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jamiem538jamiem538 member
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Hi Everyone,

 A few weeks ago I posted on here about my short cervix. After going back to a work for a week following a week of bed rest, I was rushed to a hospital for pre term contractions and to have a possible cerclage, as the cervix had gone back down from 2.5 to .6-.8. I had an amnio at the hospital to rule out an infection, which was so very scary. If one was found, I would have had to deliver that night, at 21 weeks, and lost my daughter. I was not able to have the cerclage due to contractions ( which I did not feel) and am now on bed rest and vaginal progesterone for the rest of the pregnancy. I wanted to say hello to everyone and hear some of your stories. I feel so sad and discouraged, but I will do anything I can to have a healthy baby.

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  • Dixon813Dixon813 member

    I'm so sorry you're going through this.  But you can do this!  One day at a time!

    Amnios are scary!  I had that needle in my belly for nearly 25 minutes while they did a fluid reduction - I hope to never do that again!  I also went in to pre term labor at 20w 4d - one of my baby's waters broke.  Dr. thought I would go into full labor within 48 hours, but I've been in the hospital for 2 weeks now...so you can do this!  

    Take it a day at a time, and know that every day makes a HUGE difference in the development of your baby!!

     


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  • jamiem538jamiem538 member

    Thank you!! I'm sending good luck and the best thoughts to you and the babies!Big Smile

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  • ahadley87ahadley87 member

    I'm sort of in the same boat..

    At 19 weeks my cervix measured 1.5cm.  I was put on vaginal progesterone then.  I went back last week and my cervix measured 0.9cm, so I am now on bedrest and also taking Indocin, which makes me nervous.  I hate taking medications and wondering if they are harming my baby girl.  I have to have weekly ultrasounds to measure my cervix and now my AFI, because this medication effects babies kidneys so she no longer pees.  

    I know how discouraged you can feel.  At the same time it can be surreal, because physically I feel fine and like nothing is wrong, and when you keep getting bad news, I sort of get a guilty feeling.  Hard to explain.  

    Let's just stay positive!!  We can make it. 

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  • JCMJCM member
    I know this whole thing is very scary.  I was on strict bedrest for 12 weeks before having my DD at 37 weeks.  I had short cervix and funneling too.  My short cervix were discovered at 24 weeks because I had a bit of red blood. At 24 weeks I was not a candidate for a cerclage so bedrest was my only option. My doctor said I literally saved my DD's life by being so diligent.  He also said cervix aren't like a muscle so if they are short they will be for the duration of your pregnancy be short they will never get better for the long term.  The only thing you can do is bedrest.  I had weekly U/S until I was 32 weeks pregnant & two rounds of steroid shot to help DD's lungs develop quicker.  My doctor said he didn't expect me to go past 32 weeks but the bedrest helped so much I was able to make it so she was full term!  Good luck & know you can do this but you have to take bedrest extremely seriously and not "cheat".  At 36 weeks my doctor said I could start doing a little more things so I went out and about.  The day I went into labor was a day I was out so I know that what caused DD to come that day.  If I'd stayed on bedrest she probably would have not been born at 37 weeks but she was healthy so that was awesome. GL
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  • jamiem538jamiem538 member

    ahadley87 - I know EXACTLY what you mean. After a horrible first trimester, I was feeling amazing and working out until I got the news about a month ago. You feel so helpless and wonder what you did to make this happen. When I was at the hospital the doctors kept reassuring me that this is just a fluke and nothing I did caused this. It helps a little to think about that and do everything I can to try to be positive, knowing that bed rest is what's going to make the difference. I can't control or blame myself for what happens after that.

    JCM- That's great and very uplifting to hear that you went to term! I'm trying hard not to cheat, but it's confusing to know how much is "too much" when one doctor says do nothing and another says you need to get up and move around for circulation. If you don't mind me asking, what did you do?

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    ahadley87 - I know EXACTLY what you mean. After a horrible first trimester, I was feeling amazing and working out until I got the news about a month ago. You feel so helpless and wonder what you did to make this happen. When I was at the hospital the doctors kept reassuring me that this is just a fluke and nothing I did caused this. It helps a little to think about that and do everything I can to try to be positive, knowing that bed rest is what's going to make the difference. I can't control or blame myself for what happens after that.

