Incompetent Cervix - stitch/cerclage - threatened labour

[jadey_fae]

here he is

 

[geordiemammy]

Congratulations he is sooo cute and teeny!! I'm dreading labour now after reading your story about the scar tissue on cervix I really don't want a section!! Pleased he arrived safely though and is a better weight than expected xxxx

 

[jessiemum]

here he is

Awwwww Jadey he is absolutely gorgeous, a massive congratulations to you & your family. So sorry you didn't have the birth you wanted but so pleased he arrived safely. Try to rest as much as you can x x

 

[shanny]

Yay excellent news Jadey....and you have shamed me and posted a picture..........stay in and rest til you are all better cos once you get home its reality time..............especially managing after a c section.....so pleased he is bigger etc

Reggie is settling really well at night now and feeding loads now (I am real sore now!!) But one look t his little face and all is forgiven.
Just posting this during a night feed and then off to bed for a bit more sleep.

Hormones and lack of sleep are killing me but its all worth it................

xx everyone - keep cooking xx who is next??

 

[TLM21]

awww jadey he is gorgeous, congratulations! I'm so happy for your. baby arrival news just make my day, thanks Zachary.
I'm sorry labor and birth wasn't all what you expected, it wasn't for me either, but in the end we have our perfect babies with us.
c section pain will pass. I was in labor for 23 hours to end up dilating to 9cm and having a c section in the end. I had had issues with a previous spinal after a d&c after I had a mc, so I was scared of the spinal. in the end I had an epidural at 16 hours and then a spinal at 23, not what I had envisioned, but Diego was healthy and simply perfect. I just stare at him for hours, I aril love getting up,to feed him every two hours, so happy I can breastfeed.
sometimes labor has it's way of working itself out, I know it all happened that way for a reason, it would have been nice a 5 hour long labor, but my 23 hours were doable too.
anyway lots of love and enjoy him.
hope everyone keeps baking those babies
hugs xxx

 

[faibel]

Jadey - congrats. Sorry you had such a rough delivery but at least you got the best outcome, well done, really pleased for you. Love his name too x

 

[geordiemammy]

Jadey - congrats. Sorry you had such a rough delivery but at least you got the best outcome, well done, really pleased for you. Love his name too x

Faibel how are your girls doing

 

[xGracex]

Jadey he is adorable and im glad you got those two things

I really need some advice. I got my stitch out a week and a half ago and found out Wednesday I'm dialated to a 4 and 80% effaced. Then I went to labor and delivery yesterday for some bleeding. The bleeding they told me is from being dialated and now I'm at a 5 and still 80% effaced. I have no comtractions. Just random braxton hicks ones and im feeling well.

I just dont know what to do because they want to keep me in the hospital just in case things happen fast they want me to make it there. They left the option up to me. I live close to the hospital like 5 minutes so I said I wanted to go home. They told me to come back of I change my mind and now I'm just wondering if I made the right decision.

I know the decision is mine to make. I just would like to hear other peoples opinions on what they would do.

 

[geordiemammy]

Hi I didn't have a stitch or any cervical problems with ds 4 I went for a check up and they done a sweep at 39weeks but when they went to do it I was 4cms so I got sent straight to labour ward I was not even in pain at all just the usual spd pains when I got to labour ward I was 6cms still no pains they then said they would break my waters that was at 1:45pm I still say there with no pain at all until 3pm baby was born at 3:20pm had I of gone home I would of had him at home due to this if I was in your situation I would of stayed in or could you suggest you stay and they try breaking your waters xx

 

[xGracex]

Thanks no they wont do anything to get labor going while im there since im before 36/37 weeks. Unless I dialate over a 6 or 7. Basically they told me I would be staying there but it would be more like a hotel stay just in the hospital

 

[geordiemammy]

No hospital is like a hotel so I get why you don't want to stay your only a cm away from them doing something would they keep checking cervix if you were in x

 

[lizziedripping]

Oh Jadey what a little beauty! A brilliant weight too, would easily have been 7Ibs at40wks! Very envious, nothing beats those first few newborn days. C section pain should ease after a few days, it seems to happen overnight. Great name too xxx

 

[faibel]

Jadey - congrats. Sorry you had such a rough delivery but at least you got the best outcome, well done, really pleased for you. Love his name too x

Faibel how are your girls doing

They are doing great, they are in cots and having 3 breastfeeds a day, which we are building up. They have prolonged late onset jaundice, after running liver tests etc, they are putting down to breast milk jaundice. I'm hoping it will subside soon but can last up to 10 wks. They are well with it though, not too sleepy etc, so its not too bad.

