High Risk Pregnancy ~ General Discussion and Support

[crumpet]

Beema, I hope you're able to strike some of the things off your list as you go along too! Hopefully your amniotic fluid and platelet levels stay high enough and that cervix of yours behaves itself. Oh and that the septum doesn't get in the way of yor placenta function.
I think that because I have the GD it probably does slightly increase my risk of high Bp again. I've got a 50% chance of getting it again i think.
Thats good that flicker has turned for you. I can defiantely still feel the pressure of bubs head under my ribs and I'm getting kicks really low so I know he's still breach. I've been telling him he's got a few weeks to get his act in to gear. At the end of the day though if he stays breach then I know it's just mean't to be.

Black_rose, hopefully you get to at least 34 weeks this time. And how awesome that you've managed to avoid getting GD and SPD again. Do you mind if I ask if there is a reason why you seem to go into PTL? I've read that both GD and PE can increase the chances of PTL and I've kinda got this feeling that my bubba isn't going to quite make it to 38 weeks this time.

Hi Crumpet, I'm so sorry for the loss of your DS. Good luck for your appointment on Friday. I hope your cervix is behaving nicely.

thanks mamaspice..... id like to think it is but i dare say its doing its usual thing!

hope bub turns for u soon!!!

im assuming GD is gestational diabeties? whats SPD?

Welcome Crumpet you are int he right place hun xxoo
Your OB sounds fabulous!!
I hope that Friday brings you a nice long and closed cervix, is your OB going to do a stitch anyway or just do regular monitoring and see what it does?
Great advice hun I am so sorry of your wee little DS, I am sure he is watching down and protecting you and your little bubba xxoo
I am glad that I started this thread, hopefully we have a different type of understanding what we are all going through, and it can be hard when others seem to have a really smooth pregnancy, and I do struggle a bit when people just want their babies out, especially when they are well before term I would LOVE a Full Term Take home Bubba, without all the medical jargon that goes with it.

thanks beema.....

yep stitch is a definate, my cervix is 2.5cm when im not pregnant so he wont risk it, which is fine by me!! id rather have it done and be safe rather than sorry.....

this thread is a great idea, im learning lots already!!
i still feel like im a novice at this pregnancy caper, i never got far enough to know about all the ins and outs....

Hi crumpet, you are in the right place, thank god for decent ob's out there. Sounds like we have all been blessed to find one to help us through our journey.

thanks blackrose.....

i know, im so thankful to our OB i really wonder what would be happening if we didnt have him.....

its a bit of a exciting day here today.....

ive hit 12 WEEKS!!!!
i didnt expect to get this far thats for sure!!!!

[*Beema*]

That is great black_rose that everything goes back to normal so quickly and fabulous to hear that you could start BF'ing after an hour. DD had very low BLS when she was born of 0.9, so she had an IV for a couple of days and and NGT for nearly two weeks. She also was Jaundiced for 3 months and nearly had to go back in under lights again, so glad her Bili's came in just low enough

Fabulous news of the GTT's as well !! I have to go straight to the GTT this time as well, last time I did because of the excess amniotic fluid and I think my OB has done it this time so we aren't stuffing around with anything.

Yeah the premmie thing is so hard but I guess unless you have been there it is hard to really understand....

im assuming GD is gestational diabeties? whats SPD?

thanks beema.....

yep stitch is a definate, my cervix is 2.5cm when im not pregnant so he wont risk it, which is fine by me!! id rather have it done and be safe rather than sorry.....

this thread is a great idea, im learning lots already!!
i still feel like im a novice at this pregnancy caper, i never got far enough to know about all the ins and outs....

thanks blackrose.....

i know, im so thankful to our OB i really wonder what would be happening if we didnt have him.....

its a bit of a exciting day here today.....

ive hit 12 WEEKS!!!!
i didnt expect to get this far thats for sure!!!!

wooo hooo for 12 weeks, it is a fabulous milestone!! for a short cervix but great that the stitch will be going in soon, when mine was 2.2cm my OB said between 12-14 weeks, but after my MC finished it relengthened again, so we are going with the fortnightly scans, and hopefully we can keep it above 2.5cm, as I am nervous about getting a stitch done so late.

I have added in IC at the top of the page and also what all the acronyms mean, SPD means Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction, my physio referred to it as Pelvic Instability, I just found this description of it:

The two halves of your pelvis are connected at the front by a stiff joint called the symphysis pubis. This joint is strengthened by a dense network of tough, flexible tissues, called ligaments. To help your baby pass through your pelvis as easily as possible, your body produces a hormone called relaxin, which softens the ligaments. As a result, these joints move more during and just after pregnancy (Kristiansson 1997; Bjorkland et al 1999; Bjorkland et al 2000), causing inflammation and pain, known as symphysis pubis dysfunction or SPD.

In other words it hurts, I had it worse with DD, this time I have only had to wear the belt a couple of times, which holds everything together better

[crumpet]

wooo hooo for 12 weeks, it is a fabulous milestone!! for a short cervix but great that the stitch will be going in soon, when mine was 2.2cm my OB said between 12-14 weeks, but after my MC finished it relengthened again, so we are going with the fortnightly scans, and hopefully we can keep it above 2.5cm, as I am nervous about getting a stitch done so late.

