Incompetent Cervix - stitch/cerclage - threatened labour

[ejsmom]

Rensben - Good luck to you. I hope your little bundle bakes for a little longer. She is at a good place now atleast. Luckily, you are being followed by good docs from what I have read. Good Luck to you again.
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Hello my fellow Cerclage Ladies. I haven't been around for awhile. My pregnancy has been going well, thank goodness. I hope everyone is having the same luck. I have a silly question for you. At what point is your docs removing the cerclage? I am wondering other women's experiences. I have had two removed at about 37 weeks. I just think it's interesting that with everyone they tell me that it will be removed at about 35 weeks. My third baby boy is hanging out low, it's making me worry that if they take to long I can tear. I am not on pre-term meds this time either. I am a worrier. I am currently 33 weeks and am uncomfortable. It feels like he is tugging at the stitch or near it. I almost want to ask her to remove it but I don't want the baby to come before 37 weeks. It's the final stretch....

Good Luck to everyone....
Monica

 

[Mommy's Angel]

Rensben - Good luck to you. I hope your little bundle bakes for a little longer. She is at a good place now atleast. Luckily, you are being followed by good docs from what I have read. Good Luck to you again.
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Hello my fellow Cerclage Ladies. I haven't been around for awhile. My pregnancy has been going well, thank goodness. I hope everyone is having the same luck. I have a silly question for you. At what point is your docs removing the cerclage? I am wondering other women's experiences. I have had two removed at about 37 weeks. I just think it's interesting that with everyone they tell me that it will be removed at about 35 weeks. My third baby boy is hanging out low, it's making me worry that if they take to long I can tear. I am not on pre-term meds this time either. I am a worrier. I am currently 33 weeks and am uncomfortable. It feels like he is tugging at the stitch or near it. I almost want to ask her to remove it but I don't want the baby to come before 37 weeks. It's the final stretch....

Good Luck to everyone....
Monica

Usual removal of cerclage around here is between 36 & 37 wks. Mine will be removed at 36wks which seems to be the norm. Lizzie will come behind me and share more. She's had experience with the feeling of the stitch.

 

[Dash]

I'm so glad you ladies are here.

I have this constant nervousness. Really, just a distrust in my body. Its really hard for me to go those 2 weeks in between having my cervical length checked because that just seems like....so long. Especially since im barely 17 weeks and just trying to keep calm until 24.

Its just NICE to get on here and see so many with successes after early births.

 

[Tesharika]

Hi ladies (and gents) I went for my first ultrasound since having the cerclage put in at 13 weeks and my cervix measured 3.8 cm, I'm so happy I was having nightmares that my cervix would be down to the stitches i was convinced I was going to end up in the hopital afterwards..my cervix was down either under a cm or close to a cm at 21 weeks in my first pregnancy.

Found out I'm having a boy) No names yet.. my next ultrasound is at 23 weeks..fx everything still looks good then...

 

[Mommy's Angel]

WTG!

 

[garrickbaby]

Hi ladies, i just found out that i'm pregnant 2 days ago. i have incompetent cervix and will have to have a stitch put in at 12 weeks also. My last pregnancy ended at 24 weeks because my water broke at 20 weeks and i stayed in the hospital for 4 weeks until i started getting an infection and had to deliever. My son passed away a few minutes after the delievery. This time around the doctors are going to check often for infection since they think i may have developed an infection due to the stitch being placed since its a foreign object which in tern made my water break.

So, i guess i'm back, i'm very nervous but praying i make it to at least 35weeks. I really hope they put me on bedrest immediately just in case but i'm sure thats not likely. I have had an sonogram already and was able to hear the heart beat so that was a relief that the baby is in the right place since i've also had an eptopic pregnancy in the past.

Good luck everyone, and sorry for the long post.

 

[Mommy's Angel]

Welcome and Congrats! Sounds similar to mine though my infection wasn't caused by a stitch. I lost my mucus plug wk 16 and had BV that they kept ignoring. By wk 22 I was 3cm dialated with amniotic sac bulging. The BV wreaked havoc because there was no mucus plug protecting it. I'm now guessing thanks to this forum that the reason I lost my plug was because of IC. Nobody was really checking for it and I literally had to FIGHT for a stitch because they wouldn't do it at 14wks without KNOWING I truly had IC.

