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High Risk, APS, and now Hospital Bed Rest

sparrowmomma24sparrowmomma24 member
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Hello!  I thought I'd introduce myself here with my current situation.  I'm 24 weeks with my 14th pregnancy. *trigger warning*  12 miscarriages and 1 stillbirth at 22 weeks.  I was diagnosed with APS (antiphospholipid antibody syndrome) in October and we got pregnant in November.  Last Sunday I just wasn't feeling quite right so we headed in and found out that we were 1 cm dilated.  We'd been doing weekly cervical length checks and I had shortened from 3.3 to 2.4 in 2 days plus dilating to 1cm.  The admitted me overnight and we saw the high risk docs in the morning.  I was immediately taken in for an emergency cerclage which was successful thank goodness.  They have me on hospital bed rest until 28 weeks then if all looks well, I can go home on bed rest until birth.  I'm just wondering if anyone else has any experience with this kind of bed rest, or is on bed rest currently. I'm really just looking for people to talk to, ideas to keep sane, etc.  I think it's good to have others to talk to when you're going through these things.  
**TW loss mentioned **



12 miscarriages in first marriage (2007-2011)
Surprise BFP - 06/2013
Daughter stillborn at 22 weeks - 09/09/2013
Married my best friend - 09/03/2016
Genetic testing came back with APS - 10/03/2016
TTCAL - 10/21/2016
BFP - 11/18/2016
EDD of Rainbow baby - 07/30/2017
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Re: High Risk, APS, and now Hospital Bed Rest

  • TheRealVeronicaSawyerTheRealVeronicaSawyer member
    edited April 2017
    @sparrowmomma24 Sorry to hear you're going through this right now. I'm glad you were able to get a cerclage put in successfully. At 26 weeks, I was having a lot of discharge and I was worried that I might be leaking amniotic fluid so the doc checked me out. They discovered that I was 1 cm dilated and the ultrasound showed that I had no measurable cervix. My amniotic sac was also bulging. At 20 weeks, my cervix was measuring normal so I have no idea what happened! Anyway, they could not do a cerclage because of the bulging bag. I was in the hospital for 3 weeks. At 29 weeks, I went home to be on bed rest because I had been doing well- no contractions or anything. Besides the incompetent cervix, I had no other issues and the rest of my pregnancy was fortunately pretty uneventful. I ended up not giving birth until I was 39 weeks -- full term!! She is now 4 1/2 months old. I was on bed rest from 26 weeks all the way til the end and I definitely think it helped. When I say bed rest, I mean I was mostly on the couch but I would get up to eat, shower, etc. I just took it really easy. I think not working helped too because I wasn't stressed out. I didn't go anywhere except doc appts until I was 36 weeks. I really didn't do anything productive! Lol I mostly watched tv, read books, played games on my iPad (especially Candy Crush). I hope everything goes well for you. I'm here if you need someone to talk to. I know how boring it can get. The hospital especially can be awful and lonely. I cried many nights because I just wanted to go home. It was so worth it in the end though!
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