Incompetent Cervix - stitch/cerclage - threatened labour

[Twinkle 3]

faibel i get pressure in my bum. i think its how babys laid. he kicks my bum constantly sometimes.. he is doing today and the only releif i get is when i lay on my back with my legs higher than my head.

if the pressure goes when you lay down then my midwife says not to worry and to lay down until it goes

 

[Twinkle 3]

sorry it posted multiple times so had to edit this one.... sorry for clogging up the thread

 

[Craigswife]

Fabiel, remember you're only 4 days post stitch so everything is probably still a bit inflamed and also it takes a while for the stitch to settle. I wouldn't be too concerned, I remember feeling a bit odd after mine for probably 2 weeks after, it did settle and now I wouldn't know I'd even had a stitch.

Sweet, I expressed for 3 months, it's completely draining so I understand how you feel. There was a lot of pressure from nursing staff to express regularly including through the night, which I did initially, but the tiredness and being in NICU during the day took its toll. My little one was transferred to a higher level hospital which was an hours drive away, so it got to a point where I had to weigh up whether I slept we'll and felt better or expressed in the night. To be honest leaving out the might time expressing didn't make an ounce of difference, as Lizzie did I'd express last thing before bed and then again as soon as I woke up. I had plenty of milk and extra to freeze. Glad Zachary is doing well x

 

[Craigswife]

Twinkle, I'm having bum kicks today! It's very off putting especially at work trying to talk in a meeting while my bum is pulsating, lol!! ;-)

 

[Twinkle 3]

cw what gestation was your little boy born at ? hope your doing well your sailing through the weeks. your ticker seems like it only said 24weeks for a day or so.. my time feels like its dragging lol

 

[Twinkle 3]

Also CW the bum kicks are very strange arnt they lol!! Glad its not just me, I have never experienced this before in my pregnancies

 

[ShelbyLC]

Sweet - Pumping is hard work and very draining. Try to get some sleep at night if you can, go 4 or 4.5 hours between pumps at night and get a little more rest. As long as you don't go 5+ hours between pumps, you'll be fine. If you need any advice or a rant or have any questions, you can PM me if you'd like. I'm still pumping exclusively for my girls so I can try my best to help you from experience. Also, it does get better. I only pump 4 times a day now, frequently going 7-8 hours between if I'm busy. You won't always be tied to the pump.

Twinkle - I know you're worrying a lot right now about making it to 24 weeks, I just wanted to let you know that where I'm located, 23 weeks is considered viability. But I think everything will be fine and in a few months, you'll be 38 weeks and uncomfortable and begging your baby to come out.

 

[DAYDAY24]

Shelby I want to pump for my twins but didnt think I would produce enough. Im happy to know you do

 

[Twinkle 3]

Thankyou shelby I'm so scared and worried that my baby will want to come out very soon. I really hope he can hold on and stay in there as long as possible. It's nice To know its considered viability at 23weeks where you are, the hospitals here are a bit of a lottery some will help you at 23 and a half but most of them won't until 24weeks. I get steroids at 24 aswel so Im hoping time will fly until then 3 more days and I can relax a little.I really hope I get to 38weeks like you said! That would be a dream come true

 

[jadey_fae]

Gosh. I remember all that pumping with my little girl when she was on the nicu for brain cooling It's such hard work waking to pump through the night and remaining focused during the day.
I have my scan this wed to measure my cervix. So scared and nervous. I hope they haven't been mis behaving further :/
I think if I have lost more length then they will mayb do something about it?....... I hope

 

[karenh24]

Gosh. I remember all that pumping with my little girl when she was on the nicu for brain cooling It's such hard work waking to pump through the night and remaining focused during the day.
I have my scan this wed to measure my cervix. So scared and nervous. I hope they haven't been mis behaving further :/
I think if I have lost more length then they will mayb do something about it?....... I hope

Hey jadey i have my scan on thursday and am hoping the same that my cervix hasnt been mis behaving, so scared aswel

 

[Tink_0123]

Sweet, sounds like Zac is doing great.. Soon the NICU days will be something of the past. Keep focused and remain positive through all this. You're a strong woman!