They DID keep watching weekly from wk 16 and found out by wk 19 I DO have IC. So at least they know for next time. I'm also on 17P injections to stop preterm labor as well.

I've hit viability wk starting tomorrow. I passed that horrifying 22wk milestone and praying also for 36wks. Good luck dear friend! I'm sure this time will be good because they know what to look for. I was treated several times for bv and yeast. I'm doing well!

 

[woody82]

Hi Girls

Ive been reading through your posts for the last few days but it's taken me this long to have the courage to write here. Apologies if this gets long but I'm writing with a broken heart after losing my baby at 19.5 weeks gestation last Saturday. I still can't believe this has happened, and that in the events leading up to it, nothing went in my favour to alert me to something being wrong until it was too late for my little boy

So on the 2nd of June I started noticing some pain in my back in the morning. I thought this was normal pregnancy pain, but by the afternoon I realised it had been coming and going and was getting more regular. I went straight to the hospital where I was told I had dilated to 4cm and the membranes were bulging. They sent me to labour and delivery where I stayed for the night. I didn't realise at the time they were waiting for me to go into labour Then they took me to recovery where I stayed for a week, trying not to move, using a bed pan etc. My membranes ruptured during the night and I lasted till the Saturday before I developed an infection and had to be induced. My little boy was born that night, so tiny so perfect and I cannot forgive my body for not doing it's job and taking his little life from him.

We are having tests done on him, but it will take so long for the results. The thing thats killing me is that I had a gender scan 5 days before I went to hospital, and he was playing around in there, perfectly fine. Im angry because I feel like they should have noticed something wasn't right? It wasn't at a medical imaging place, but surely someone who has done so many scans would notice that theres something not quite right?

I am lucky that the hospital I delivered at has many obs who specialise in weak cervixes so there is no way they will let me suffer 1 or 2 more losses before they will monitor me carefully, but I also have to wait 6 weeks until I see one of them to see how they think my next pregnancy will go. They heard his strong heartbeat and tested me for infection when I first got there, and there was no sign of it in the swabs they took, so they were thinking weak cervix from the beginning. Im scared Ill have trouble getting pregnant again because of the infection I developed. Ive been on strong anti-biotics since I had my baby, but I still worry something horrible has happened to my parts...

I've noticed that a lot of you lost babies but a bit later on than me, does this mean I have a really really weak cervix if it didn't make it past 18 weeks?

Does this sound like what happened to you?

I'm so sad for what has happened, and so scared for my future

 

[Mommy's Angel]

Oh darling, I'm SO sorry.

My story is very similar to yours with a few acceptions. I too saw my beautiful son two days before I gave birth to him at 22wks. THIS will be a process for you in your grief and healing journey. I have blogged my grief and anger in "broken heart, mended fences". Which there is a link to in my siggie. Also on my page is "the grief affect" and several other links that help aid in the journey. Tripletbutterflywings Also helped in my grief in that she takes male and female butterflies and sets them free in memory of a lost child (male for a boy and females for a girl) For me it helped celebrate Jackson's life.

Onto the things you asked about...There is a way to tell if you have Incompetent Cervixes, but if you've never had a preterm loss before, most Dr.'s don't check them though they're supposed to you may get a quick check at some point, but it MUST be an internal scan to tell for sure. For me, the two days prior to Jackson being born they kept telling me my cervix was 4.0 when I KNOW it wasn't. The reason they didn't have accurate information was because they got their information from the regular scan on the belly and not by internal.

My difference was I lost my mucus plug at 16wks which led to infection wreaking havoc which led to inflammation which led to amniotic sac bulging and 3cm's dilated.

Lizzie has a heck of a lot more information than I do so I will share only what I know and let her fill in the blanks when she comes on.

Usually Incompetent Cervix happens between wks 16-20 or so if I remember Lizzie correctly. In my case, that's exactly when things started to happen and what gave me an incling from this room that I actually had IC. Since I had shown them only symptoms of preterm labor last time, for THIS pregnancy they kept telling me that they wouldn't perform a preventative cerclage at 14wks because my cervical length THEY saw (by belly scan) showed 4cm's which is excellent. They said they thought I had PTL and if in fact I DID it would be too risky to have a cerclage that early. Fast forward to 19wks when after fighting AT LEAST for weekly internal scans....my cervical length had gone from 3.2 cm's to 2.0cm's in less than a weeks time and THEN they knew I suffered from IC.

