I had just been to the doctor and had an
ultrasound. Everything was normal and we
found out we were having a boy. Then
everything went down hill. When I was at
17 weeks I started to feel not so good.
I was very tired and cranky and aching
all the time. One Sunday night I noticed
a large amount of discharge as I was
urinating. I was alarmed by this so, I
took out my What to Expect When Your're
Expecting book and read about it. From
what I read in the book and on the
Internet I found that heavy discharge
around that time is normal, so I did not
go to the doctor. That was the biggest
mistake I ever made in my Life. For the
rest of the next week the heavy
discharge continued and even some
dampness. On Thursday of that week again
I was on the toilet having a bowel
movement. I felt a wierd sense of
pressure in my vagina. The first time I
thought I was crazy. Then, I felt it
again. I reached down to feel myself and
what I felt scared me to death. I felt a
buldge. I yelled for my husband to get
in there as I jumped off the toilet. I
ran to the bed and laid down. I called
my mother to tell her I was going to the
Hospital and my Husband drove me to the
ER. When I got there I was an emotional
reck. I ended up having to wait for an
hour and a half before being seen.
Finally I was checked and the doc said
that my cervix was closed and that he
didn't know what I felt because there
was no buldge. He said that I had an
infection and that I must have felt a
puss ball. He told me to check in with
the doc the next day and sent me home.
Well the next day was good Friday and so
the docs office was closed. On Monday
morning i went to the doctor's office to
be checked out. I had felt even worse
through the weekend. As the midwife
examined me she quickly ended the exam
and got real seriuos. She said that I
was dilated 3-4 centimeters and that the
membranes were ruptured. (She thought
this because when she did the exame I
gushed a little bit.) Then she got the
doc and they called me an ambulance to
take me straight to the hospital. When i
got to the hospital i was placed in the
trendlenburg position and the nurses
took cultures to check for infection.
For the next few days I was struggling
to remain calm. I found thhat I ws
having small contractions without
feeling them. I neverstopped leaking
filud and as the week went on I had to
ask for more meds to stop the
comtractions everday. Finally on Friday,
The day I was 19 weeks, the nurse came
in at 5am to check my vitals. Since i
was on a bed pan I told her that I felt
like I needed to pee first. She pulled
down my underpants and there was some
blood on the pad. She immediately went
and called tha doc. When she came back
she put me in a wheel chair and took me
to labor and delivery. I was given
pitocin and citotec. The nurses also
gave me dem. for pain. (the Dem. was a
big mistake. I never asked for anything,
they just gave it to me.) Finally at
12:59 p.m. I delivered our son. I asked
the doc to hold him. My husband and I
held him in our arms. All of our
families were they. They all came into
the room and held him too. We took
pictures. Through all of this I was so
drugged that I could hardly even open my
eyes. I was not able to enjoy the time I
had to spend with him. The nurses took
him to the nursery and I was discharged
from the hospital. That weekend was
hard. We planned a funeral service. My
milk came in and I became engorged. I
spent the next week in excrutiating
pain. The doctors diagnosed me with
Incompetent Cervix. Next time i will
have a cerclage placed at 12 weeks and
be on mandatory bedrest for 6 weeks.
Then as needed.
If there are any women out there
suffering from an IC, please email me.
I feel like I could have saved my last
(andfirst) preg. if I had only been more
cautious and knowledgeable. This was my
first preg and I did not know what ws
normal and how aggressive to be with my
care.
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