High Risk Pregnancy ~ General Discussion and Support

[crumpet]

Hi all

Crumpet - sorry about the cervix news, it's so worrying isn't it. Glad she has turned though. I have to do the bed rest soon as well. Sorry had a laugh about the iron (just the way you worded it), you poor thing, you'll have to dose up on senna, as well. Pooer you with the placenta performance, you'll never see these people again, doesn't matter what they think.

afm - Here's the story so far. I have had a stressful few weeks of worrying after they told me at the 20 week ultrasound that my c-section scar was only measuring 2mm thick. I have had a couple of subsequent scans and my Ob has assured me that the Sonographer has measured the wrong bit, the scar today was 1cm (10mm) thick, the guy last time had measured a portion of the uterus that sits much lower down, and apparently is quite thin at this stage of the pregnancy. I have also had to spent a night in hospital about 10 days ago just with scar pain, I needed a scan the next day. The Sonographer then told me I had a shortened cervix, only measuring 2.1cm, so I have had 10 days of worry waiting for my Ob to come back of his Hols. Today at my scan, the cervix now looks long and closed (about 3cm). So don't know what is going on there. I am going to be totally grey by the time this pregnancy is done. I am still having to take it easy at the mo, and am trying to rest up a little, although this isn't easy with 4 kids 7 and under, and just having the 2 weeks school hols. I will see the Ob again in 2 weeks, but think bed rest in hospital will be soon, probably from about 28 weeks on. I too will be delivering early, aim to get me too 34 weeks.

take care all

this pregnancy caper is one constant worry isnt it!!!
have to try and make some humour about it all at some point!!

great news on the cervix!! closed is awsome and 3cm is great too! ur beating me in the cervix depertment!!!
hope the scar pain isnt to bad!

[csab]

i rekon we will be racing to the finish line hun!! in all seriousness we will both make it a bit further, long enough to miss NICU i hope!!

im just lounging round doing a lot of nothing so fingers crossed it works!!

hun rest up and pork that bub up!! i hope he/she gains lots of weight for u!

Yay for lounging around doing nothing. I have everything crossed that all this lazing about is working for you hun. LOL, I think it may be a race to the finish line. Yet if you keep going the way you are, I think you may just beat me. Yet as long as it is past 35wks ok. Hugs

Hi all

Crumpet - sorry about the cervix news, it's so worrying isn't it. Glad she has turned though. I have to do the bed rest soon as well. Sorry had a laugh about the iron (just the way you worded it), you poor thing, you'll have to dose up on senna, as well. Pooer you with the placenta performance, you'll never see these people again, doesn't matter what they think.

Csab - what a performance with the appt's, at least you are getting well looked after. Wow a baby in a few weeks time, hope you are prepared.

afm - Here's the story so far. I have had a stressful few weeks of worrying after they told me at the 20 week ultrasound that my c-section scar was only measuring 2mm thick. I have had a couple of subsequent scans and my Ob has assured me that the Sonographer has measured the wrong bit, the scar today was 1cm (10mm) thick, the guy last time had measured a portion of the uterus that sits much lower down, and apparently is quite thin at this stage of the pregnancy. I have also had to spent a night in hospital about 10 days ago just with scar pain, I needed a scan the next day. The Sonographer then told me I had a shortened cervix, only measuring 2.1cm, so I have had 10 days of worry waiting for my Ob to come back of his Hols. Today at my scan, the cervix now looks long and closed (about 3cm). So don't know what is going on there. I am going to be totally grey by the time this pregnancy is done. I am still having to take it easy at the mo, and am trying to rest up a little, although this isn't easy with 4 kids 7 and under, and just having the 2 weeks school hols. I will see the Ob again in 2 weeks, but think bed rest in hospital will be soon, probably from about 28 weeks on. I too will be delivering early, aim to get me too 34 weeks.

take care all

Gee hun, I hope you dont need to end up in hospital on bed rest, but if it keeps bubs in side for longer than 34wks than it is the best thing. Gee the gray hairs have quadrupled for me, lol. It sounds like they are keeping a close eye on you too. Which is a good thing. Im glad the u/s's came back alot better for you this time though, all that stress isnt good for any of us even bubs. Mkae sure you keep resting up. Hugs

this pregnancy caper is one constant worry isnt it!!!
have to try and make some humour about it all at some point!!

great news on the cervix!! closed is awsome and 3cm is great too! ur beating me in the cervix depertment!!!
hope the scar pain isnt to bad!

I think we do need a bit of humour i here dont you? lol. We seem to be posting alot of downer posts in here, yet at least we have each other to get us through these up and down days. Soon we will all be rewarded with our bubs.

[*Beema*]

I've finally got back in to see how you are all tracking along!!

Crumpet ~ WOOOOOOHOOOOOO for 30 weeks tomorrow!!!! How are you going being on rest, it is hard, you will have good and bad days and that it ok, just when you have the bad days keep telling yourself that things will look brighter again soon. People think it is easy but it isn't, to be told you can't do x,y & z is frustrating. I hope your stitch behaves no moving!