Though the circumstances for your right now are tough. The hospital said they believe they know it was IC. So in the future they will most likely give you a cerclage. I dont' know if your from the States, but I would also even recommend 17P injections (progesterone) to keep preterm labor at bay in case you also suffer from that in conjunction.

As far as infections are concerned. Im not sure which kind you are suffering from. Do you have BV (bacterial vaginosis)? It's what I had as well as yeast infections and I was able to get pregnant again. I also have had both BV and Yeast as well as another bacterial infection called C-Diff during this pregnancy. Meds have helped to rid me of them and I have now passed the horrifying milestone of 22wks and Today actually...Sunday is Viability Week for me. So I have gotten two weeks past that bitter sweet milestone.

There IS much hope you'll be able to get pregnant and I'm almost sure that there are other's who've had infection and have gone on to get pregnant again.

The positive news to come out of this is that they know what to look for and will come up with a plan for your next pregnancy.

In the meantime, this is SO new and raw for you my dear sweet friend! The pain never really goes away but life does get better. God helped to pick me up when I couldn't stand. Got me through those quiet hours I'd weep and I NEVER thought I'd want to have a child again let alone think I'd be pregnant again with Amelia now. It did and it HAS. I can only assure you that through your painful hours you'll find joy once again. The healing journey is long and tiresome though but you have friends here who will help if you need it.

As I said, Lizzie and quite a few others have been through alot and have helped SO many here like me. They'll have something to share I'm sure. They know so much more than I, but I HAD to come on to respond and share a hug and a tear for someone that is going through what I went through.

Love to you my dear.

 

[rensben]

Hi Girls

Ive been reading through your posts for the last few days but it's taken me this long to have the courage to write here. Apologies if this gets long but I'm writing with a broken heart after losing my baby at 19.5 weeks gestation last Saturday. I still can't believe this has happened, and that in the events leading up to it, nothing went in my favour to alert me to something being wrong until it was too late for my little boy

So on the 2nd of June I started noticing some pain in my back in the morning. I thought this was normal pregnancy pain, but by the afternoon I realised it had been coming and going and was getting more regular. I went straight to the hospital where I was told I had dilated to 4cm and the membranes were bulging. They sent me to labour and delivery where I stayed for the night. I didn't realise at the time they were waiting for me to go into labour Then they took me to recovery where I stayed for a week, trying not to move, using a bed pan etc. My membranes ruptured during the night and I lasted till the Saturday before I developed an infection and had to be induced. My little boy was born that night, so tiny so perfect and I cannot forgive my body for not doing it's job and taking his little life from him.

We are having tests done on him, but it will take so long for the results. The thing thats killing me is that I had a gender scan 5 days before I went to hospital, and he was playing around in there, perfectly fine. Im angry because I feel like they should have noticed something wasn't right? It wasn't at a medical imaging place, but surely someone who has done so many scans would notice that theres something not quite right?

I am lucky that the hospital I delivered at has many obs who specialise in weak cervixes so there is no way they will let me suffer 1 or 2 more losses before they will monitor me carefully, but I also have to wait 6 weeks until I see one of them to see how they think my next pregnancy will go. They heard his strong heartbeat and tested me for infection when I first got there, and there was no sign of it in the swabs they took, so they were thinking weak cervix from the beginning. Im scared Ill have trouble getting pregnant again because of the infection I developed. Ive been on strong anti-biotics since I had my baby, but I still worry something horrible has happened to my parts...

I've noticed that a lot of you lost babies but a bit later on than me, does this mean I have a really really weak cervix if it didn't make it past 18 weeks?

Does this sound like what happened to you?

I'm so sad for what has happened, and so scared for my future

Hello,

First, let me say how sorry I am for your loss. Although I most definitely have IC I was one of the lucky ones and it was caught in time. At 20 weeks, my cervix was at 1.3cm, bulging membranes and 1cm dilated. After a week long stay in the hospital and several scares, they put a stitch in my cervix that got me to 30 weeks when I delivered my son. He is now a healthy 15 month old. I am pregnant again with my second and had a preventative stitch placed at 15 weeks when my cervix was still 3.9cm. At 24 weeks it had shortened to 2.5cm with funnelling. With modified bed rest, it has been stable ever since. On my last apt, the doctor says I may be close to delivery but there is no way to know for sure. In any case, I know my baby will be ok if born now but I am hoping to keep her in as long as possible.

