I have an incompetant cervix, i've had
3 surgeries on it for precancerous
cells and had already had a pprom
pregnancy
(http://www.kanalen.org/prom/stories.ph
p?page=story&showid=889) so we knew i
was high risk.
I ws exactly 22 weeks pregnant when I
started getting pains in my cervix, I
mentioned it to my consultant who sent
me for a cervical length scan which
showed my cervix was already funneling
and short. I was scheduled for a
rescue stitch which took place the
next day. My surgeon had trouble
getting the stitch in place and the
surgery took a lot longer that it
should have.. an hour instead of 10
minutes. I stayed in hospital for a
day and the went home. The day after I
could feel I had an infection
brewing,I cant say how but I just
knew. I had the same sensation that I
had in the hours beore I pprom'd with
my Daughter 4 years before. I went to
the GP and told her my fears who
basicially told me not to be so silly
and that if I had an infection i'd be
showing other symptoms etc, I took
some reassurance from that and went
home to bed.
At 2 am that night I went to the
toilet and could hear my water had
gone.. I KNEW what was going on and at
22 weeks knew the baby i was carrying
had little chance of survival so I
went back to bed and my fiance and had
a good cry. We got up the next
morning, took our daughter to nursery
and went to the hospital where i was
scanned and swabbed and put in
the 'bad news' room.
That evening the consultant came to
see me and told me the grim facts. We
discussed funerals and and he asked me
if I wanted to be induced although he
said i'd go in to labour soon anyway.
I decided against that, it had taken
us 3 years to conceive the baby inside
me, I wasn't going to let them take
him like that.
After a few days of witing i was
discharged, I was leaking constanly
and on antibiotics and with
instruction to go to the hospitl every
oher day for monitoring and
scans.
I managed to last 5 weeks on strict
bed rest with no fluid.. My AFI was 0
on the scans. We were frequently
reminded during that time that our
son would be born with severly under
developed lungs and would probably
die. I had 2 infections found in
swabs, a horible UTI and eventually
Group B Strep. I took more antibiotics
than you could shake a stick at.
On the morning on 31st December 2008
at 27+5 I heammoraged and was rushed
in to have an emergency ceaserean
section. It was found that I had had
an placental abruption. My Son George
was born weighing 2lb 2oz with his
eyes open looking around and breathing
for himself ! A true miracle.
We spent almost 10 weeks in Scbu and
battled severe reflux,crashing desats,
transfusions and apnoeas.
Our beautiful George is 7 and a half
months now and still small ( 11lb!)
but perfectly formed. We don't seem to
have any lasting problems as as result
of his prematurity, he didn't even
need to come home on oxygen and i can
vouch for the fact that his lungs work
fine now! he's perfect. We have been
so lucky.
Good luck to you if your in the same
situaton as i was in.
Drs like to be doom and gloom but it
can work out ok.
xxx
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