I have added in IC at the top of the page and also what all the acronyms mean, SPD means Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction, my physio referred to it as Pelvic Instability, I just found this description of it:

The two halves of your pelvis are connected at the front by a stiff joint called the symphysis pubis. This joint is strengthened by a dense network of tough, flexible tissues, called ligaments. To help your baby pass through your pelvis as easily as possible, your body produces a hormone called relaxin, which softens the ligaments. As a result, these joints move more during and just after pregnancy (Kristiansson 1997; Bjorkland et al 1999; Bjorkland et al 2000), causing inflammation and pain, known as symphysis pubis dysfunction or SPD.

In other words it hurts, I had it worse with DD, this time I have only had to wear the belt a couple of times, which holds everything together better

thanks hun, it was a bit exciting!!!!

when i was preg with Gus we were on fortnightly scans, then i had my 20w one all look ok, as it can with a 2.5cm cervix then a week later the ***** hit the fan, my poor OB he was stunned i felt sorry for him... u coukd see how shocked he was when it happened so quick, hence his reason to go straght for a stitch this time


oh yep i have herd of that..... i had a fewe issues with my hips with Gus and my osteo thought i might have been heading down that path but nothing seemed to happen....
it sounds sooo painful! i hope it doesnt get to bad for u girls, just what u need one more big ache!

[black_rose]

I think my biggest hurdle will be these next few weeks, if I get to 36 weeks I will be happy. A big one I am facing this week is my ob and gp are both away, and it would be just my luck to go into labour when they aren't around. I know I the midwives would be great, but the ob who takes over from mine is against VBAC's and he may push for a c sect. Not that anything will happen but its just another one of those things to overcome.

It doesn't help that the BH are increasing again. It seems to happen at the end of each week, they kept me awake last night.

Hope everyone else is ok.

[crumpet]

ive got my fingers crossed for u hun, rest up and hopefully those BH will stay away for a bit and let u keep bub in for a few more weeks.....

i had my appt with my OB yesterday and as usual there is always a story and some minor drama!

the good news is all of our downs risks and what not are really good so he was happy with that, and he is rapt my cervix is 2.9cm instead of 2.5cm....

so the main thing is he is ready to go for the stitch BUT his assistant who he will only do stitches with is on holidays my OB calls this assistant his 3rd and 4th arms becasue when they do stitches together they are always great with no issues, yet when he has used other assistants he has had dramas..... so he didnt book me in and said he would try and get the assistant to come in just for our op and he would call me back last night......
turns out the assistant is away on holidays and cant come in, fair enough i rekon!!
so we are booked in for the 12th of july, which is 3 monday away, just over 2 weeks.
a bit longer than he wanted to leave it but as he says he would rather wait and monitor me and do a amazing stitch rather than aa cr@pp one with issues, sounds fine to me.....
so in the mean time i have to rest, which i do all day everyday anway, and have a scan in 10days to see what my cervix is doing, if its not coming to the party and shortening we have to find a plan B, and ill go on full bed rest at 14weeks for the stitch to go in at 14w5d.......

so thats where im at!!

hope everyone else is doing well!!

[csab]

Hi Beema, I thought I would crash your thread lol. This will be my 4th High risk pgcy. The first was due to multpile m/c's, the second was the same but also due to the previous c/s, the 3rd Little V age came a problem as well as previous c/s's and finding out the reason I have had to be on Aspirin for the previous two pgcys. I am ANA positive. Also V had a high risk of DS, which you already know and had several u/s's to check on her heart etc.
Now comes to this one, still high risk, age, previous c/s's ANA positive, on Aspirin, maybe changed to clexane this pgcy due to Little V being so small full term as well as I have been told frequent u/s's to check on how bubs is doing, likely to be every month. Still not sure if that will be the case, as the Baby Dr's at the hospital havent said this yet, but the physcians have.
Im also not allowed to go into labour naturally, yet I would hope they will let me, but highly doubt it. They are worried about rupturing.
So here I am, have had the NT scan which almost wasnt a great result, but thankfully turned around, and now waiting for the 18wk scan to see how bub is doing.
So thats it for me atm, hopefully I get to enjoy the rest of this pgcy.

[~mamaspice~]

Black_Rose. No labour vibes for you hun. Keep that little one in there for a few more weeks yet. Rest up okay!

Crumpet, woohoo on the cervix. I hope it keeps behaving for you and you get to have3 your stitch in 3 weeks time when the "good" assistant is back

Csab, wow, you've certainly had your fair share of things to deal with. this is an uneventful pregnancy for you.

How are you doing Beema?

AFM, I had some acupuncture and moxibustion this morning. mainly to see if it helps bub to turn but also I have a pinched nerve above my left buttock and sometimes it pinches really bad and stops me in my tracks. I'm going to have it every 2 weeks from now on and I'm also hoping the acupuncture helps with keeping my Bp at bay too.