Incompetent Cervix - stitch/cerclage - threatened labour

[DAYDAY24]

Thats great GM

 

[faibel]

GM - that's fab news, pleased all is well x

 

[TLM21]

GM awesome news, keep us posted. Hugs

 

[karenh24]

hey hope everyone is doing ok!
I had my scan today cervix is still the same no change and closed so won't need to see the consultant for another 3 weeks also checked on blood flow to the baby etc everything is going well x

 

[jadey_fae]

Karen and GM, thats great news!

 

[Twinkle 3]

GM great news

Ladies I have leaky boobs is this normal?

 

[sweetbuthyper]

hey guys,

Twinkle leaky boobs is normal, its just your body knows what its doing it will hopefully settle down quickly when your body adjusts to the hormone level.

update from us is Zach is doing fine, altho very stressed today coz they messed with him doing tests.

Hes on 3litre high flow (possibly still 4 after they made his oxygen drop today but it should be 3), 20ml breast milk 2 hourly, brain scans show small bleed but its not gotten bigger so thats good, ROP tests ( are evil and made him destat today, not looking forward to the next one in 2 weeks) came back all clear, hes started trying to suck a breast and will latch so so far all good.

I keep reading but don't have much time to reply, so hope you are all well, If you want my advise on anything pm me incase i miss your post x

 

[Twinkle 3]

Sweet it's nice to hear from you I keep wondering how zach is doing, so happy he's doing well and hopefully he will be home with you soon and the hospital will be a distant memory for you

Also glad the leakage of the boobs is normal. I am still paranoid about every little thing lol

 

[25weeker]

Sweet - the doctors advised me not to be there for the eye tests so I never did. I hovered outside until they were done. Glad Zach is doing well xx

 

[sweetbuthyper]

25 weeker we weren't in for the eye tests i was off expressing got back into the nursery as he'd gone back to nurses round him and the doctors assessing him after they upped his high flow to 5l, and had aspirated his mouth coz he'd de stated and thrown up , apparently he was fine during the actual tested he'd just gone down and reacted badly once he was back in his incubator. Hoping it was just he'd shocked himself throwing up, and it's a small blip, he was back down to 4l when we left and he was settled when we phoned earlier.

 

[Craigswife]

Karen and GM, that's good news from you both.

Sweet, the eye test is horrid, my little one ended up having it done twice because they lost the results from the first one, i was really cross! It's really distressing for them, poor little Zac, hope he soon settles again.

Twinkle, I've had a bit of leakage too, I've read it's normal

As for me, tomorrow is the gestation I had my son, so not sure how I feel about it really, pleased I suppose but also a bit nervous. I've got my first growth scan in the morning and see my OB again. I'm hoping all will be ok, I will ask them to look for funnelling too. So fingers crossed all will be ok.

Hope everyone else is having a good day xx

 

[shanny]

Hope everyone is Ok??

been away for weekend.kids had a fab time...................saw midwife today have another bladder infection.......back on antibiotics again and need to drink more!!!

 

[sunnylove]

Had a pretty good appt today. Went in early because of really bad cramping. Cervix hasn't really changed though, and the lowest possible measurement went from .3 to .5 (highest measurement in range is still .7 though). Still funneling but no dilation, and doc thinks a lot of the cramping is probably bed rest induced. Baby is head down which is kind of freaky though. Next appt isn't going to be for 10 more days (yay!) Going to be a very anxious induced appt though...

 

[25weeker]

Sweet - sounds like it was the eye test that done it. I remember they used to preempt it when they started doing the eye tests and would up the oxygen as a precaution.

Sunnylove - when my stitch went in last time at 21 weeks both my girls were head down. By 25 weeks when they were born my first twin was breech and my second was head down so still plenty of room there to go into many positions.

 

[jadey_fae]

Sunny, glad that ur cervix haven't got much worse and are still closed. My boy has also been head down and very low at every scan.

Twinkle, the leakyness is normal. I get this too

Craigwife. It must be nerve wracking being at the same gestation today. Good luck with your growth scan. Hopefully it will reassure you a bit and today will be over before u know it. X

 

[jadey_fae]

I can't sleep! Keep having nightmares about ghosts etc?!

I have my appoint with the doc on Thurs. I will be 23 weeks and was thinking about asking him steroids. Any advice? Do u think this is the right thing to do and should I also ask for a scan of my cervix, to check the stitch I had 3 weeks ago?

 

[Twinkle 3]

cw you are doing brilliantly by getting this far, i think hitting the milestone of where you got last time is hard as your half expecting for it all to happen again. i was amazed that i reached further than my last pregnancy but now i feel i have to reach further than my first pregnancy
I hope your scan and appointment goes well. which im sure it will

Sunnylove bedrest made me all crampy and achey. happy to hear you had a good appointment and theres no dialation my little boy gas been head down since 18weeks and hes still head down now! It freaks me out as i have been paranoid that hes trying to be born soon.

Jadey i would deffinetly ask about steroids to be given at 24weeks and see what response you get. i was so relieved when i got them into my system. i personally wouldnt ask for your stitch to be checked..only if you are having sypmtoms that could indicate a change, if there was a change it will only worry you even more but then again if all is fine it will offer you peace of mind..so bit of a 50/50 situation that could happen.. thats only my opinion though im sure your consultant will guide you in the right direction. i had cervical length scans for peace of mind but i worried so much after that i had caused an infection or a change to my cervix so the peace of mind didnt last very long lol x

 

[Agiboma]

@sweet the eye test is horrid my son never took it well, he often had spells after the procedure

 

[Craigswife]

Hi ladies. So I had my growth scan this morning, it was lovely seeing baby again. The sonographer commented that it had a lovely chubby tummy, which made me smile. They estimated its weight at 3lb 3oz, so a bit heavier than my son who was born at my gestation today! I asked how my cervix was looking and if she could see funnelling, she said baby's head down but she couldn't see anything, she didn't seem worried so taking that as a good sign!
We saw the dr and there wasn't really much we discussed, it wasn't my usual dr but he seemed nice enough and happy with everything. They said they'll do another scan at 32 weeks.
I'm really relieved to have made it this far and feel now we can start preparing.

Hope everyone else is ok xx

 

[Twinkle 3]

Craigswife that's brilliant news he is a brilliant weight, happy everything's going to plan for you. I had my midwife come today, she's felt the position of the baby and mine is still head down aswel. The hospital or midwifes have never been concerned about it. Did they say your baby was big for 28weeks? Had my belly measured today and the midwife commented how big it was measuring, she said the baby felt big and when we have plotted on the graph mine is saying an estimated weight of 3lb 1 which I think is big for 27weeks which I will be tomorrow. So now I want a growth scan lol