For me, it is bh contractions that open my cervix. They are normally harmless but for a woman with IC they can be very effective at opening and ripening the cervix. For most women with IC there is a medical history that can explain for it. I know it is not the case for everyone but if you take a look at your history you may find a cause. I had a septate uterus. Basically that is a uterus that is separated my a "wall" on the inside. I had this "wall" removed in my early twenties as I was told that I could have complications with future pregnancies. What I didn't know, and what no one ever told me was that this type of abnormality is very often linked to a weak cervix. So even though I had the surgery to remove the wall, my cervix was still comprimised. I should have been given this information but wasn't and I discovered my problem because I listened to my body. I had gone to the hospital at 20 weeks because I was having a weird pain in my side (totally unrelated) I popped over to the hospital because I lived across the street and thought I should go and put my mind at ease. thank god I did, because if I hadn't, it would have meant a tragic ending. No one can bring back your son and I understand the feelings of guilt that go along with losing a child to IC but you should know that there is every reason to believe that you will get pregnant again and with proper care, will carry a baby to term or close enough. when that time comes, there is a wealth of support available to you on this site and others. Good luck to you my dear! We'll be thinking of you.

 

[rensben]

Hi ladies, i just found out that i'm pregnant 2 days ago. i have incompetent cervix and will have to have a stitch put in at 12 weeks also. My last pregnancy ended at 24 weeks because my water broke at 20 weeks and i stayed in the hospital for 4 weeks until i started getting an infection and had to deliever. My son passed away a few minutes after the delievery. This time around the doctors are going to check often for infection since they think i may have developed an infection due to the stitch being placed since its a foreign object which in tern made my water break.

So, i guess i'm back, i'm very nervous but praying i make it to at least 35weeks. I really hope they put me on bedrest immediately just in case but i'm sure thats not likely. I have had an sonogram already and was able to hear the heart beat so that was a relief that the baby is in the right place since i've also had an eptopic pregnancy in the past.

Good luck everyone, and sorry for the long post.

Hello there,

so sorry to hear about your loss but many congrats on your pregnancy. It sounds like your doctors are on the ball and you will get the care you need now. We are all here for you when you need us. good luck and take care!

 

[lizziedripping]

Hi everyone.

Ejm - stitch removal for singletons is usually 37wks. The feelings you have are normal for your gestation hun and probably unrelated to the stitch or your cervix x

Tesh - brilliant news hun, 3.8 is great at 19wks. You are about to enter a really scary time on your pregnancy, but have faith chick, the stitches can and do work for the majority of women x

Garrick - welcome hun. So sorry for the loss of your LO darlin, I do hope things run smoothly for you this time. Did you have an elective stitch in the last pregnancy, or was it placed as an emergency after your cervix began to change?

Infections due to stitch are very rare, it is more likely that an infection tracked into your uterus once your waters had gone, this is why I was asking about the timing of the stitch. I don't want you to worry unduly about an elective stitch, they are brilliant if placed early in the right "candidates" - infection is extremely unlikely. It could be that you had an entirely random and rare complication last time independent of your IC.

Woody - I cannot even begin to imagine what heartache you are suffering at this moment. You have had the most tremendous shock, and no words can express how I feel for you right now IC is the cruelist of pregnancy complications, it strikes without warning, and leaves you empty and distraught. Take some time to grieve hun, and then, when you feel a little stonger, we can help you to fight back and embark succesfully on your pregnancy journey again.

The ladies here are wonderful, and as you can see have suffered similar losses, so can really understand your pain. There is no end of support and love here, so please don't hesitate to let us help you to get through this.

On a practical note, there is as yet no reason why you can't achieve a full term pregnancy hun. There are usually no contractions/pain with true IC, only "silent" cervical dilation, though mild back ache can accompany it. The fact that you had already dilated to 4cms with only sporadic back ache is indicative of it, but by no means conclusive. That said, I am a huge advocate of cervical stitching in any woman who has a second trimester loss, because it is one of the leading causes at that gestation, particularly when there are no other known issues.

18wks is about average for IC hun, so no yours is not a particularly bad case. ALL women with IC are at risk after 16wks, when the uterus is large enough to put pressure on the cervix. You did nothing wrong, and tho I totally understand why you feel this way, you did not let LO down.