Csab ~ WOOOOOOO HOOOOOO for 30 weeks!!!!! Bugger about having to keep upping the insulin I hope your next growth scan, shows bub still growing even if on the lower end as long as there is still growth and dopplers are good, bub will be safe to be tucked up inside. 35 weeks + is still a good time to aim for, and hopefully your LO does the right things and youg et get a bit further.

BF ~ 3cm is a good length and I am glad to hear that it is still nicely closed, mine was pretty much the same length around that time and I got to 35 weeks I hope you don't end up in hosy on rest, rest up as much as you can at home that way hopefully you can avoid going in, it is so much better to be at home. fab news on your scar thickness as well!!, how frustrating for there to be so much variation in the measurements, certianly causing a lot of stress they don't need to Take care hun and hopefully you can go for 35 weeks as well.

I know how hard and stressful this journey can be and I truely hope you can all make it well into the 30's the good thing is youa re all being monitored and your bubba's and every day counts, I hope all your bubba's can avoid NICU and maybe even SCN!! I'll be your positivity queen!!

AFM ~ we received the pathology report back on the placenta, and it was SGA (small for gestational age) no surprise there. There was also a large blood clot, which is the culprit for all my later bleeds and a good thing I was on rest for so long. The rest I will go through with my OB at my 6-8 week checkup. I think I will also have to have a debrief about my pregnancy, while I didn't go through the NICU rollercoaster the whole pregnancy was very difficult mentally and emotionally, and there are a lot of things I am going to have to deal with and just thinking about them makes me quite emotional

Anastasia is doing well, gaining weight and generally eating and sleeping, feeding 3-4 hourly, sooo much easier than the 24/7 feeding/expressing regieme we had with N,the extra 2 snd a bit weeks made a huge difference. It is a completely blissful experience

Must run it is feeding time again
Take care and Bellyrubs

[crumpet]

Yay for lounging around doing nothing. I have everything crossed that all this lazing about is working for you hun. LOL, I think it may be a race to the finish line. Yet if you keep going the way you are, I think you may just beat me. Yet as long as it is past 35wks ok. Hugs

I think we do need a bit of humour i here dont you? lol. We seem to be posting alot of downer posts in here, yet at least we have each other to get us through these up and down days. Soon we will all be rewarded with our bubs.

rest is kinda doing its job, not quite as well as it should unfortunatly!
see below for my update!
and hun i think ur right i think im going to beat u to the finish line!

yep bit of humour helps i rekon!

Crumpet ~ WOOOOOOHOOOOOO for 30 weeks tomorrow!!!! How are you going being on rest, it is hard, you will have good and bad days and that it ok, just when you have the bad days keep telling yourself that things will look brighter again soon. People think it is easy but it isn't, to be told you can't do x,y & z is frustrating. I hope your stitch behaves no moving!

AFM ~ we received the pathology report back on the placenta, and it was SGA (small for gestational age) no surprise there. There was also a large blood clot, which is the culprit for all my later bleeds and a good thing I was on rest for so long. The rest I will go through with my OB at my 6-8 week checkup. I think I will also have to have a debrief about my pregnancy, while I didn't go through the NICU rollercoaster the whole pregnancy was very difficult mentally and emotionally, and there are a lot of things I am going to have to deal with and just thinking about them makes me quite emotional

Anastasia is doing well, gaining weight and generally eating and sleeping, feeding 3-4 hourly, sooo much easier than the 24/7 feeding/expressing regieme we had with N,the extra 2 snd a bit weeks made a huge difference. It is a completely blissful experience

Must run it is feeding time again
Take care and Bellyrubs

thanks hun!! so good to see you back!!
bed rest is defintely loosing its appeal and its now showing, see my update below. its very frutrating to be told u cant do this or that when u feel perfectly capable of doing it, but as they say "it will all be worth it when she is here"

little miss A is just DEVINE!!!! OMG she is making me soooooooo clucky, like i needed any help
so glad things are going well for you guys....

hun you had a tough tpugh pregnancy no one can blame u for being emotional about it!

AFM:

so ive just had my 30w OB appt....

i should start off by telling u i was in hospital monday last week for monitoring becasue of no movements, baby girl was fine, just lazy like her daddy!
then on friday arvo and saturday morning i had some bleeding, not alot but enough to notice it and need a liner....
called my OB, and got me into the hospital and had more monitoring and some bloods.

so fast forward to today, and the follow up details!

so my BP is up on normal ( yayyy!!!) 110/60 so still low but a load better than 90/40 2 weeks ago!
im now 1kg OVER my starting weight!! **** its happening!! im getting to be a whale!!! in 2 weeks ive put on 1.3kg!! fark me!!
in 2 weeks my fundal height has grown 3cm AGAIN so i now measure 34weeks!!!!

