Incompetent Cervix - stitch/cerclage - threatened labour

[Tink_0123]

Day, Congrats on making it 32 weeks! That's awesome, only a few more weeks till u meet ur little men!!

TLM, 33 weeks and counting, you're doing wonderfully. Almost term in a few more weeks.. woohoo!!

Jadey, hope you're recovering well from your stitch.

Baby, glad to hear you and Ruben are doing well hun!

I try to keep track of everything that goes on here, but barely have time to write a response these days.

I'm glad everyone is doing well tho! I always have you ladies and your babies in my thoughts.

 

[jadey_fae]

Has anyone heard from Pink_sparkle? I hope she's ok.

 

[baby_maybe]

Gweny - hi hun, funny how we ended up on the same threads as each other! I'm not sure about my cervical length when I had that suture placed, I don't think it was particularly short because they didn't want to place one at first, but I was freaking out given my history so I insisted on it. Your cervical length still sounds good, but I'd definitely push to be checked again soon and if it's reduced further then ask for a suture. The problem is that the further you are the less likely they are to want to place one, so time is of the essence. Of course there are ladies like Tink who didn't get a suture because it was too late and still got to term by being on strict bed rest. Not an ideal situation but better than having a really early baby

 

[karenh24]

does anyone know any places in the west midlands where i can get a private cervical length scan?just in case my consultant decides i don't need another one and absolutely refuses the need for one i don't mind paying as long as babys ok

 

[jadey_fae]

They wont refuse u if u make enough fuss but if they do ask for it in writing. That normally makes them think twice

 

[karenh24]

Thanks for the advice Jadey

 

[Twinkle 3]

Karen all you need to do is ring up and explain your high risk etc say your worried an dthey should give you one at your hospital, especially if your experiencing symptoms like pressure or aches.
To be honest aswel your consultant should still be giving you cervical length scans until atleast 24weeks regardless of your length increasing, if the consultant started with the care plan of cervical length scans every two weeks or so then that's what she should continue to do a otherwise she hasn't stuck to the care she has promised you.

CW happy to hear you steroids went well and the needle wasn't too painful this time for you, it's good how a simple thing like wiggling your toes can make a difference I was told I can have a repeated dose at 30 weeks

Hope everyone is ok and doing well especially pink sparkle.

As for me, not much to report and I hope it stays this way, like someone said earlier no news is good news ( I really don't like saying all is well as I'm scared I'll jinx myself! ) I have been a bit more relaxed lately now I'm at viability. I am praying though I get to atleast 27-28weeks as I know that's when the chance of survival goes up. I am so grateful for still being pregnant and hoping this stitch can completely surprise me and take me to term. I have done a little bit more activity than I usually do over these last 4days and Im scared I'm overdoing it, been a little achey and crampy.. My legs get so painful.. Think possibly spd is causing it. So going to try and take it easy and slowly increase my activity as the weeks go by, hopefully I make it further and further, still hoping and praying this little boy stays put for atleast another month or so

I find myself searching google for survival rates of prem babies and stories about them.. Kind of scare my self a little but feel I need to be prepared... Fingers crossed I can soldier on longer and longer and finally have a full term or even a slightly early little boy (28+ weeks will be great) Would be such a dream come true.

Sorry for rambling ladies, I get carried away when typing lol

 

[karenh24]

Thank you Twinkle am defiantely going to push for the scan when i next see the consultant because like you said she started my care plan with at least a scan every 2 weeks.
I've tried ringing the hospital approach they won't scan they'l only do a speculum examination, im not feeling any pressure or anything but just want a scan in 2 weeks just to make sure there is no changes

 

[Craigswife]

Twinkle, I could have written your post! I'm very slightly starting to relax a little bit too, things don't feel quite as scary as they were a few weeks back, but like you focused on 28wks+++++
I found myself googling prem statistics too this morning, even though I vowed I wouldn't look on google any more! They really go up from 27wks, I'm hoping with steroids on board it should really help those statistics.
I've also been doing a bit more the last week or so, previously when I wasn't working (desk job so not on my feet) I would be just sat or laid on the sofa at home. I actually feel more comfortable for doing more activity, I mentioned this to my midwife and she agreed and said that sitting and laying for long periods isn't that good for you, obviously if you need to be on bed rest to prevent pre-term labour then that's different. But for me she said there's no medical need for me to be and to do what I feel I can and when I feel I need to sit down, do so. So I think the general message is listen to your body, something I've got quite good at, lol!!
I actually feel very well at the moment, I've no pain or discomfort and everything seems like its going ok (touch wood for the fear of jinxing it) I dropped my little one at preschool this morning and several people commented how well I looked, this gave me such a boost!
So I've had my second dose of steroids today, not too painful but I still hobbled back to the car! I think an after effect of the yesterday's dose meant I was wide awake at 4am today, my mind racing about all sorts of things and my skin is slightly flushed too, the midwife felt that was expected.

