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cerclage/short cervix and contractions..

bride2be.austinbride2be.austin
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those of you that had/have a cerclage or short cervix.  was there ever a point where you were worried about the # of braxton hicks/contractions you were having?

up until this week i was having between 5-7 a day.  but this last week i have noticed more.  they aren't "painful" but are definitely a "cramp"...hard to the touch..noticeable..etc.  yesterday afternoon i had quite a few.  an hr or two when i even had 3 in an hr (doc said to call if more than 3).  i think yesterday i had around 12 for the day.  i'm just laying here on bedrest and drinking 80oz of water a day.

it just freaks me out... knowing that my cervix is short..etc.  AND i keep hearing stories of people that were having 'wayy more contractions and didnt even know it".  ugh!

go figure this is the week that my dr switched my appts to everyother week!

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Re: cerclage/short cervix and contractions..

  • bugglesbuggles

    OMG Melissa!

    This is what's been happening to me since my last doc appointment. And same thing, it has to be the one week where I DON'T have an appointment. I'm contracting/ tightening more often than usual...and these are the ones which are obviously hard when you touch my abdomen. I will address this observation on Thursday with the peri. I suspect (as she had previously suggested) that my progesterone shot prescription will change to every 6 days instead of the current weekly ones. Now these are not your "every 3 to 4 an hour contractions" but I just hope they're not too frequent to cause much change to my cervix. So, I'm trying to relax about it and hold the jitters until I see what the cervix measures this week.

    I too know that one can have ctx without feeling them. I so wish I had a TOCO monitor to see if these are okay or not but I think the true measure will be what my cervix looks like as result of these more intense and frequent tightenings.

    I was wondering if it was because I wasn't drinking enough fluids OR because my bowels need to be emptied (sorry) or since I'm coming up to 28 weeks. Goodness knows I just want to at least get past 28 weeks.

     

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  • MrsmaybebabyMrsmaybebaby member

    I was told 5 or more an hour for more than 1 hour to call once you've hydrated yourself and laid on your left side.  I had BH constantly, never ending, but I will tell you...real labor pains are very different than BH. Once BH's form a pattern the real ones kick in so if you can catch it at the BH ones you have a much higher chance to get it stopped easier/faster!! 

    1. Listen to your body

    2. If you want weekly visits, tell them this is YOUR baby and your bod..y only you know how you feel!!

    3. never be afraid to go be checked out, if you think you're having too many...go in! I was told numerous times they'd rather see me and it be fine that me to worry about bugging them and something be wrong!

    Best wishes to you both!!

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  • leneae10leneae10 member
    imageMrsmaybebaby:

    I was told 5 or more an hour for more than 1 hour to call once you've hydrated yourself and laid on your left side.  I had BH constantly, never ending, but I will tell you...real labor pains are very different than BH. Once BH's form a pattern the real ones kick in so if you can catch it at the BH ones you have a much higher chance to get it stopped easier/faster!! 

    1. Listen to your body

    2. If you want weekly visits, tell them this is YOUR baby and your bod..y only you know how you feel!!

    3. never be afraid to go be checked out, if you think you're having too many...go in! I was told numerous times they'd rather see me and it be fine that me to worry about bugging them and something be wrong!

    Best wishes to you both!!

    This exactly.

    I have a contraction monitor at home that I send to an on-call health nurse and I'm allowed to have 6/hour.  A contraction is anything 30 secs or more.  I don't think they start to worry until you're having them for hours at that rate... BH are really uncomfortable but don't cause any cervical changes.

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