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On strict bed rest and very scared!!
This is more an update since there is really nothing I can do about this. I worked Friday night at the ER, but only as the secretary since I am not allowed on my feet. The ultrasound tech hadn't seen mein a while and was excited to see my belly. Well after my shift I went down there and he did a fun ultrasound for me that didnt turn out too fun.
The best part is we saw we are having a BOY!! I am so excited!
The bad part... My cervix is funneling and shortening. I am 16weeks and 5 days today. He was so upset he went and got one of the female techs from the er to come chaperone so we could get a transvag measurementof my cervix. That is the most accurate way. Your cervix is supposed to be 35-40mm or 3.5-4 cm. Mineis now at 1.5... This is a way Drs. look to predict preterm birth. The cervix is also funneling so that means it is opening at the top by the baby. I haven't been having any contractions or anything. For some reason my cervix is already getting ready to go into labor. This isn't supposed to occur until after 30 weeks. So we got the ER DR who is a great friend of mine to come look at what was going on. Now ER DR's are not OB DR's and are not overly trained in OB except to deliver in an emergency. They deal more with Miscarriages than anything. All he couls say was he was sorry and I had to stay flat no matter what unless I had to pee until I could see my Dr on Monday.
I'm not bleeding but now that I am aware I feel slight pressure when I stand. I always have that feeling but I always though it was my growing uterus, which it probably is, but any pressure is bad right now. The Dr might be able to do the stich in the cervix to keep it from dilating. I don't know how to spell it.. Cercalage or something like that. But I will have to be on bed rest and if i gets shorter I will be placed on bedrest in the hospital where they can constantly monitor it. I don't think they will send me to the hospital until I am atleast 20 weeks though. I also don't know how far along you have to be before a high risk Dr. will accept you as a patient. Does anyone have any information on this condition and does anyone know any answers to the things I don't know.
I am so scared. I cried all day yesterday. I have been feeling mister man moving for about 2 weeks now so it is so different now. I miscarried last year at 14 weeks and I can NOT go through that again...
I am sorry if this is long but I needed to vent and get this out. I am just trying to understand as much as possible about what is going on...
Bed rest *****!! I am not going to be a happy camper If I have to stay on bed rest the rest of this pregnancy. Of course I will do whatever it takes to keep this baby inside and healthy as long as possible, but I know I will be a mess.
I hope everyone is doing better than me right now!!!
The best part is we saw we are having a BOY!! I am so excited!
The bad part... My cervix is funneling and shortening. I am 16weeks and 5 days today. He was so upset he went and got one of the female techs from the er to come chaperone so we could get a transvag measurementof my cervix. That is the most accurate way. Your cervix is supposed to be 35-40mm or 3.5-4 cm. Mineis now at 1.5... This is a way Drs. look to predict preterm birth. The cervix is also funneling so that means it is opening at the top by the baby. I haven't been having any contractions or anything. For some reason my cervix is already getting ready to go into labor. This isn't supposed to occur until after 30 weeks. So we got the ER DR who is a great friend of mine to come look at what was going on. Now ER DR's are not OB DR's and are not overly trained in OB except to deliver in an emergency. They deal more with Miscarriages than anything. All he couls say was he was sorry and I had to stay flat no matter what unless I had to pee until I could see my Dr on Monday.
I'm not bleeding but now that I am aware I feel slight pressure when I stand. I always have that feeling but I always though it was my growing uterus, which it probably is, but any pressure is bad right now. The Dr might be able to do the stich in the cervix to keep it from dilating. I don't know how to spell it.. Cercalage or something like that. But I will have to be on bed rest and if i gets shorter I will be placed on bedrest in the hospital where they can constantly monitor it. I don't think they will send me to the hospital until I am atleast 20 weeks though. I also don't know how far along you have to be before a high risk Dr. will accept you as a patient. Does anyone have any information on this condition and does anyone know any answers to the things I don't know.
I am so scared. I cried all day yesterday. I have been feeling mister man moving for about 2 weeks now so it is so different now. I miscarried last year at 14 weeks and I can NOT go through that again...
I am sorry if this is long but I needed to vent and get this out. I am just trying to understand as much as possible about what is going on...
Bed rest *****!! I am not going to be a happy camper If I have to stay on bed rest the rest of this pregnancy. Of course I will do whatever it takes to keep this baby inside and healthy as long as possible, but I know I will be a mess.
I hope everyone is doing better than me right now!!!
Thanks for the advice. I go see my OB today and I wil ltell him I want to be referred to a high risk OB. I CAN"T loose another baby this far along... At least I have a lap top and can stay in touch with you guys on here...Thanks for the support it means a lot to me!
First i want to say im sorry you are going threw this and somethings just are not fair. I will keep you in my prayers. I hope everything turns out well in the end, for i do beleive god does not put things on us that we can not handle.
You should be able to see a specialist.
My cousin was on bed rest from 20weeks til delivery because her cervix was dilating and she had already previoulsy lost a baby at 5 months becuase of the same thing, she had a cerclage done(the stitching) but was on bed rest at home until then. That happens because for some reason or another your cervix is to weakk to carry a pregnancy at the time and the person cervix starts to efface(gets thin, need to be at 100% effaced when delivering)There are different reasons it happens, actually its called an incompetent cervix. Its labor without the pain. I think you can have the stitch as early as 14 weeks, because once your are like 4cm dilated or the water breaks they wont do it. Also my sons aunt had the same thing happen to her at 5 months but she could not stay at home, she was on best rest in hospital and they had to stitch her numberous of times and even gave her medication to relax the uterus because she actually started having contractions. She ended up having the baby at 24 weeks, thank god for all the new technology, baby survived but it was a long journey for the baby far as recovering.
Im glad you found this out sooner than later. Stay on bed rest, having an incompetent cervix is serious, if someone could try and get you a bedpan, i would see about that, you wana try not to put no pressure on your cervix.
You should be able to see a specialist.
My cousin was on bed rest from 20weeks til delivery because her cervix was dilating and she had already previoulsy lost a baby at 5 months becuase of the same thing, she had a cerclage done(the stitching) but was on bed rest at home until then. That happens because for some reason or another your cervix is to weakk to carry a pregnancy at the time and the person cervix starts to efface(gets thin, need to be at 100% effaced when delivering)There are different reasons it happens, actually its called an incompetent cervix. Its labor without the pain. I think you can have the stitch as early as 14 weeks, because once your are like 4cm dilated or the water breaks they wont do it. Also my sons aunt had the same thing happen to her at 5 months but she could not stay at home, she was on best rest in hospital and they had to stitch her numberous of times and even gave her medication to relax the uterus because she actually started having contractions. She ended up having the baby at 24 weeks, thank god for all the new technology, baby survived but it was a long journey for the baby far as recovering.
Im glad you found this out sooner than later. Stay on bed rest, having an incompetent cervix is serious, if someone could try and get you a bedpan, i would see about that, you wana try not to put no pressure on your cervix.
a high risk doctor can be seen at anytime during pregnancy, i got mine a month in, i had placenta previa and bedrest for a month fixed it for me, but it sure is boring! just stay on bedrest till you see your doc and go from there, you might get lucky it may fix itself! remeber positive thinking is really good because negative stuff puts more stress on your baby and your body, and you dont need that right now, just be calm and think that theres nothing you can really do, just be as calm and positive that everything will be fine as possible! good luck sweety please keep us updated!
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