Incompetent Cervix - stitch/cerclage - threatened labour

Ladies thank you all so much for your kindness & words of encouragement, it all really does help.

I cancelled my 40th birthday party tonight :-( ... Least of my worries except now the world & his brother I invited, many of whom didn't even know I was pregnant, all want to know what's going on ...

After dinner I felt ginormous, in my head my amniotic fluid has doubled since my scan on Weds (Lizzie it's 29 when the 'normal' range is btw 5-25). It's very uncomfortable & makes it difficult to breathe which only serves my paranoia. I have to calm down.

Will let you know if I get the dreaded GD call tomorrow.

Thanks again.

JimmyJam xx
 
Hi there,

I'm hoping I can join this thread.

I'm 39 (40 next month!) and 20 weeks pregnant naturally (miracle!) after 5 years trying, 4 failed cycles of IVF (1 ectopic, 1 chemical) & multiple ops to treat polyps & endometriosis - so I think this pregnancy could be the last chance for me after a very bumpy & painful road. I've been stalking the forums for as long as I've been TTC but this is the first time I've been brave enough to post.

At my first antenatal appt I was lucky enough to have a brilliant midwife who took one look at my file and said 'Christ you've been through it'. She noticed I'd had a cone biopsy in 2004 & literally insisted the OB put me through the prem clinic for observation. I feel very lucky that she did my admission because he wouldn't have if she hadn't insisted. Apparently they only took 1cm at my cone, which is 'borderline' for concern - pah!

At my first prem US in mid-December, when I was 13 1/2 weeks pregnant, my cervix measured 3.1cm. But, 4 weeks later, in mid-Jan, it had shortened to 2.6 - but no funneling & the cervix was still closed. I was told to attend clinic a week later & found that my cervix had shortened further to 2.3. I was referred for a cerclage, which was performed on Fri 20 January, at 19 weeks +1 - and my external cervical length was only 1cm so they opted for a shirodkar, higher up inside my uterus, and shifted my bladder out of the way. As I had no dilation or bulging membranes the surgeon said the stitch was still classed as 'preventative' but that they have greater success when they have more cervix to work with. I've since been told an estimated 70% success rate in my case - which doesn't feel that safe.

After a horrific weekend when, the day after surgery, I started having what I think were contractions, and was rushed into hospital and kept in overnight - (and there was a fight on my hospital ward!) I was finally sent home again to take it easy.

Since then I've had no further contractions & really rested up and at my first follow-up scan, five days later, Weds last week, my cervix was still closed & not funnelling & had gone back up to 3.1.

I've been advised not to go on full bed rest due to the psychological impact & the risk of DVT - but I have been told to go on pelvic rest, no lifting & no exercise. I've gradually started pottering about a bit and have been out to dinner once or twice but I live under a perpetual haze of anxiety.

I want to ask if anyone in the thread, particularly Lizzie who seems to be the font of all knowlege, can explain to me what a dynamic cervix is. The fact mine went from 3.1 to 2.6, then 2.3 and back up to 3.1 after the stitch again - does that mean my cervix is dynamic or 'regenerating' from the effect of the stitch? I don't want to go on full bed rest as I'm at particular risk of DVT but am afraid every time I leave the house my cervix will give way! How reliable is the Shirodkar &, as they had only a very short cervix to play with, is there a greater risk of it 'slipping' - and if it did how would I know it had failed?

Also - I can feel the stitch & I'm permanently worried it will give under pressure. It feels like a tampon inserted skew-whiff. Is this a normal sensation?

I'm usually a pretty dynamic, active person but I'm not daft & after everything I've been through I am so desperate to keep this long-awaited baby and to do everything I can to carry it as close as possible to term. But I don't know how much activity is ok. My stitch was preventative but carried out on a short cervix, so what level of 'activity' is appropriate?

Sorry for such a long post but finally, after all these years, I'm just desperate for the support of people who know what I'm going through, and to share my hopes, fears & anxieties.