The only comfort (if you can find any at the moment) in knowing you have IC now, is that it is one of the few pregnancy complications which can be fixed -because it is purely a mechanical issue. If you were prone to preterm labour or PROM for example, there is less that can be done, and it is much more unpredictable. The fact that you have IC savvy doctors is brilliant news, and means that you are much more likely to get the appropriate care in your next pregnancy to get you to term hun.

So many women here have had to fight their docs to get elective stitches, or have had to endure further preterm deliveries before action is taken. Yours are already diagnosing IC, and so will be proactive in your next pregnancy, that is the good news.

I have every confidence you will conceive and get to term Woody - though it is still early days for you lovely, and the grief you must feel make it hard to see the positives. GIve yourself time, but know that we are here, and take comfort from the many, many success stories to come out of extreme tragedy.

Love and hugs xxx

 

[ejsmom]

I'm so glad you ladies are here.

I have this constant nervousness. Really, just a distrust in my body. Its really hard for me to go those 2 weeks in between having my cervical length checked because that just seems like....so long. Especially since im barely 17 weeks and just trying to keep calm until 24.

Its just NICE to get on here and see so many with successes after early births.

There are quite a few success stories after full-term or close after losses here. I can say for myself, I am on the verge of a 3rd successful cerclage placement and outcome. My baby, Matthew, is almost 34 weeks gestation. I should have my cerclage removed in about 2-3 weeks, I think. I know for me, the cerclages have saved my three boys.

I know there are moments, even at 33 weeks there are moments I am terrified. At this time, not for the baby so much because I know he would be safe if he were to be delivered. I am terrified at the possibility of tearing. I think his weight is putting a lot more pressure on the stitch. I will see my doc on Tues and take it from there.

Good Luck to you..

 

[garrickbaby]

Thanks everyone for the welcome.
Lizzie- my last cerclage was and elective one place at 13 weeks because I had lost the other pregnancy at 23 weeks without any warning I was 10 cm.
I'll keep everyone posted. Thanks for the support in advance.

 

[Mommy's Angel]

Hi ladies,

Its 3am and I just came back from the bathroom. I think I saw what I think is part of the cerclage stitch in the toilet. it was about an inch long. It was white and looked like twist tie from a trash bag. just as I read someone explain once before. I'm a bit nervous. An inch long doesn't make sense does it?

I just called the on call Dr. to see if by the grace of God their stitch has a color OTHER than white as I know some of you have mentioned a color. I'm almost positive it was white though when I remember back to them explaining things in the hospital. I'm slightly panicking as I'm not sure what the heck this means. I AM at viability week at 24wks 1 day but this is NOT the time to have her. I don't feel contractions, I have said all along I've felt like she was kicking low and she has been kicking up until now BUT I've also said I'm leaking fluid. It's acidic so I "think" it's pee but I'm not sure the difference as it's clear for the most part.

Can anyone share any insight if your up right now?? If not, I'm sure I'll either hear from the Dr. on call or will end up somewhere early this morning. ((sigh)) Sad part about all this is I dug in the toilet water for that stupid stitch to show someone and the stupid thing went down the flippin hole before I could catch it even though I hadn't flushed. I don't think we'll get it back, but I'm praying it appears for sanity sake!


EDITED At 323am:

The on call Dr. called (she was very nice) I explained to her that I saw a white tie looking thing that I thought was the stitch but it was only an inch long. She asked if I was bleeding or was in pain. She said if the stitch came out on it's own, I would have wripped and seen blood.

My husband wants me to ask any of you if you know of a stitch coming out on it's own without any pain or bleeding? There are two stitches on both sides and they pulled it together like a purse string. He seems to think that it would be unlikely just an inch worth of stitch would come out like that. (makes sense)

The Dr. said while she couldn't tell me for sure without seeing my hospital records, she said that "usually" they use blue or black string that looks like fishing line. She did mention there could be a white one that looks like white out paper. That "could" be what I saw but I'm unsure because I couldn't get the darn think out of the stupid toilet.

I'm to call in the morning and she said they'd do a speculum test to check things out. Now that HAS me freaked out. Should I actually follow through with the speculum test? Will it cause me to funnel more and open?

I sound like a freak, but I'm honestly trying to figure out what the heck to do and if it even warrants a speculum. I wish they'd just do an internal sono to find this stuff out.

Anyone have any thoughts? Am I just over-reacting? I have felt like things are burning down there when I pee. That's the same time I looked into the toilet and found that darn white thing.