Karen, I agree that if you push enough your consultant should go with the stitch and time is definately of the essence. I hope he agrees and doesn't cause you the unwanted stress of fighting for it.

Jadey-fae, hope you're feeling a little more like your old self after your stitch now you're a few days on. I haven't heard anything of pink sparkle either, I do hope everything is ok with her and her little one. Lets just hope she's got no phone signal in hospital.

Hope everyone else is doing well xxx

 

[jadey_fae]

Maybe her battery has gone on her phone and they are just keeping her in to observe.

I was googling the statistics this morn also! Obviously 28 weeks would be amazing.I hope I get there. My goal at the moment is 22 weeks!

 

[chocolatecat]

Getting past 28 weeks really does make a massive difference. I feel so much happier! And I think part of that is being able to get out and do more.

I'm fairly sure that if your stitch has hed to 24-28 weeks without shortening it will hold to term!

 

[Craigswife]

Chocolate cat, my ob hasn't scanned my cervix since the stitch, so I've no idea what it's doing! I asked the sonographer at my 20wk scan if she could see my cervix and she said there was no funnelling at that point. They don't want to check the length because they say there's no point If the stitch is in because that's why it's there, to provide extra support. In some ways I'd like to know and other times not, it would only cause me to worry. So just focused on 28wks now, fingers crossed!!

 

[monro84]

Pink Sparkle how are u today?

Ladies who have just or ever had the stitch. Mine went in on Thursday I had no cramps just abit of bleeding and stinging through the first few days.
I am worried today because all last night I kept dreaming I had this pain, like an ache in my vagina. I have woke up this morning to find the pain is real. Does anyone know if this is normal? It's like a deep ache behind my pubic hair and inside my vagina. It's this normal healing? I am a bit windy (tmi) Could this be something to do with it?

I had this a little over a wk later. I was dreaming I had a cramping type pain and I woke up to it. I also had a lower back pain so I was kinda freaking out. I went to the bathroom b/c I did have wind and it felt better when it passed but I was able to go to the bathroom might have been the nerves that made me go. But the pains were coming in waves. After I went I started to feel better. I took a tylonal and drank a glass of water and layed on my left side just to make sure. This started about 4 am so I woke up a few hrs later and I was fine.

 

[DAYDAY24]

Hey ladies what does a plug look like I saw some lil yellow chunks

 

[jadey_fae]

I had yellow discharge from the day I got my bfp. It really worried me at first but I got checked for infection and all was ok. Mine looked like snot but yellow and I would get it daily. It stopped when I was in the 2 tri.
I would say it's normal for some but if u haven't had this discharge before definitely get it checked.
I used to freak it was my mucus plug and was told if it was it would re generate. As long as there is no cramping or pink.
All this was before I knew I had IC though. So I would get checked just incase.
How do u feel?

 

[DAYDAY24]

Im fine no cramps I think it might be yeast due to me being on antibiotics

 

[Twinkle 3]

Day a mucus plug is thick jelly like and can be yellow, clear, pinky, brown tinged or bloody..
It's different from normal mucus and can be lost all at once or in bits over weeks

With my little girl I lost it all in one go and it was bloody, in my last pregnany mine wasn't bloody at all and just creamy white but was thick and like a blob of jelly I lost it over weeks and when I did go into labour I never lost it in the day

 

[monro84]

I would definately push for scans till 24 wks b/c mine went from 3.2 at 21 wks to 2.5 at 23 wks b/c I have heard that they really don't do stitches after 24 wks much.

 

[ShelbyLC]

Hey ladies what does a plug look like I saw some lil yellow chunks

My mucus plug was clear and jelly-ish. Kind of the consistency of snot.

 

[DAYDAY24]

Thanks ladies I have a doc appt tomorrow so will tell doc then since im not having any pain