My baby's due 17 June which seems such a long time away - I just hope I can make it to a stage where he/she is viable. Today is my 20-week scan & I'm just praying I don't get more bad news ...

Would welcome any thoughts, advice. It's good to share.

Thanks.

Ps - my aunt had a stitch almost fifty years ago, having lost three mid-term babies (one at seven months) after a botched illegal termination - she now has three adult children with kids of their own, having had a new stitch put in each time. This gives me major encouragement - but we're all different ...

Hi JJ - at last I've had chance to read your post properly, and hope to put your mind at ease, at least as far as your IC is concerned :hugs:

Firstly, you have a SHirodkar which is brilliant!! I had one for the twins and it worked a treat in supporting over 16Ibs of baby to 38wks. When mine was placed my cervix was incredibley floppy and atonal (it shouldn't be at 12wks). It was long and closed at that point, but it is likely that on standing it was 'giving way' even at that early stage. Despite this the stitch added an overall tension to my cervix, and by 24wks it had remained long and closed, wasn't funneling at all, despite the weight of two. It did funnel st 25wks, but only to the stitch and remained like that til my scheduled section at 38wks.

I wouldn't describe your cervix as dynamic necessarily. It was shortening prematurely as is expected in IC. You had the stitch, then it gained length afterwards. This is typical in ladies who have a stitch placed after shortening, and a very good sign that the stitch has done its job thus far. A cervix shortens before it begins to dilate. As it thins out it is 'drawn up' and so gets shorter in the process. A shirodkar stitch is placed high up at the top of a cervix and draws it back together again thus regaining lost length.

A dynamic cervix is one which constantly fluctuates in length (sometimes from hour to hour and day to day). With or without a stitch it moves up and down with or without increased pressure. Women can have a dynamic cervix, but stagger on to term regardless - their cervix never fully dilates until they have strong regular contractions at 40wks.

You had contractions immediately after surgery - this isn't abnormal, and in fact is to be expected. Usually women are given an Indomethicin suppository after cerclage placement to stop the expeted uterine contractions caused by cervical surgery. I had two of these within 24hrs and when they wore off had uterine irritability and tightening. I lay there terrified for a full week after the surgery, convinced I was about to deliver the babies :nope: You may or may not have had the suppositories hun, but the contractions are common. It is also the reason you are asked to stay in hospital for 24hrs afterwards so that they can monitor you for such a reaction.

As for the shirodkar, it is incredibley reliable, even in a short cervix (and incidentally it is a stitch which cannot be placed in a cervix which has already shortened catastrophically, so that is reassuring). It is important to note tho that you had it placed after your cervix had already begun to change (albeit just some mild shortening) and for this reason I would advise as much rest as you can tolerate. Whilst you don't need to be horizontal in bed all day long, you could stay on the sofa, feet propped up with regular but gentle walks around the house. Prolonged shopping expeditions or housework is a definite no no hun. The stitch can't 'slip' as such, and is unlikely to fail you, but it is important to give it a helping hand in taking the weight and strain off your cervix as much as you can. I was never told to take bed rest officially, but because of the constant feel of pressure if I did move around for more than 10mins, I took the decision then to put myself on partial bed rest (sofa time with occasional toliet/shower/meal breaks).

The tampon-like sensation you describe is less likely to be the stitch, and related more to the weight of the baby and your bladder being pushed down and protruding into your vaginal walls. I had the exact same sensation from around 20wks, but it vanished after 24wks as the babies moved up and into my abdomen and the pressure on my pelvis was lessened. This is all normal baby/cervix stuff, exaccerbated but not necessarily caused by the presence of the stitch.

