At 16 weeks pregnant and feeling
great, my water broke. I was in the
faculty bathroom and I thought that I
lost control of my bladder. The
school nurse urged me to get to my
doctor's. My doctor told me that
there was no evidence of PROM, but
sent me to the hospital where there
are more advanced ultrasounds. The
perinatalogist told me that there was
no water around the baby...I was
crushed. He recommended that I get a
D&C. The baby's heart was still
beating. I went home and was told not
to eat after midnight and that a
surgeon from another hospital would
call me the next day with a time to
come in for the procedure. After the
D&C the surgeon told me that the baby
had died prior to the procedure.
My doctor told me that he observed no
evidence of an incompetent cervix...I
wasn't convinced due to the fact that
I had had a LEEP biopsy about 5 years
prior. He told me to wait 6 months to
try again. Meanwhile, I went to a
fertility specialist and went through
a number of tests. He found that I
have 2 small fibroids and a tilted
uterus...nothing to worry about.
Eight months later I got pregnant
again...I was such a nervous wreck at
the beginning...waiting for disaster
that I could barely get out of bed!
At my first prenatal doctor's visit, I
had to remind my doctor of my history
and tell him I wanted transvaginal
ultrasounds regularly.
At 14 weeks an US showed that my
cervix was shortened and dilated. I
got a cerclage, but my cervix kept
shortening and funneling. The stitch
is still holding up. Last week I
could actually see on an US that my
bag of water is resting right on top
of the stitch. I have been on bedrest
since 14 weeks and now I'm 27 weeks
pregnant and have been hospitalized
for 5 weeks...I'm still waiting and
there is hope!
Being on bedrest sucks, but I know
it's worth it. This will be my first
baby and I cannot imagine what it
would be like being told that I have
to be in the hospital for months with
an infant or toddler at home...so if
all goes well this will probably be my
last pregnancy...I'm 34.
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