Oi, I never wanted to join a thread like this; nothing against you ladies, lol, but who ever wants to be in this position??
I'll try to make my history brief, and see what the general concensus is. I have been pregnant 7 times. Most ended in missed miscarriages between 5-13.5 weeks, with the majority happening around the 11-12 weeks mark. All except for the 5 week one in July 2009 were done with D&Cs. Altogether I have had to have 6, maybe 7 D&Cs. I had 2 with my 13.5 loss due to retained product, and one pointless one in April 2009 after my OB thought she saw something on my HSG scan; there was nothing there, so it was a pointless D&C.
I have had one live birth, Greg. Third pregnancy, lots of bleeding issues throughout, bedrest from about 6.5 weeks to 13 weeks. Reduced fetal movement at 19 weeks. I believe I had a NST at around 21 weeks. 20 weeks scan was good, a little low in the amniotic fluid level, heads down already. I believe, and this is where it gets sketchy, I believe I started having diarhea etc around 21 weeks, a thick yellowy discharge around 22-23 weeks which the hosp told me was a yeast infection, spotting 5 days after starting the yeast infection treatment, red spotting and the mucous plug came out 2 days later, and an internal scan showed my cervix was about 1.3cm. I was declared to be in immediate danger of delivering preterm, I was 24+2. I was flown out to a larger hospital, steroids yada yada, Greg was born at 25+0. He is great now. Never knew if I had PROM or not as for every 2 nurses that said I was leaking, there were 2 more that said I wasn't. No reason given for his preterm birth.
No real reason for any of the losses so far; they think I have a blood clotting issue, but only during and as a result of pregnancy.
They have NOT determined if I have IC, or preterm labour, or PROM. I am pregnant again, and due to my history, and to be as safe as possible, a purse string cerclage was placed at 14.5 weeks. Everything went fine. My cervix was not measured before this surgery. I am also on aspirin, fragmin injections, metformin, rinitidine, and Prometrium suppositories (now more for peace of mind more than anything). I rested for 3 days after cerclage and was told I could resume moderate activities afterwards, including a half hour walk daily if I felt fine.
20 week ultrasound, everything appeared fine, however, when the tech did my cervical length, he got quiet. He did say it appeared 'very' short (he was the one who diagnosed my short cervix with Greg). He decided on his own to do an internal scan. He said it appeared better at 3.1cms. My OB said she was fine with this, but did tell me to be wary of period like cramping, back aches, and leakage of fluid (since they don't know if a fluid leak triggered the cervical shortening with Greg, or if the shortening caused the leak).
She said at this time if at her next scan 2 weeks later, she thought it was shortening significantly, she would have me at a larger hospital on outpatient basis. If was 1.5 or less, she would have me flown out and admitted right away.
I saw her Wed at 21+4, as she was leaving for a 3 weeks vacation. External ultrasound showed a cervical lenght of 4.5!! She didn't believe this. Did an internal exam. Stiches are holding tight, however, she felt it was only HALF as long as the scan showed, so 2.25cm, and she said it felt like it was soft and thinning, whereas at my operation, she said the cervix was hard. She did an internal scan and she measured it at 3.5cms. So I don't know really how long it is. She did put me on strict at home bedrest. Told me to watch out for UTI like symptoms, cramps, back aches and leaking of fluid. She feels confident I will make it to 24+4 which is when she is back and sees me again.
Until the internal exam and ultrasound (she was in there a good 10 mins combined and was 'right' in there if you know what I mean), I felt GREAT!! But since... not so good. The day and the day after I had the exams, I was VERY crampy. Associated it with the exam causing some prolonged discomfort. Friday night, started getting a very snotty like discharge after peeing and while wiping. Almost like someonw with a cold blew their nose in my underwear. Mostly white, little bit of yellow, no smell. That has continued on for Saturday, and now here we are on Sunday night, and the discharge has continued, but now I am feeling slightly uncomfortable again in my lower abdomen.
Don't know if I should be concerned and get this checked out or not at the hospital. It is a long weekend here, so earliest I can get a Drs appt is Tuesday, otherwise it is the hospital ER for me. The baby is still moving around a bit. Seems to have died down the past 2 days, but she could have changed position again. When I say abdominal pain, it is under the ledge of my bump, and isn't period like or anything. I don't know if its BH, as I don't think I've ever had them. When I push lightly there, it is uncomfortable as well. It is not constant, and not excessively painful.
Just don't know whether this is continued irritation from the extensive internal exam, an infection of some sort, or continuing cervical changes...
Ive enjoyed reading your stories and taking in all the advice Ive seen.
. I had the majority of my cervix removed.