All the feelings you are experiencing, both emotional and physical are completely normal and in keeping with the whole IC nightmare sweet. This is a frightening time, and I have lost count of how many ladies have said that their due date seems like an impossible milestone that they'll never reach (me included). I had constant BH contractions, menstrual-like cramps, aches and pains with the twins - all which mimicked perfectly my daughter's preterm arrival. I did make it against the odds tho hun (a dream I never thought possible), and so can you. I can see no reason as things stand at the moment, for you not to make it safely to term :hugs:

Regarding your excess fluid, I mentioned in a previous post that this will have no bearing on your cervix except to increase the pressure on it. Becasue you now have the stitch, this is nothing to worry about yet. Your levels are at 29 which at the moment is only a little above normal, so for now the threat of PROM is still low and might well remain so. Please remember, I carried two bags of fluid and two babies against the stitch and a crappy cervix, and it held up fine. The medics will always give you worst case scenario hun, it doesn't mean that's where youre headed. There are many more idiopathic reasons behind polyhydramnios than there are sinister ones, so try to hold on to that hope as hard as I know that is.

Take care, and I hope I've answered your original post adequately - get back to me if there's anything else you need - any time :hugs:
 
Garrick- my heart goes put to you, this is the most testing, emotional time, replaying all those emotions, not quite understanding how you've made it, but you did, and knowing that it was a fine line between making it and not. The thoughts troubled me for a while, to the point I obsessed about Bella, I wouldn't sleep in case anything happened, I just sat and watched over her. If I did fall asleep, I wake up with a start and nearly make myself sick with worry. I bought a nappy clip breathing monitor, it made a clicking sound when she breathes, and sounded an alarm if she did kick it off (or stopped breathing). That really helped me, as I knew if it was clicking she was fine. All will be fine, my sweetie, just jeep doing what your doing and be kind to yourself. :hugs::hugs:

You are exactly right.... When she is sleeping soundly I watch her or touch her to make her move... It almost make you feel like you are going crazy and no one understands that. Its like the obsession moved from cervical checks and sonograms to worrying about SIDS. I guess you never stop worrying about your babies no matter what. I'm glad you can relate because I felt like I was the only one.

Oh no, I was like that and am STILL like that. Amelia is coming off her bassinet and will be staying on the pack in play mattress for what I was thinking would be 6 months but since we're on a second floor and the stairwell has me nervous, I may move her crib to the far side of our room until she's 9months. :wacko: I think having lost our son has really put fear in me. There comes a time when I have to just give it all over to God and let the poor wee one have some room to grow.:dohh::cry: Your not the only one!

You can't love and protect your baby too much MA - you're a wonderful Mother just doing what comes naturally to you :hugs:
 
Thanks to Lizzy who directed me here. Glad to see many familiar faces.

Coming Sunday I will he having a transvaginal cerclage put in because am carrying twins this time around and my last pregnancy ended up in premature rupture of membranes at 30 weeks and I ended up losing my firstborn son in nicu.

Am really glad am getting a cerclage because without that probably I would be just worried. Hoping against hope that everything will be fine this time.

For ladies who have had cerclage, did you experience any spotting after the procedure? What did you do differently after the cerclage? Excessive bedrest? Less activity like showering etc.

At this point my cervix is 2.85 cm. 10 days ago, it was 3 cm. my high risk OB thinks cerclage is really required.
Please pour in your thoughts. I will try to be as prepared as I can for the surgery.

Hi bookfish - glad to see you're getting your cerclage hun. Afterwards it is normal to get spotting for up to a week - mainly in the first 3 days.

I went on partial bed rest after my stitch in the twin pregnancy and got up off the sofa to shower, use the toilet and cook the occasional meal. Apart from that I tried to remain horizontal for as much time as possible. I felt tremendous pressure down below if I walked around for too long, so in all honesty I was too scared to do anything other than rest. All twin ladies should rest anyway, add to that having IC and stitch and I think it is wise to take the weight off.