I praying we get to go home soon, maybe 2 more weeks or so, the trips to hospital every day with two kids on school holidays has been exhausting. I'm not complaining, after my last pregnancy, I take this any day and be thankful!

How are you doing? Not long now and you will be holding your little one x

 

[mum2rugrats]

Wow it's been nearly a year since I was on this thread! Lots of new faces and lots of new little ones

 

[geordiemammy]

Jadey - congrats. Sorry you had such a rough delivery but at least you got the best outcome, well done, really pleased for you. Love his name too x

Faibel how are your girls doing

They are doing great, they are in cots and having 3 breastfeeds a day, which we are building up. They have prolonged late onset jaundice, after running liver tests etc, they are putting down to breast milk jaundice. I'm hoping it will subside soon but can last up to 10 wks. They are well with it though, not too sleepy etc, so its not too bad.

I praying we get to go home soon, maybe 2 more weeks or so, the trips to hospital every day with two kids on school holidays has been exhausting. I'm not complaining, after my last pregnancy, I take this any day and be thankful!

How are you doing? Not long now and you will be holding your little one x

I'm sick now officially 9 weeks left but 7 weeks Tuesday til they will start me off I'm really hoping he comes a little sooner I'm huge and the heat isn't helping along with all the things that have happened over the past 2 months in for a growth scan on the 13th sept midwife thinks he is a big one so slightly worried about that xx

 

[geordiemammy]

So pleased your girls are doing so well though I don't a week of travelling to and from the rvi while ds2 was in a few weeks ago that was bad enough so doing it longer term must be so hard xx

 

[bellezzajess]

I tried to read some of the past posts to catch up, but there are so many pages that I gave up.

I'm 22 weeks with my first baby. I had a routine ultrasound at 21 weeks and everything looked good except that baby and an echogenic focus on her heart, so they sent me to a high-risk doctor for a more detailed scan to rule out any heart defects. I had that scan yesterday at 22 weeks. The baby looked very good and was measuring perfectly, so they told me not to worry about the echogenic focus because they are fairly common... BUT I was told that they were a bit concerned because my cervix was only 2cm long. I asked them what it was at my 21 week ultrasound so they looked through the papers and said that it was 4.7cm a week earlier.... now, perhaps I'm being naive, but it seemed awfully strange to me that my cervix would go from 4.7cm to 2cm in one week. And if it wasn't for the echogenic focus, I would have never even been sent to another ultrasound so I would have just gone on with my pregnancy as usual.

I haven't had any bleeding or cramps, there is no history of preterm labor in my family, and I guess I'm just skeptical that they didn't just mis-measure yesterday. But anyway, the doctor put me on progesterone and scheduled me for weekly appointments to go back in and get my cervical length checked.

So here's my question... have any of you ever hear of a cervix fluctuating that much in one week? Should I be nervous that it actually did shorten that much so quickly?

I wasn't told to go on bed rest or anything like that, but I was told that they didn't advise I go to Maryland for a training course that I'm signed up to take in 2.5 weeks. He said the class wasn't what worried him, it was the flight... he was worried the pressure would cause me to go into labor. I'll be 24.5 weeks by then.

Thoughts, advice, or even just prayers are requested.

 

[shanny]

how do I add a picture???

 

[shanny]

Reggie one week today

 

[shanny]

newbie -- I am no expert on the length thing - but someone will be on soon and give you some advice..............progesterone is good stuff though - have taken that