Incompetent Cervix - stitch/cerclage - threatened labour

[garrickbaby]

Hello all, i am absolutely new here...

Pls help me... I have a slightly dilated cervix (3mm)... Dr thinks that a cerclage is not necessary as it did not increase over a week. I am now put on projesterone injections - proluton depot 500 weekly....

Do you think 3 mm is safe with out stitches....?

Glad to see you made it to the thread (I saw your post in 2nd tri) hopefully you will get the information you need here. Good Luck.

 

[garrickbaby]

Going for surgery in an hour, our baby passed away.

So sorry to hear about your loss, my heart just sank. Thinking about you.

 

[HelenGee]

Caite-my thoughts and prayers are with you, please be kind to yourself and know we are here if you need any help.

Lizzie-what a sweet thing to say, thank you, we feel the same about you and if we could ever repay the kindness and hope you gave us, we'd do it a million times over. Hope you and yours are well, let the half-term madness commence! Oliver's been like a caged animal since he started school, and I know exactly how he feels! Xxx

Thanks La Rockera, just keep the questions coming and take care xx

 

[Susanah]

Hi everyone
I blink and there are 8 new pages! Sorry i cant keep up with everyone and everything.
Caitlin - so sad to hear your news. Hope you are being well looked after at this awful time.
Indian Maa - it depends on a lot of things. How many weeks are you? we need more info
LaRock - So glad your results are ok! I am having tonnes of discharge too.... personally i think its because im so active and busy but perhaps its just what happens with a stitch. Certainly last time I had quite a lot also and was on bedrest properly last time.

We are doing ok. All of us had ecoli and Charlie was admitted, and I got a bit stressed about being ill with it myself and looking after charlie bean and everyone else. Charlie was only in hosp for one night but it was awful
Anyway, recovering now and I had a scan on tuesday which showed things to be ok. Baby a little small for dates but only a week behind. And another girl
We are 26 weeks now... slowly getting to the Big 28 week mark.
Cervix looked fine on abdo scan and the placenta has moved north, making praevia now a none issue thank goodness.

bye for now and good luck everyone

 

[truthbtold]

Susanah, Indian Maa is 15 weeks

 

[LaRockera]

Susanah, thank you for all your lovely advice, and I'm sorry to hear you guys been unwell, especially Charlie. Hope he's recovering and he'll be PERFECT soon.

 

[lizziedripping]

Caite - so sorry for your loss hun I had a m/c at 10wks in July so if you need to PM, please feel free.............I understand how you must be feeling right now x

Indian maa - welcome hun. You say that your cervix is dilated 3mm. Usually a cervix dilates to 1cm, then 2cms, then 3cms and so on. Are you sure the doctor wasn't talking about its length? Length is usually measured in mm or cms. If it were 3cms it would be short, but not dangerously so and possibly quite normal at 15wks. If it is 3mms in length, then it is very short and would definitely need a stitch. A cervix begins to shorten before it opens, and it sounds very much to me like it might be length rather than dilation he was talking about.

DOuble check what exactly they meant hun before taking things any further. I really don't think he could be talking about dilation tho, medically dilation is measured in cms x

Susie - E.coli? That's horrendous - any idea where you contracted it? Poor you, poor charlie So glad she's ok now hun. You are doing so well in this pregnancy. Look after yourselves x

Hi to everyone else too - would be good to here ALL our ladies are doing ok, haven't heard from some of you in a while xxx

 

[Mommy's Angel]

Oh Caitlin, I'm so very sorry dear. Praying for Gods peace to engulf you as you go through yet another hard surgery. Praying He would hold you up when you cannot stand during this grieving process and asking that He would guide the hands and minds of the medical staff when you start to ttc again so they would find a plan for the mthfr issue and help you to victory in holding a child.

In the meantime, I just pray for your spirit and know how hard this is for you. Please continue to keep us posted and let us know if you need anything. We are here for you and love you dear friend.

 

[Mommy's Angel]

Susanah, Holy Cats! However did you get e-coli dear?! Poor little Charlie. I'd imagine this was hard enough on an adult but for the child to get it on top of everyone else in the family...goodness what stress. SO glad your getting better though.

