Dear NaeNae,
I totally understand how you are feeling. It is a very confusing time. In August 2006 we lost out lil boy at 20 wks 4 days.
I went into early labour and the doctors were unable to stop the contractions.
I received the results back and they could not find a cause for the early labour. Bub was growing fine and no infection and perfect placenta. They said the next time I got pregnant that everything would be fine as this loss was just "very bad luck" as they put it.
So with my next pregnancy I went on thinking that there was nothing wrong and that we would have no trouble. At 21 weeks I went to the hospital for a scan and they asked if I had earlier in the pregnancy had an ultrasound of my cervix, to which I answered no of course as no one told me there was any need of it. So the next week I had the scan and they told me that I had a short cervix and that I just needed to be careful and not lift anything heavy. So the next day I saw my midwife and she took me up to see the Ob that second as she was very concerned, then that afternoon at 22 + 3 days preg I was told to get a cervical suture placed. They told me that they are supposed to put them in at around 12 to 14 weeks and that in my case it may be too late and I might go into premature labour again. I decided that I would get it put in and the next day I had the McDonald stitch, which is the easiest to put in and take out. They gave me an epidural and put it in.

Thankfully everything went well and I just had a bit of pain and bleeding for a week or so. I had to quit work though and wasn't aloud to stand for longer than 30 mins and could not pick up heavy things or even do the vacuuming. In March our lil man was born at 38 weeks, 1 week after the stitch was removed and very healthy. Next time I will be getting the stitch put in at 14 weeks!
If there is anything else you might want to know, Im here.
Thinking of you
Danielle