Low Lying Cord..PLEASE GIVE ADVISE

Lwkeefer

New to boards and please could use any advice. I am 29 weeks with twins. Great pregnancy so far and both babies have been heads down so far. 9 days ago I started having contractions and was sent to the hospital. At one point I was supposedly up to 4 cm and 80% effaced. Now I am miraculously 1 cm and maybe 25%. Nothing has changed in the last 8 days and I feel great. The problem is they want to keep me until 32 weeks bc one baby flipped and the cord is low. Based on 100 different situations and the perfect storm this could lead to prolapsed cord. If I wasn't already here they would send me home, but now they want to keep me. Ultimately it is up to me. I feel like wouldn't it be more necessary to be in hospital closer to due date if things haven't changed then now, and want to go home. Need advice please!!!!!!

bcnoelle

I'm sorry for your circumstances! I don't really have advice from first hand experience, but had some questions that maybe could help clarify for anyone else reading. Is the prolapsed cord the only reason for your prolonged hospital stay? Would you be on any type of bed rest or pelvic rest if you were sent home? My guess is that the doctor is trying to keep those babies cooking for as long as possible. I guess if there is a situation where they are concerned you might not make it closer to your due date, I would wait it out and keep asking questions rather than go home at this point. Sorry you are dealing with this!

Lwkeefer

Thank you for reading the post. At this point yes, the cord is the only reason I am staying. If they sent me home there has been no talk of bed rest yet. I had my son at 35.5 weeks so there is that, but then I would think it would be safer for me to be in the hospital around 32 weeks rather than let go. I have another ultrasound on Monday to see where the cord is. At that point I will have to decided to leave AMA or stay.

bcnoelle

Interested to see what other ladies with low lying cords will say. How will they know if the cord has become an emergency issue in the hospital versus at home? Do they have you hooked up to fetal monitors?

Lwkeefer

No monitors. Just a sonogram every few days to see where cord is and I am close to the operating room if my water breaks. I have no clue what they will do at 32 weeks when I go home, except turn my care back over to my regular OBGYN, where as now I am in the hospitals care.