 

[heychickie]

I'm so sorry, Caitlin. Wishing you eventual peace, though I know it will be a long road.

 

[caite19]

Thanks ladies. Surgery went smoothly. Just resting. Not trying for another baby, three losses is enough for us. Going to try and adopt later. Blessings to all of you ladies and I pray you all have great pregnancies.

 

[Mommy's Angel]

Thanks ladies. Surgery went smoothly. Just resting. Not trying for another baby, three losses is enough for us. Going to try and adopt later. Blessings to all of you ladies and I pray you all have great pregnancies.

I understand dear. We have had the heart for adoption for over 10 years in our own hard journey. Please continue to keep us posted with how your doing. We care very much for you. I pray for the road ahead as you grieve and wish you the best in your next journey.

 

[vaali]

Thanks ladies. Surgery went smoothly. Just resting. Not trying for another baby, three losses is enough for us. Going to try and adopt later. Blessings to all of you ladies and I pray you all have great pregnancies.

Caite!!.. oh i'm so really sorry for the loss!! couldn't get to come online last 2 days & its so shocking to see your post.. my prayers are with you & your lovable family dear.. I know you have had a rough path all through & i pray you get out of it sooner! keep us posted.. We care for you..

 

[Carry22]

Caite - just read you news and was so shocked and saddened I'm so sorry, my thoughts are with you

I have my 12 wk scan and consultant appt on Mon where I'm going to ask for a transvaginal scan. In the meantime I had a wee bit of a scare today hoping for some advice from you lovely ladies

I've had quite a bit of discharge for a few weeks now, mostly creamy white but at times yellow/green. I was a bit concerned about it so had a swab done last week which came back negative for infections so that's good news. But today I had a bit of brown discharge - not much but definitely brown. I haven't had any brown / bleeding this whole pregnancy.

I'm totally freaking out now as when I had my m/c in June (at 15wks) I'd had brown discharge and bleeding since week 5.

I used my doppler today to settle my mind a bit and found heartbeat no problem and it was at a good rate (150) but I'm still really worried.
Has anyone experienced brown discharge for the first time this late in first trimester?? Could this have anything to do with my cervix??

Extra info: I have also been suffering from a really bad headache for about 2 days now which doesn't seem to be easing off and I had the flu jab on Thursday.

Any clues??

 

[Mommy626]

Hi everyone,

I am new to this thread, I hope to read through some of the past posts soon. This previous Monday I went to the doctor because I was experiencing pelvic pressure and slight brown discharge, luckily they did a vaginal ultrasound. they saw that my cervix was shortened with funnelling. They told me to rush to the hospital and called the perinatologist there, who gave me a cerclage a day later. I was 22 weeks on the day of the cerclage. The whole thing has been a whirlwind, I honestly had never heard of a cerclage before Monday and didn't really know what a incompetent cervix was until now either.

This is my first pregnancy, they seemed very surprised that it was caught. I haven't really gotten a clear prognosis of my chances for my baby girl. I am on bedrest now until the doctor tells me otherwise. I still feel pelvic pressure and occasional light cramping, don't know what is from the cerclage and what is from the IC, and what is normal and what is not!

If anyone has any advice or experience I would greatly appreciate it. I am trying to learn as much about this issue as I can. Mostly scared I guess.

Good luck to everyone else going through all this, this is definitely a tough road.

 

[Mommy's Angel]

Hi dear! Did they tell you the length of your cervix and how far you funneled dear? How about the cerclage...did they say how much length was left?

Sounds as if they found it just in time dear.

Is this your first pregnancy? They were probably surprised because usually it takes a loss or two before they look into it. At least here in the states they don't even think of monitoring for it until something happens. In this case, it seems as though they may have been closely monitoring you and found it just in time. In which case, sounds like you may have a great medical staff over there watching out for you.

Lizzie and the others can help a great deal more with their experience as well.

 

[Mommy626]

Hi dear! Did they tell you the length of your cervix and how far you funneled dear? How about the cerclage...did they say how much length was left?

Sounds as if they found it just in time dear.