If you've already had the surgery by now hun, hope it wemt well and youre ok, let us know how you are :hugs:
 
Ladies, as for me am up coming to 22 weeks:happydance: and its 4 weeks since I had my stitch but am still experiencing mild cramping every other day...Is this normal post cerclage? Or should I visit the maternal assessment unit at my local hospital so i can get it checked out? Am not presenting any discharge or bleeding and the baby's kicks are really low...I really don't know if what am feeling is normal with a stitch. Its just worrying me that this cramping is not going away and it could be my cervix opening up. My next scan is not until 14/2/12.Please share your experiences. Am so scared of sleeping at night as I keep thinking am going to go into preterm labor like i did the last time....Am so worried!
Hi to all the other ladies I have missed out!

Hi Olga :hugs: Cramping for me and many others is very normal after cerclage - it seems to be an unfortunate after effect which sadly mimics preterm labour and cervical dilation. Having a foregin body there is more than enough to cause signficant uterine irritability.

For me the daily tightenings and cramps were never strong or regular enough to have an effect on my cervix, but it never hurts to get checked out if you're losing sleep over this darlin'. :hugs:
 
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Hello Ladies

Haven't been around for a while as i'm anxious about things i spend all my days worrying.

For those who don't know my story, Our little boy Joseph was born on March 12th 2010 at 25+5 wks, he was our first baby and as soon as i saw him i knew he was my life, after spending 26days in NICU fighting infection, lung collapse, 4.5hrs bowel op, pulmonary bleeds he closed his eyes and fell asleep breaking mine and his daddies hearts :cry: It had took us 3 years to fall pregnant and thought it wuld never happen.

9 months later we found we were expecting again, only to find out at 11wks i had suffered a missed miscarriage, i had to go into hospital to have a medically managed miscarriage 10 days before our wedding and Josephs 1st birthday. 3 months later we find were expecting again (found outon my 40th birthday) and it was due on Josephs 2nd birthday, we then lost this one at 9wks in Aug 11.

And then 8wks later i'm pregnant again and terrified, i am now 18+3, i had a stitch put in at 14wks as a preventative one as there not sure if i have IC, since having the stitch put in i've been admitted to hospital for a few days with abdominal pains, which they put down to IBS, for the past 2 wks the pains are on and off constantly and my anxiety levels are through the roof, i can't believe i will even make it to 25wks never mind 36!.

Hello to JimmyJam & Bookfish x
Susannah your babies are beautiful and i'm sorry for you loss xx
Lizzie how are you?
Larockera Happy belated wishes for yesterday xxx
Sorry if i've missed anyone xxxxx

Hi Bump hun :hugs: Thoughts are with you sweet, you have had such a rough time this past 2yrs :hugs: Your terror is so understandable, and the symptoms post-cerclage only serve to increase your fear. All I can say is that I and many other ladies here all had the same aches and pains after stitch yet they never amounted to anything. What you are going through now is exactly how I felt from 20wks on - it is an awful time and my thoughts and prayers are with you. PM me if you need some additional support
 
Quick question to everyone: i get this weird sensation down there that seems like i might be having an infection or something (kind of like pinching but not exactly) but have no discharge or ichiness or anything. I am going to do a urine sample test tomorrow but till then does anyone havr any clue whether this is normal or not?thanks ladies!

Pinching, pulling and tweaking sensations all entirely normal after stitch chicken :hugs:
 
La Rock, so glad you've made it safely 'home' and that you're now on the home stretch darlin'. Not long now til you meet 'baby rock' lol. Her being engaged is good but doesn't necessarily mean she's due any time soon - first babies usually engage very early on so your body and baby are behaving very much by the book ;) Keep resting treasure :hugs:

Kate, you too are making it nicely towards 30wks - bet you thought you'd never see that day hun? So pleased that now you can let go of some of your past fears and look forward to a full term baby :hugs:

Helen, as always you are wonderfully supportive to all on this thread. Hope all is well with you and the little chicks :hugs:

Susie, how lovely to see some pics of you and your lovely family. You seem to have everything under control, and I am awed by your ability to take two babies under 1 to the beach!!!!!! I NEVER could have attempted leaving the house with one under 8wks, let alone two.......amazing lady. Thanks for sharing xxx

Hope I've responded to everyone who has posted this last week - please give me a kick if I haven't xxx
 
O Lizzie thank you so much, you are so articulate & explain things so well. Your advice is reassuring, thank you.