Karen & Jadey, GL on your scans this week. Hopefully your CL's have been behaving

Hope, I'm anxiously awaiting your big announcement. Sorry to hear you're in a predicament as far as baby's arrival. Everything will work out tho

Twinkle, you're almost at V-day! I;m so happy and proud of you, you've done so great. I remember when you were 16 weeks and would say 24 weeks was ages away and look at you now, only 3 days to go Like Shelby said, soon you'll be 38 weeks and begging for your baby to come out lol

Hope all other ladies are doing well. I always have you all in my thoughts even if I don't get on here as often anymore. A baby definitely changes your life.

 

[jadey_fae]

You ladies are all soooo lovely.

Karen, what time is ur appointment? We will be counting down to 24 weeks together I think. What was your last CL?

 

[25weeker]

Sweet - pumping is hard work. Can you double pump using the hospital pumps as it cuts the length of time you have to pump and its also good for supply. The breast feeding advisor told me it was the number of times you pumped not the timing between although one had to be in the middle of the night. I would pump midnight, 4 & 8 then 5 others throughout the day. After a few weeks I was shattered so pumped midnight then 7 with 6 others throughout the day. Before doing that I had to increase my supply as was getting about 100mls a day so I increased to 10 times for 2 days by doing hourly pumps over a 4 hour period. I was double pumping so spent 20-30 mins pumping. Even at max I never really got above 500ml but still managed to bf as a baby is much better at getting milk than a pump. Good luck xx

 

[sweetbuthyper]

hey all Zac is doing ok had a set back with his feeding he was getting bile in his tube so they stopped his feeds for 12 hours now back on 1ml an hour, fx he tolerates it as it increases, was possibly as he was constipated lots of poo when we did his nappy today so think it may have just backed up abit, nurses seem happy so i guess we should be too. hes still on the jaundice lights hoping not for much longer, got cuddles today think the nurse took pitty on me coz i was crying i had assumed i couldn't have him out with him being on lights and not been allowed cuddles for the last 2 days due to temprature or being on lights.

My milk is starting to flow now got 80ml of my last session, also as its following better its taking less time down to around 40mins which is good.

 

[Craigswife]

Twinkle, you're almost there only 3 days to go, you'll do it. I'm getting my steroids this weekend, just focused on getting there this week. My little boy was born at 28wks, so that's my next goal after steroids! I see from your ticker it's your little girls birthday, hope she's having a nice day.

I've been quite busy today and on my feet more than I'd like really, just kind of the way it's worked out today. I feel completely fine with it though and feel like I've got bags of energy, i think my iron supplements might be kicking in. Strangely considering ive been on my feet a lot i dong have sny pressure or aches??? my body is odd sometimes. But i do worry about the silent funnelling!! Got my little boy in the bath now and laid on my bed so I can see him, he's been in the garden and is filthy so had no choice, but trying to make it as easy for myself as possible! It'll be a fast body/hairwash and into bed so I can resume my horizontal position again. It's hard being a mum and having IC.

Jadey-fae and Karen. Good luck for your scans, fingers crossed its a boring one with no change!

 

[sweetbuthyper]

zac off his machines for 5 mins

 

[karenh24]

You ladies are all soooo lovely.

Karen, what time is ur appointment? We will be counting down to 24 weeks together I think. What was your last CL?

my appointments at 10 and my last CL was 3.1cm no changes, what is yours measuring at?

 

[Craigswife]

Sweet, that's a beautiful picture of Zachary. What does he weigh? Xx

 

[sweetbuthyper]

craigsmum he was 2lb 8 oz ish at birth hes now around 2lb 4oz doctors seem happy tho hes not lost too much they will re weight him on wednesday hoping hes gonna stay the same or have gained.