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Crumpet, no app in Brissy yet. I went to my GP last week, she faxed off the referral, so just waiting now.. I do however have an appointment with my cardiologist who is also in Brissy, just at a different hospital. I see her at the end of May. I'll be 8wks by then, so if I haven't heard from the Royal women's by then, she should be able to use her authority to hurry things along. She was the one who referred me to royal women's with the twins.
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hopefully they will get back to you soon then!
love it when dr's can use their authority! i used to have so many troubles getting US appts to check my cervix so when i was at my OB's office and he decided we needed another scan he would ring and make the appt!very handy!
let us know how you go!
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Hi I am also very very sorry for the loss of your baby boy.
I too lost my son, at 20 weeks I went into spontaneous labour that could not be stopped.
The next time I fell pregnant they just put the first loss down to "bad Luck"! Yeah right.
So my OB at 22 weeks into my next pregnancy suggested I get a scan of my cervix, where the lady was looking a bit worried and had to call the doctor in. The next thing I was in the labour ward waiting to get the cervical suture put it.
I think the cut off point was around 23/24 weeks and then they wont put it in as there is too high risk for rupturing your membranes and breaking your waters.
Though all the doctors kept warning me that there really wasn't any real proof that the stitch actually worked. But I have to say It worked for me and I had it taken out at 37 weeks and lasted a week until I went into labour.
Strangely with my last pregnancy I didn't need to get one at all!
I really think getting it in earlier is the best way to go but I would still talk it over with your OB more!
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Hi, I just thought I would update.. I went to Brisbane to see the OB I had with the twins and we have decided to put in a stitch at 14wks. She said my cervix could be damaged because I laboured with the stitch and it cut through, plus if it will save me having weekly scans and the uncertainty of it. I go in on July 13th and will probably have it done with a spinal, same as I did with the twins. I'll keep you updated to how I go. We also discussed progesterone pessaries at 16wks to "calm the uterus" but she is going to a conference where they are discussing whether or not they really are beneficial so I will find out after I get the stitch in probably. So far I have had 2 scans, 1 at 6wks and 1 at 10wks and my cervix was a normal length.
My joke of the year: My Button will be sewn in !!! Lol, I've been telling that to everyone
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sounds like a good decision hun....
my OB was really concerned about me going into labour with a stitch because of the damage it can do.
i had mine done under spinal and recovered really quickly, was put on nifedipine (sp?) once it was done to make sure nothing go razzed up, and was on pregoesterone from 8weeks as a precuation to keep everything calm, but we stopped them the night before my stitch as my OB was concerned about the risk of infection when putting them in...
great news about ur cervix length so far!
ny Dh used to tell ppl he wasnt getting action becasue i was stitched up and ppl would look at him confused!
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Lol that's funnyny Dh used to tell ppl he wasnt getting action becasue i was stitched up and ppl would look at him confused!
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Sounds like a great plan BAL.
A preventative stitch is so much better than having to put in an emergency one.
Mine was a spinal to and it only took about 30-40min, I was in hospital for 3 days but I had steroids at the same time.
Great news that your cervix is normal length.
I used to say my little man was on lock-down
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