I don't know what my fluid levels are, only the measurements, but I'll ask in clinic on Weds.

I rang the hospital this morning. I don't have GD (thank heaven!) at the moment, my levels are normal at 4.5 & 3.5. But I will have to test again at 28 weeks, apparently the polyhydramnios means I still may develop it. I don't understand any of the GD stuff, I don't understand how you can test negative one week & then positive a few weeks later. If anyone can enlighten me I'd be grateful.

Mixed feelings - testing normal for GD but that means we don't know why I've got PH ... And so early in my pregnancy too. Could it be it's something much worse? Nightmare.

This is a nasty rotten rollercoaster, but for me this thread is a newfound lifeline so thank you ladies. It's a lonely old road.

Will keep you posted. Hope everyone is doing well.

Have a good week.

JimmyJam x
 
Hi JJ - you must be worried sweet, and you're right it is a roller coaster of emotions. Women without pregnancy complications really just don't get it! The ladies here do, and you are among friends who are desperate to help :hugs:

GD - I have always been tested for it in pregnancy, usually because I am +1/2 for glucose in my urine and have large babies. In my first pregnancy I was tested very early to rule it out. With the twins it was done at 28wks because the boys were huge for twins. In the twin pregnancy my 24hr test was positive but when I actually started taking fasting bloods each day I didn't actually have it. Twins are double the strain and double the placentas - the extra processing required sometimes gives the impression you have it when you don't, when in fact it is the mothers body under strain struggling to process the extra glucose. in the end the boys were massive due to genetics and not GD.

My point is that you can test neg early on when baby requirements are less, and then develop the condition later as the placenta, and baby grows and their physiological demands are greater. Beyond that I can't explain the science, but know that it is worth testing you again for this reason.

At the moment, the fact that your excess fluid doesn't have an identifiable cause must be torture, BUT there is still a very good chance that it is just one of those things sent to torment you needlessly. I do know many women with too much and too little who never found out why, and their babies were fine. The only issue I have ever known is with a baby who had too little and hi lungs were small for gestation because the fluid is needed to expand and develop them. In his mother's case there was never a reason for the lack of fluid, just one of those things.

When do you get measured again? How're you feeling physically today? X
 
Hey guys,

we went to the doctor this morning. I copy and paste my journal post, hope you don't mind me being such a lazy arse:

The doctor said it all looked absolutely fine, apart from my AFI that seemed to be on the lowest side of normal. I checked his measurements, it's around 8ish, which is better than 5 I suppose, but it still puts me on the 10th centile. I got a steroid injection in the bump and need to have another three every 12 hours just in case Xanthe needs to come early (meaning at 37 weeks I think), in case her fluid levels decrease more.

I didn't worry excessively about this as my levels have always been steady on the 10th centile. What got me worried is that his ultrasound showed an EFW same (and even a teeny weeny less) than the UK obgyn's a week ago. I know obviously the baby could not have shrunk, and that different ultrasounds may give different measurements, but why hasn't she gained? In the u/s she seemed to date one to two weeks behind. I asked my doctor about it and he said my baby is not small at all, she's normal, but I still worry with these measurements. At the moment she seems to be 2.122-2.145gr, which is slightly more than 4lbs. I hope she reaches at least 2,500 (about 5lbs) before she decides to make her exit.

Luckily she's kicking like crazy, and also, heartbeat was very good.

In any case I'm kinda glad I came back. We've heard that there was heavy snow in the UK only two days after our departure, and that half the flights had to be cancelled.:wacko:
 
Thank you Lizzie, you've explained it all really well to me. It just feels like hurdle after hurdle. I don't want GD but on the flip side it's a known entity & can be controlled ... Such a double-edged sword.

My next scan is Weds, I go in to the Centre for Fetal Care to check the fluid out & then back-to-back the prem clinic to have my cervix measured. It's a big day!

