Hi Helen
That's great news about your stitch being scheduled - it must be a bit of a relief knowing your concerns are being taken seriously by your ob.

My stitch was put in at 14+1 and I think I saw my ob the following week (15+2) just for a quick checkup. He didn't really check the stitch as such, just asked how I had been after the surgery and did a quick scan so we could see bubs was okay after the op. I had a proper scan the following week at 16+4 where they did an internal u/s and measured my cervix. My ob wanted a base measurement for us to work off so we know if things are changing for the worse as time goes on. That came in at 3.3cm; well within the normal range. My normal morphology scan is tomorrow and apparently they will do another internal u/s to check my cervix again. I then have another cervix checkup at 21 weeks but that is mainly because I asked for it as that is our nervous week and I need the reassurance (even if my ob doesn't!). Not sure after that as we haven't discussed that far yet. My ob is very confident in the stitch & probably thinks I am a fool for needing the reassurance of checkups but I figure that (a) we are paying him enough, and (b) I NEVER want to go through another loss so he will just have to put up with me

As for restrictions, this seems to vary from ob to ob - mine basically said no really heavy lifting but no other restrictions. Sex okay too but he acknowledged that we probably wouldn't be game enough anyway. And that is very true! I know some others with a stitch and they have been told things like no sex, no swimming, no baths, no orgasms, rest when you can etc so opinion really does seem to vary. I think though that preventative stitches are a bit more restriction-free than the emergency ones which might be why our ob's are pretty carefree about it all.

Sorry, not much help there but just take it a day/week at a time and see how you feel. I am just trying to take it easy and listen to my body - if it says "lie down on the lounge and watch TV instead of doing housework", who am I to disagree?

Good luck on Wednesday - please let me know how you go. And a piece of advice I am not sure if I told you before - have some Benefibre or Metamucil on hand for the days after the op. The last thing you want to be doing is worrying about straining when all you can think about is that foreign object that has just been sewn into your insides!