    JCM- That's great and very uplifting to hear that you went to term! I'm trying hard not to cheat, but it's confusing to know how much is "too much" when one doctor says do nothing and another says you need to get up and move around for circulation. If you don't mind me asking, what did you do?

    I also got conflicting info from doctors.  My OB said strict bedrest which meant only getting up for a quick shower daily (if I could skip a day here and there he wanted me to do that too)  and I could walk from my bed to my couch that was it!  He wanted to make sure my master was on the 1st floor because he didn't want me climbing stairs at all.  He didn't want me to make or get any of my own meals.  DH was great, he works from home when he's not traveling so I had an awesome support system.  He also put off all travel until I was about 30 weeks because he really needed to take that trip.  I also had a few friends bring me dinner from time to time.  My OB also said bedrest didn't mean sitting up in bed he said I really needed to lay as flat as I could with out putting any weight on my cervix. The Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist thought I should be able to go back to work?!?!   I trusted my OB, at the time he had been an OB for 25 years & was one of Dallas' best doctors, a Texas Super doctor & even featured on the Discovery Channel so I trusted him completely.  I was working at the time so due to the conflicting info from the doctors my short term disability was being denied.  My OB called the insurance company directly and sorted everything out for me.  My OB also told me that if my cervical measurements went below a certain number he would put me on hospital bedrest for the remainder of my pregnancy.  To make my bedrest more comfortable my DH ordered a wedge for my head/upper back and one for my feet/legs so I could kinda "sit up" in bed but not have any pressure on my cervix.  The wedges are the medical kind. Bedrest was not easy but the way I looked at it was it was the only thing I could do to hopefully let my DD grow as much as possible before delivering.  I also thought if I did too much or cheated and something were to happen I would be devastated.  One fun thing DH & I did was every Sunday we had a little "gestation celebration" celebrating that I had managed to keep DD an inside baby for one more week.  We really didn't do anything but it was a cool idea. If you have any more questions for me please don't hesitate to let me know.  I know how scary & nerve wracking this whole ordeal can be.

    My OB also said we were lucky to have found out I had short cervix when we did because he said it usually takes a late term loss to even find out women have short cervix. 

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    I also got conflicting info from doctors.  My OB said strict bedrest which meant only getting up for a quick shower daily (if I could skip a day here and there he wanted me to do that too)  and I could walk from my bed to my couch that was it!  He wanted to make sure my master was on the 1st floor because he didn't want me climbing stairs at all.  He didn't want me to make or get any of my own meals.  DH was great, he works from home when he's not traveling so I had an awesome support system.  He also put off all travel until I was about 30 weeks because he really needed to take that trip.  I also had a few friends bring me dinner from time to time.  My OB also said bedrest didn't mean sitting up in bed he said I really needed to lay as flat as I could with out putting any weight on my cervix. The Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist thought I should be able to go back to work?!?!   I trusted my OB, at the time he had been an OB for 25 years & was one of Dallas' best doctors, a Texas Super doctor & even featured on the Discovery Channel so I trusted him completely.  I was working at the time so due to the conflicting info from the doctors my short term disability was being denied.  My OB called the insurance company directly and sorted everything out for me.  My OB also told me that if my cervical measurements went below a certain number he would put me on hospital bedrest for the remainder of my pregnancy.  To make my bedrest more comfortable my DH ordered a wedge for my head/upper back and one for my feet/legs so I could kinda "sit up" in bed but not have any pressure on my cervix.  The wedges are the medical kind. Bedrest was not easy but the way I looked at it was it was the only thing I could do to hopefully let my DD grow as much as possible before delivering.  I also thought if I did too much or cheated and something were to happen I would be devastated.  One fun thing DH & I did was every Sunday we had a little "gestation celebration" celebrating that I had managed to keep DD an inside baby for one more week.  We really didn't do anything but it was a cool idea. If you have any more questions for me please don't hesitate to let me know.  I know how scary & nerve wracking this whole ordeal can be.

    My OB also said we were lucky to have found out I had short cervix when we did because he said it usually takes a late term loss to even find out women have short cervix. 

    Thank you so much for sharing all of this!!! It makes me feel great to know that other people have gone through the same thing :)

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