I went out for 10 minutes today & put on a pair of pregnancy jeans I was given. They barely fit ... I feel enormous, like I look 6 months rather than 21 weeks. And I get a bit breathy too - I've never got this far in a pregnancy before so I don't know how much of it is paranoia. Prior to conceiving I exercised pretty much every day, I only eat fish & not meat & I've got an excellent diet. It's hard to feel this way, so unfit & fragile, & harder still to believe I may develop GD. But then the whole thing's hard, everybody on here knows that. I'm just in a heightened state of panic that my waters are increasing so rapidly any moment now I'll pop ...

Thank you for your ongoing support & advice, I'll keep you posted.

Hope you're good.

JimmyJam x
 
O LaRockera, it doesn't bloody let up does it?

I'm so sorry you're worried & I have nothing of any value to offer other than if your doctor reckons Xanthe (gorgeous name) is the right size & she's kicking & looking strong, then you have to believe it. I'm sure they'd flag it up if they were worried & you are so close now.

From my own experience I know that I only listen to the bad stuff & no amount of being told it will be okay will allay my fears. Women who haven't been through any of this could never understand.

I'd love to see a link to your journal. I hope you're doing okay and not too anxious.

Take care, JimmyJam xx
 
O LaRockera, it doesn't bloody let up does it?

I'm so sorry you're worried & I have nothing of any value to offer other than if your doctor reckons Xanthe (gorgeous name) is the right size & she's kicking & looking strong, then you have to believe it. I'm sure they'd flag it up if they were worried & you are so close now.

From my own experience I know that I only listen to the bad stuff & no amount of being told it will be okay will allay my fears. Women who haven't been through any of this could never understand.

I'd love to see a link to your journal. I hope you're doing okay and not too anxious.

Take care, JimmyJam xx

Hey hon, I must sound ridiculous to you, thinking everything you've been, and still going through. :( I suppose you can't help worrying though, can you?

My doctor is a fertility expert too, and today I went in and there were a few couples waiting for treatment and such, and this lady saw me and she burst into tears :cry: (didn't realise it, my husband told me later). I felt for her, I didn't parade my bump around or anything, nothing like it:nope:. I wholeheartedly hope she's able to conceive soon.

My doctor didn't seem concerned at all though, so perhaps I need to give it a rest?:shrug: I'm going back tomorrow so I'm going to question him tightly, but to be fair, he's not the type of doctor to take any chances, on the contrary, I'd say he's overprotective.

Thank you for the compliment on the name. :flower: Her name will be Xanthe-Eleni (pronounced Zanthee Elenee) from my DH's and my mother respectively. And thank you for your interest in reading my journal, the link's on my siggy. I'd suggest you started one too. You may find it'll help, hon.:hugs:
 
You know LaRockera I totes don't think you're ridiculous, everything is relative & this is your baby we're talking about. You haven't had an easy pregnancy & have every right to be concerned. Nobody has the monopoly on that.

I do think it's a good sign your doctor is cautious but that shouldn't stop you wanting as much reassurance as you need. Sod what anyone else thinks, whatever it takes to get you through. Nothing, in your whole life, is going to be as important as Xanthe. She's a new life, after all.

Must've been horrid in the fertility clinic when the lady burst out crying. I have to admit it was hard for me - and got harder - through my years of trying & failing, as all my friends had their first babies ... then second. I live in an area which is baby buggy/shop/cafe central & I would always walk past & avert my eyes. That changed for a blissful month after my 12 1/2 week scan but once again I can't look any more, I'm afraid of my miracle vanishing ... And right now I AM still pregnant!

In life, though, I've learnt, everyone wants something. I have a wonderful husband, a great job & I live in a lovely house - and I have friends who drop babies as easily as apples off a tree & yet they envy all the things I have.

Bah.

I'm glad you're going back to your doctor tmrw - but rmbr, so soon Xanthe will be in your arms - & then the real worry begins!