I have since put a hat in the toilet for every pee trip now so I can see if there is anything actually coming out. I haven't seen anything since, still no blood no real pain.

 

[rensben]

Hi ladies,

Its 3am and I just came back from the bathroom. I think I saw what I think is part of the cerclage stitch in the toilet. it was about an inch long. It was white and looked like twist tie from a trash bag. just as I read someone explain once before. I'm a bit nervous. An inch long doesn't make sense does it?

I just called the on call Dr. to see if by the grace of God their stitch has a color OTHER than white as I know some of you have mentioned a color. I'm almost positive it was white though when I remember back to them explaining things in the hospital. I'm slightly panicking as I'm not sure what the heck this means. I AM at viability week at 24wks 1 day but this is NOT the time to have her. I don't feel contractions, I have said all along I've felt like she was kicking low and she has been kicking up until now BUT I've also said I'm leaking fluid. It's acidic so I "think" it's pee but I'm not sure the difference as it's clear for the most part.

Can anyone share any insight if your up right now?? If not, I'm sure I'll either hear from the Dr. on call or will end up somewhere early this morning. ((sigh)) Sad part about all this is I dug in the toilet water for that stupid stitch to show someone and the stupid thing went down the flippin hole before I could catch it even though I hadn't flushed. I don't think we'll get it back, but I'm praying it appears for sanity sake!

I'm here! Don't panic! I had the same thing happen a couple weeks after I got my stitch. They are disolvable sutures and they come out 1 to 2 weeks after placement. Ihad 3 come out and I wrote on here about it a while back. It was exactly the same, about an inch long. I'm sure that's what it is but ask your doc just to be sure. As for the fluid, I don't know but maybe you should go and get it tested if you are in doubt. It will put your mind at ease! good luck!

 

[Mommy's Angel]

Hi ladies,

Its 3am and I just came back from the bathroom. I think I saw what I think is part of the cerclage stitch in the toilet. it was about an inch long. It was white and looked like twist tie from a trash bag. just as I read someone explain once before. I'm a bit nervous. An inch long doesn't make sense does it?

I just called the on call Dr. to see if by the grace of God their stitch has a color OTHER than white as I know some of you have mentioned a color. I'm almost positive it was white though when I remember back to them explaining things in the hospital. I'm slightly panicking as I'm not sure what the heck this means. I AM at viability week at 24wks 1 day but this is NOT the time to have her. I don't feel contractions, I have said all along I've felt like she was kicking low and she has been kicking up until now BUT I've also said I'm leaking fluid. It's acidic so I "think" it's pee but I'm not sure the difference as it's clear for the most part.

Can anyone share any insight if your up right now?? If not, I'm sure I'll either hear from the Dr. on call or will end up somewhere early this morning. ((sigh)) Sad part about all this is I dug in the toilet water for that stupid stitch to show someone and the stupid thing went down the flippin hole before I could catch it even though I hadn't flushed. I don't think we'll get it back, but I'm praying it appears for sanity sake!

I'm here! Don't panic! I had the same thing happen a couple weeks after I got my stitch. They are disolvable sutures and they come out 1 to 2 weeks after placement. Ihad 3 come out and I wrote on here about it a while back. It was exactly the same, about an inch long. I'm sure that's what it is but ask your doc just to be sure. As for the fluid, I don't know but maybe you should go and get it tested if you are in doubt. It will put your mind at ease! good luck!

So it's not the stitch then right?? It's something on it that dissolves?? The actual stitch is still in right??

Thank goodness someone is on.

 

[rensben]

Yes, your stitch is fine! They are just small stitches that are place during the procedure that come out after. I freaked out too but it was nothing! Glad I could help. I live in France and am 6 hours ahead..

 

[lizziedripping]

Hi MA - so sorry I wasn't here in your moment of panic! Thank goodness Ren could come to your aid - she is of course right, the sutures do come away after the surgery and look exactly as you describe. The actual stitch is like a thick piece of the old typewriter tape, very distinguishable hun - almost an inch wide. You would certainly have had contractions/pain/bleeding if it had come away, and it is more likely your cervix would have torn rather than the stitch actually come out - it is very strong.

Hope you're ok now xxx

 

[sham1]

MA I'm glad everything seems to be OK. This website and conversation just goes to prove how great it is to have other women who understand your experiences to reach out too. All the best xx