. She is going away in my 40th and 41st week but I wouldn't want to miss out or be in hospital for my daughter's bday on fri. My doctor wants to do it anytime from Wednesday so it's a huge decision to make but I am leaning towards refusing. Any thots ladies?

I also know there is a possibility of labour on the days I am trying to avoid. A dilemma for me.

 

[TLM21]

hello everyone
thanks for asking hope, pressure has eased thank God. I have an appointment
tomorrow so I will get a scan and see baby's position.
that is some tough decision you have, who would be there in labor with you if the your Dr is not? anyone you know? I still don't know how I feel about induction... I guess is necessary sometimes.
any decision you make, it will be with your maternal instinct and will be the best, you will see.
I'm counting my days, trying to get up from bed a little more, finally started to paint baby's room, well my husband. my mom got a few baby items so it's good. don't dare to leave the house yet, maybe after stitch removal... haven't done much other shopping kinda waiting til baby is born to go myself....
hugs

 

[Pink_Sparkle]

@ Tlm, how is the pressure? 8 weeks to go, amazing!
@ Jessie mum, pink sparkle, how are you ladies doing Too?
@ sweet, how is ur lil man too?
@ twinkle, almost reaching the big milestone. Couldn't be more pleased for you.

Im doing ok thanks! Nervous...But trying to keep positive! Im just thankful for everyday that passes. We've got 15 days until V day and im praying we make it. I think im googling too much....As much as ive seen really positive stories that help me keep the faith, I keep seeing storys with sad outcomes which make me wobble and think that nothing is set in stone....anything could happen.

I just gotta keep calm and keep cooking the best I can!

Hope you are well xx

 

[Hope2302]

@ Tlm, how is the pressure? 8 weeks to go, amazing!
@ Jessie mum, pink sparkle, how are you ladies doing Too?
@ sweet, how is ur lil man too?
@ twinkle, almost reaching the big milestone. Couldn't be more pleased for you.

Im doing ok thanks! Nervous...But trying to keep positive! Im just thankful for everyday that passes. We've got 15 days until V day and im praying we make it. I think im googling too much....As much as ive seen really positive stories that help me keep the faith, I keep seeing storys with sad outcomes which make me wobble and think that nothing is set in stone....anything could happen.

I just gotta keep calm and keep cooking the best I can!

Hope you are well xx

I am fine. Lots of anticipation but nothing a little patience can't handle.15 days will be here before you know it and hoping you get way beyond that and google is not your friend, stay away

@ Tlm, good to know you are a bit more mobile and making progress with baby's nursery.

 

[sweetbuthyper]

Zacs doing well, off the tpn feed now and on 5ml of breast milk an hour when we left the hospital may be more now, was back on the lights for jaundice as his levels had started to creep back up but hopefully wont be on them long, still on cpap they put him on oxygen last night coz his levels were dropping but hes been on air today, he keeps opening his mouth to sleep and letting all the pressure out. holding his temp well today. other than that much the same has dropped weight but is to be expected, just wanting time to pass quickly now til he can come home.

Afm i'm doing ok expressing is going ok i get 30ml ever 3hours which is more than enough for him and i have a stash at the hospital in the freezer, had a mini melt down this morning but am ok now its just hormones, i hate seeing him full of wires and stuff its hard, added to that expressing every 3 hours means little sleep it takes around an hour to express each time. I know its all for him and worth it but it just all seemed to much this morning i'm sure it will get a little easier with time or at least i hope so.

 

[shanny]

When my daughter Holly was born at 33 weeks I expressed for a month until she was big enough to breastfeed and take home. I felt like a human cow as I was using the hospital electric pump. Like you sweet, getting up to pump and losing sleep etc it was hard but as Ihad no other children at the time manageable. After 2 weeks I came home and then pumped at home. Any extra milk was frozen -- one day I left 4 full bottles at home - and drove the hour to hospital-- I was mad all that effort and lost sleep!! Luckily my neighbour put it in the freezer for me so all was not lost!!!!!!!!!!! It was all worth it though.....................

 

[lizziedripping]

Hi Sweet, hang in there sweetie. The NIcU is a draining journey which at times seems impossible to get through As for expressing 3hrly, I definitely didn't and still managed to keep up my supply for 6mths until Evie fed direct from the breast herself. I expressed at 8am, 12pm, 4pm and 8pm and midnight. I would have found the daily hospital visits and taking care of my 2yr old so much harder if I had then been expressing through the night too. Of course not every woman would manage to maintain a supply on my regime, but it is possible - note how I did it last thing at night and first thing in the morning so just missed effectively one 'feed' during the night. I got well over a pint at each sitting. Worth thinking about honey if youre struggling

 

[faibel]

Quick question - I'm 4 days post stitch and today i've had to do slightly more i.e school run ( not excessive as I drive but def more walking and standing than I have been doing) and I've notice a lot of pressure in my 'back passage'!! Is this normal? I'm not constipated...yet but thats what it feels like. Have I done too much??

 

[Pink_Sparkle]

Quick question - I'm 4 days post stitch and today i've had to do slightly more i.e school run ( not excessive as I drive but def more walking and standing than I have been doing) and I've notice a lot of pressure in my 'back passage'!! Is this normal? I'm not constipated...yet but thats what it feels like. Have I done too much??

It depends how easy you were told to take it after your stitch - mines was an emergency one so im on strict bedrest but some girls get them just after first tri as a preventative measure and can pretty much carry on as normal.

Im not too sure about the pressure? Maybe your needing a bowel movement soon? Or its wind? xx

 

[Twinkle 3]

thankyou lizzie and cw for the advice on my cold and sneezing. its good to know it wont affect my stitch im paranoid of something going wrong.

hope everyones ok.

sweet:
glad to hear zac is doing well. i couldnt keep up the expressing milk with my little girl when she was in thr scbu. i never got up through the night so i didnt produce enough milk to keep her going. in the end i switched her to formula and she did well on that i tried to give her the best start in life but with me being at the hospital all day everyday visitng my little girl i wasnt eating healthily.. i was eating mcdonalds and fast foods as i didnt have time to cook or make meals. so in the end i realised that when your breastfeeding you need to eat healthily and i wasnt providing that. im happy i tried expressing milk but it just didnt suit me. i could only ever provide little bits of milk. so dont feel bad if you cant keep up with the expressing milk. my little girl put on more weight when i swapped to formula and she did well so not havibg breast milk didnt hinder her development.

having a prem baby is hard. they take one step forward and two steps back. i can remeber crying one day lookjng at my little girl in her incubater on her uv lights. i never thought she would get well enough to come home. she suffered so much with jaundice and ended up on quadruple uv lights. she was having apneoas in clusters and had to be stimulated to breath again. there was talks of blood transfusions aswel. i can remeber one nurse saying to me dont worry all the babies go home eventually as they all get well and big enough.. to be honest i thought she was just being polite and trying to make me feel better but she was actually right. my daughter did get well enough and big enough to come home

zac will get there and it will all soon be a distant memory to you