Best of luck. It's lovely to have met you xx
 
Jimmy, you're a wonderful person. Thank you for your understanding and encouragement. I'm very optimistic for you, I feel it will all work out in the end, and soon enough all this agony will just be a bad memory.

I think the woman cried discreetly, because I never saw her. But I still felt for her. I remember myself sitting in that very lounge before my IUI and looking at pregnant ladies (who most likely fell pregnant themselves after some sort of fertility treatment), and feeling a twitch of pain inside me.

Sigh... He's a great doctor. I'm sure he'll be able to help her.

Will update tomorrow with doppler results and doctor's verdict of baby's size.
 
Lizzie- thanks hun, i m such i worry wart that i m going in tomorrow for a private scan, cant wait another week for my scheduled growth scan (for which of course i ll go anyway!!!)

Larockera-hey hun sorry you re worrying at this point. I just wanted to let you know that weight wise measurements can really vary from u/s to u/s. a day before my son was born he was 2700, next morning 2300!!my friend on the other hand went to the doc on a tuesday, baby weighted 2800...gave bith thursday morning to a 3250 baby! I m sure xanthe is fine kicking away but you doing good to be seeing your doc again tomorrow! Keep up updated!!xx ps:wth is this rain?????
 
Hi La rock. Your lo is 1/2 wks behind an average weight for her gestation, this isn't the same as saying she is slow growing or underweight. She has remained on her growth curve throughout which is what matters, it is when there is a sudden and unexpected drop in weight that there is concern. She is obviously a petite baby, and is following the path marked out for her according to her genes hun.

My boys were always 2/3wks ahead according to the singletons chart. This didn't mean that they were outsized or abnormal, but that the family on my side are all tall (around 6ft and above), so genetically they were always going to be bigger than average. Height is carried down the mother's side incidentally. Bear in mind that in the womb babies gain approx 1Ib per fortnight, so that if you went to term Xanthe would be around 6.5/7Ibs. A perfectly healthy weight, and only slightly below the average of 7Ibs 9. If she comes at 37wks, then shed be around 5/6Ibs, again very healthy :)

Scans are notoriously inaccurate too sweet, I have never yet had one which has predicted my baby weights to within a pound. Hard as it is, try not to worry - your baby will be in perfect health :hugs:

Xxx
 
Christiana - Thanks for the encouragement, babe. Yep, the rain this afternoon was something else, but having been living in the UK for almost a decade
now, I can tell you I'm not too impressed. :haha:

Lizzie - thank you, hon, I think I googled too much. I should have known better after all this time. :dohh: I'm absolutely fine with her being a petite, healthy baby. It's the fluctuations that worry me. At 27 weeks she was on 43rd centile, then she underwent an amazing growth spurt and we found her on the 75th, dropped to the 35th at 33 weeks, and at 34, she seems to be weighing same as a week ago. But my doctor didn't seem concerned in the slightest. He said she is not measuring small, but normal. The other thing is, I'm not petite at all. :nope: I'm 5'7, and my mother is slightly shorter. I was born weighing about 3,700 grams, and apparently my mother and her two brothers were also born as bigger-than-average babies. :shrug: I don't think there's anything to being a big or a small baby really, never thought, never will do. I just want her to be really, really healthy, that's all. But since you say she's not underweight at all, which coincides with what the doctor told me, it reassures me immensely. Like you said, u/s measurements may very well vary, and I was told they're hardly ever accurate.

:shrug::shrug::shrug:
 
Hi everyone,

I've read all your posts and have so much to say, but no computer to write proper responses! So shall send you all love and sane thoughts for those who I know are hugely anxious right now ( I'm talking to you Larockera and jimmy jam!) I soooo know how awful and lonely these worries are and how pregnancy can feel the loneliest place when things aren't as you expect.

I'm in hospital right now. Had more bleeding this evening so just been admitted. Feel
Ok but just thought I'd seen the back of all this! Shall post tomo when I'm more awake and not on my crappy phone Internet.

Night all x
 

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