Incompetent Cervix - stitch/cerclage - threatened labour

[TLM21]

Lol day I know exactly how you feel, now I'm reading about labor and trying not to get anxious.
Congrats jadey on 22 weeks
Twinkle almost 26, fantastic! I'm telling you that ticker is moving
Hope everyone is doing ok

 

[jadey_fae]

Thanks Lizzie.
25 weeker, I think I missed some posts yesterday. How was your scan?

 

[DAYDAY24]

Tlm yes im getting very nervous both my lil men are head down hopefully they stay that way so I can have a vaginal birth. Have my last progesterone shot next week

 

[25weeker]

Thanks Lizzie.
25 weeker, I think I missed some posts yesterday. How was your scan?

My scan was good thankfully. They said my cervix was 4.7cm although it was the quickest scan ever with one measurement taken so not quite convinced it is that long as it wasn't even that at 16 weeks never mind 22 weeks but I do know it is still a good length and no funnelling. I also seen a different doctor yesterday and she agreed to do one more cervical scan when I am 24+3 as the other one was adamant there was no benefit after 22 weeks. If that one is long too I think it will reassure me I will get past 25+2 but I will still be worried I won't make it to term as a twin pregnancy is much more pressure than a singleton and therefore I wouldn't expect things to follow the same timelines as my first pregnancy. Fingers crossed I do get to term as would like to experience getting to hold my baby when I give birth and not watch them go through the most horrendous procedures through a plastic box.

 

[ShelbyLC]

Day, I'm so excited for you! I was terrified of labor, too. But, honestly, once my water broke and I started having "real" contractions, I actually enjoyed it. Yep, I said it - I ENJOYED my labor. At times, I regret agreeing to a c-section, because I labored so well. I was 9ish centimeters when they wheeled me back for my section, and to that point I'd had no pain medication. I really wonder how I would have done if I'd just gone naturally. Guess I'll never know. And now I'm terrified of labor with my next kiddo, whenever that happens, because I know I labor well, and I know I heal quickly from a c-section, but I have NO idea how my vagina would handle a baby coming out of it.

Anyway, haha, sorry, a little OT! What I'm trying to say is - I know that you're scared, but everything will work out and it will be great, no matter how it happens!

 

[DAYDAY24]

Lol Shelby im terrified of a csection just scares me because its major surgery. But I am anxious to meet them in a couple weeks

 

[karenh24]

Hey everyone my appointment went ok, got there at 11.30 and didn't get out till 2pm was a long wait, consultant just checked me over, urine, blood pressure etc and babies heartbeat and position everything was good im booked in for a scan on tuesday
also i've been having what i think are braxton hicks, about 3 a day at most is that normal?

 

[lizziedripping]

Hi Karen, the bh with twins is very common and began for me around 20wks. They happened for a few hrs a day every day, no more than that. If they pick up pace and become more frequent than a couple of time an hour then I'd get checked - especially since youre carrying two xxx

 

[lizziedripping]

Don't be scared of labour or csection ladies, even with complications (which are still relatively rare), your full term labour day will be the best of your lives xxx

 

[karenh24]

Hey lizzie think u've got me confused with one of the other ladies (easily done with so many to keep up with) only one baby here x

 

[Gwenylovey]

Hey everyone my appointment went ok, got there at 11.30 and didn't get out till 2pm was a long wait, consultant just checked me over, urine, blood pressure etc and babies heartbeat and position everything was good im booked in for a scan on tuesday
also i've been having what i think are braxton hicks, about 3 a day at most is that normal?

I've been getting braxton hicks since before 20 weeks and it made me really nervous. Both my high risk doc and my ob were not concerned at all. They said to call if I have more than four an hour or if they become painful or are accompanied by cramping. 3 a day is totally normal and just your uterus preparing for labor.

 

[Twinkle 3]

i have got pulling in my cervix and sharp pains when the baby moves in a certain way i can feel like a pain and strain put on my cervix. sort of like somthing pushing down on it and it cramping up. hoping this stitch holds up its so strange sat wondering when my baby will be here. really hoping it wont be soon but now im getting further along i know he will make an early appearance, im hoping for 30+weeks

 

[Craigswife]

Braxton hicks, blimey tell me about them! I get loads in a day, they never hurt and are quite mild, I told my midwife whose not worried either unless they are painful or form a pattern. They really freak me out sometimes just because they happen so frequently.

Twinkle, perhaps baby has moved and is wriggling on your cervix? It's such a worry when you have pain I know. Try laying down and see if it eases, it might just take the weight of baby off your cervix. I hope it's gone tomorrow.

My worry today is that I have been exposed to a child with measles!!!! I rang my maternity day assessment unit and the hospital are going to check my immunity levels in my bloods. I spoke to my mum who says I had a jab for measles as a child, so hoping all will be ok, I find out tomorrow afternoon. So just another thing to worry about.

 

[lizziedripping]

Lol sorry Karen, was wondering as I typed if I'd made a mistake Think I must have lost it altogether! All the same sweetie, bh are normal and I found them to be more frequent and intense with each pregnancy. As one of e other lovelies has just said, if they become painful rather than uncomfortable, or more frequent then it's time to get checked

 

[lizziedripping]

Oh CW, so feel your pain honey. The worry is never ending, and for me that hasn't changed at all, I now stress about kids rather than bump lol. If it helps to reassure, you're probably young enough to have received the mmr jab, and if not then you like me probably encountered measles as a child and got immunity that way. Before mmr most kids were exposed to measles because it was so prevalent, it only declined when they introduced the vaccine and all pre schoolers got it. Xx

 

[karenh24]

Thank you Lizzie

 

[lizziedripping]

Hey Twinkle - if my shooting cervical pains and needle like sensations had meant the stitch was failing and babies were imminent, I'd have given birth at 26wks! The constant stabbing (particularly after peeing) was immense, and to make it worse any pain then triggered bh contractions I took a paracetamol nightly to take the edge off just so I wouldn't worry. My baby A was unfortunately breech and squished down at the back of me by his monster brother. This meant that I was constantly kicked in the cervix and in pain. Regardless everything held with only minor funneling (and please remember just how big my boys were hun). At 28wks I was carrying 8Ibs of baby, plus two bags of water - this neither triggered labour nor tampered with the stitch.

You have reached a point now where it is more and more likely with each passing day that IC is no longer an issue. The stitch is holding and will in all probability continue to do so. To deliver now would mean having contractions, and you are at no greater risk of that than any other lady with issues other than IC. Keep the faith my lovely

 

[Gwenylovey]

At what point is the baby so big that he or she can only pass with contractions? Is that 26 weeks?

 

[Twinkle 3]

Thankyou so much lizzie you always put my mind at ease your brilliant you always give me a confidence boost. It's so hard trying to guess what pains are and if they are a worry. Fingers crossed I make it further on
Hope your doing ok

CW I'm sat resting now and he is actually having a big wriggle around, feels like he's head butting my cervix so wondering if he's been doing that all day and I have only just realised. Hope your ok, it's scary with the outbreak of measels but hopefully your immune and it won't cause you any problems

 

[Craigswife]

Thanks Lizzie, I'm not young enough to have had the MMR, but had some sort of jab, im from the era of kids playing out in the street,so probably gained immunity from lots of things!