Hi everyone

I've been reading with interest your posts with regards to cervix issues. I asked my doctor to check my cervix from early on as I have had a procedure for CIN 3, and also have a friend who had her baby at27 weeks with this issue. My cervix s very short. About 1.3cm and is funneling but still closed. I am 27 weeks, am off work but just told to 'take it easy', not on bed rest.

My doc does not want to do a stitch, he said there is many dangers, infection, waters breaking etc and it sounds as though it is a bit late for one anyway. I am having scans once a week and see him again on Monday and will try and get a bit more info around what I can and can't do.

I'm interested to see if anyone else has been in a similar position and what they have done. This is my first pregnancy, it was a very long road to get here and I'm pretty anxious! Thanks
like the other girls have said, rest as much as u can and stay off ur feet.... the best thing my OB told me to do was get my feet up so that my butt was slightly elevated to take as much pressure off my cervix as possible.

id be agreeing that there is no way id let them do a stitch at 27weeks, especially if ur funnelling, as there is a very high risk of puncturing the waters whixh would obviously lead to pre term labour.

with the scans, i was having mine done monthly to monitor mine, but if they are doing internal scans id be watching how many internal ones they do becasue as blessedatlast said the risk for infection is high, and if ur funneling, the infection can get into the womb area and affect your placenta, whixh happened to me.

's its a tough position to be in, but keep those feet up, every day bubs is inside makes a huge difference!

Julsie - If I were you, I'd stay off my feet as much as possible. There's still a bit of length there, but you don't really want it to keep shortening. A stitch at 27wks would have an increased risk of rupturing membranes. I don't think they like to do them past 22wks (Not sure on that, could be less). Hope Bubby stays baking for a while yet.. Keep us posted.

Update for me: Cervix closed at 3.2cms.. I have had 2 more scans which showed that my cervix is closed. The OB thinks it was mucous causing a shadow in the last scan and my cervix hasn't been open at all. Yay! I have another scan at 26wks. I'm still on progesterone pessaries til 28wks. can't wait to stop them! On Tuesday I will be 24+3wks and that will be the longest I have been pregnant. this gestation with the twins I was in hospital labouring.. So glad I'm here and still pregnant with Button kicking away madly
my OB wont do a stitch after 22weeks, had one where the waters were puntured and will never do it again, he is more in line with the ill do the precautionary one, even if its just incase!

whooo hooooo!!! your cruising along nicely hun!!! good work!

I was stuck on complete bedrest (no getting up for toilet anything) and the bed tilted backwards.
Fortunately they stopped it and I at least got all my steroids in.
It does seem that later stitches are no were near as successful as earlier ones.
that sounds all to familiar!!
in my pregnancy with DS, i went into labour at 21w, and my OB admitted me straight away, bed angled head down, no getting up for the loo, actually no getting up at all , and i was like that for a week, until infection set in and my body couldnt fight it anymore

from what i read when i was researching things, a precuationary stitch is a massive amount more sucessful than a bugger things are hitting the fan stitch...