Is this your first pregnancy? They were probably surprised because usually it takes a loss or two before they look into it. At least here in the states they don't even think of monitoring for it until something happens. In this case, it seems as though they may have been closely monitoring you and found it just in time. In which case, sounds like you may have a great medical staff over there watching out for you.

Lizzie and the others can help a great deal more with their experience as well.

Thanks for the response! Actually though I wasn't being monitored for it since it was my first pregnancy. I just wasn't feeling right, so called my doctor after a few days of light pelvic pain and brown discharge.. I am lucky they didn't dismiss me as paranoid though, very thankful for that! It is my first pregnancy so I had nothing to compare the pains to, and almost didn't call, thinking it was probably normal. Some of my friends kept telling me it was normal, so glad I didn't listen to them. Sometimes being overly worrisome is a good thing!! I had actually had my 20 week ultrasound 10 days before and apparently everything had looked good then, I don't know why this happened all of a sudden!! I wish I knew what caused it.

I think my measurements were - on Monday before my cerclage my cervix length was 2.7 cm with funneling (I remember the number 1.2, not sure if that was the funnel length?). After the cerclage the cervix length went to 3.3 , I don't remember the funnel length but do know it looked better. I hope these numbers sound right, all of these terms were new to me at the time and I was trying to absorb as much info as I could, but I may be getting the details wrong.

Thanks again for the reply

 

[Mommy's Angel]

Ah yes, I had to literally fight for my cerclage. I've found we MUST be our own advocates so I'm glad you were persistent!

Those lengths sound good though. Lizzie knows a bit more about the length stuff compared to me so I'm going to leave it to the ones who've had more experience. It does sound like your length is good. Were you put on bed rest now? Make sure you drink lots of water and try to go on bed rest for awhile. It really makes a difference. I made it to 38wks and even then, I had a c-section because she was transverse and I was pre-preeclamsia. So they weren't going to play around with Amelia and I this time around.

Welcome to the group, though I wish it were for better circumstances.

 

[Jadi87]

Hi, someone from a different site referred me here. I'm booked in for a cervical stitch at 13 weeks because I have got an incompetant cervix. I lost my son at 18weeks in march this year as I had dilated to far and my membrane was pretty much almost hanging out. That's how I knew because I felt it but it was too late.

People told me pains were normal so I guess I ignored them as warning signs. Anyways I'm pretty scared going in next month... I honesty don't know half the terminology used like tunneling I don't know how it feels what I do afterwards... All I know this will allow me to carry childeren.

Thanks.

 

[vaali]

Hi Mommy626, welcome! firstly kudos to your instincts & how well you followed it & saved your bub!! thats really awesome.. know what? you should really be proud of you for what you had done!! & ofcourse kudos to your docs too for being all ears & their timely act
Now.. 3.3cm after the stitch is such a good cervical length @ 22 weeks.. i was 3mm @ 22+4 when diagnosed with IC (accidental diagnosis on my scheduled second trim scan) after a loss @ 18w last year. I guess my IC is just a congenital anatomical misfortune & you can read about the reasons for IC on the net which may be due to lot of other things too.I Measured 1.1cm a week after the stitch..(gosh! i so hate to say that). Im gonna be 26 weeks in couple of days (Praise God!!).. keeping my fingers crossed & tied to bed with foot end elevated upto 5 inches. Im trying to take things week by week & my next goal is to reach the viability which is 28weeks. I was on strict bedrest just for couple of days after the procedure @ hospital after which my OBGY advised me to go easy on using the restroom since complete bedrest till term carries a good risk of DVT(deep vein thrombosis) esp during pregnancy.. thats my story so far in short & hope it was of some help to you..
Are you on progesterone or uterine relaxants to prevent preterm labour? Im on Isoxsuprine hydrochloride twice daily..(an uterine relaxant)
Hi Jadi87, welcome to the thread.. Sorry about your previous loss! been there done that i know how paranoid are you now! & grats on the current pregnancy!https://pregnancyafterprematurity.blogspot.com/2011/05/purse-string-by-any-other-name.html Just thought the picture on the link will give you some idea on IC & the gap you see on the pic on the right b/w the stitch & the baby is called funneling. So, how many weeks now?