now the fun stuff....
so we went over the bloods from saturday and they were fine, compelely negative which meant the bleed was from either my cervix or my whoo harr....
so he decided we would do a internal to see whats going on....
so he poke...s around and my stitch has started surfacing, which looks to be the cuase of the bleed. this ok, not ideal coz its not meant to happen until the late 30's not at 30weeks. my cervix has shortened in 2 weeks from 2.4cm to approx 1cm from the stitch down so at a guess he thinks it would be 1.9cm and thats being generous. her head is on my cervix so he thinks thats why ive had the bleeding coz she is putting so much pressure on there, and she is engaged as well, no wonder i feel funny when i walk and i have a sore fanny!
so she is engaged and ready to go.
the aim now is for 2 more weeks, and while he *thinks* ill get there, at the same time he wont be surprised if i dont, so really anytime from now she will be here.
if i have anymore bleeding he wants me in to see him, any contractions and we have to get the stitch out, and im on weekly appts instead of fortnightly ones now.

so if she comes between now and 32 she will more than likely spend time in NICU but if she comes after 32 he said he would expect her to go straight to special care.

the chances of going to 37 are now nearly non exisitent, basically it would be a miracle!

so looks like ill be meeting my little girl before we know it, well in 2 + weeks i hope!!

so im off to look around the premmie threads to see what info i can arm myself with to try and prepare DH and I for what we might be facing.

[csab]

HI all,

Beema - Yay for popping in. i hope your doing as well as to be expected. So glad your Little princess is growing nicely. I actually have a good feeling about this bub staying put until at least 37wks, I dont think any later than 38wks though. So feel quite confident expecially after last weeks u/s, where they said bub is now at the 8th percentile up by two percent. Have another u/s in two weeks time, so I guess will know more then. Thankyou for sharing your birth story too. hugs

Crumpet - Now I said it before and I will say it again here, rest rest rest, and more rest. lol. I am praying that your little princess stays put for at least another 4-5wks, would be lovely to be longer though. hang in there hun, you are doing beautifully. hugs

Hello to everyone else, I hope your well, and make sure you let us know how your going? hugs

Well did a 4d u/s today and wanted to share some pics:

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...ums/csabs+bub/

[ButterflyForever]

hi all

Beema - wow, she is absolutely gorgeous. Hope you get to talk about the whole preg experience, it is so important to come to terms with everything that happened. But the outcome is great, what a little darling she is.

Crumpet - great on the BP and the weight gain, oh no to the stitch and the cervix shortening. Hope you can hang on a little longer Hun.

csab - the link wouldn't work for me, but can see bubs pic on the ticker, aaahh so cute.

afm - tired and sore, terrible ligament pain all the time and sore cervix, bubs is still breach and doing kick boxing straight onto it, the pain!
Got my scan on Thursday and will get a date for bed rest then.
Totally not related to this pregnancy but, for the past 20 months since losing my daughter have been fundraising for equipment to donate in memory of her (with the NICU support group), this turned up a few weeks ago, which was fab. It is a cold cot, to help other mums who have lost there babies, so they can spend longer with their little ones. But just ordered a plaque to attache to it, to say who provided the funds and then donated in her memory and her full name. This is going to be attached and then there is going to be a photo shoot with the local paper. I am so proud.

take care all

[ButterflyForever]

Hi all

Are you still here? Anyone still using this thread?

I didn't have the best news on Thursday's scan, the scar is still thick, but because of this it is causing the uterine lining directly below that to thinout considerably.
The Ob said I need to be ob bedrest from Monday until delivery. But he doesn't think I will get past 30/31 weeks. Cervix is OK though, still long and closed, at least one part of my reproductive anatomy is behaving.
Every weeks counts at the moment.
I am stressed and anxious.

Take care all

[csab]

hi all

Beema - wow, she is absolutely gorgeous. Hope you get to talk about the whole preg experience, it is so important to come to terms with everything that happened. But the outcome is great, what a little darling she is.

Crumpet - great on the BP and the weight gain, oh no to the stitch and the cervix shortening. Hope you can hang on a little longer Hun.

csab - the link wouldn't work for me, but can see bubs pic on the ticker, aaahh so cute.

afm - tired and sore, terrible ligament pain all the time and sore cervix, bubs is still breach and doing kick boxing straight onto it, the pain!
Got my scan on Thursday and will get a date for bed rest then.
Totally not related to this pregnancy but, for the past 20 months since losing my daughter have been fundraising for equipment to donate in memory of her (with the NICU support group), this turned up a few weeks ago, which was fab. It is a cold cot, to help other mums who have lost there babies, so they can spend longer with their little ones. But just ordered a plaque to attache to it, to say who provided the funds and then donated in her memory and her full name. This is going to be attached and then there is going to be a photo shoot with the local paper. I am so proud.

take care all

That is really lovely about the donation. You should be so proud, what a lovely tribute to your gorgeous angel. When is the photo shoot taking place? Thanks re bubs pic, try clicking on my name on the post and then view profile then albums.