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[gloriabono68]

Went to the doctor today and i am now in the high risk catagory for preterm labor........long story short something isnt exactly the way its suppose to be with my cervix and i have to be monitored heavily during the next five weeks.......he told me to not panic but now i am getting really worried about it ......
the only thing i know to do is to pray about it and pray that nothing happens and that me and the baby get thru this safely.......
i am so scared now.......
kristi

[Katrina]

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[SueC]

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[ICNDonna]

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Donna

[Babs RN]

Hey there!
My guess is that your cervix has thinned out more than they would have liked which without medical care can cause a preemie delivery. There are so many meds and ways to prevent that my only suggestion(I was on bedrest for 16 weeks)is to do what ever they tell you to the letter of the law. I was in my 30's while pregnant with Lindsey, had gestational diabetes, a clotting disorder that required me to give myself up to 5 injections a day(heparin and insulin), and toxemia. Initially they thought they would have to deliver her at 27 weeks, but I followed everything they said and made it to 37 weeks. Lindsey was born with no issues at all. I know money is tight for you guys but if you want to PM your number, I would be glad to call and check on you to make sure you are ok.

Hugs,
Barb :grouphug: :love:

[KeeKee]

Kristi,

I will be in prayer for you and baby. I'm glad they identified the potential issue quickly and can now monitor you closely. Rest a lot and try to de-stress as much as possilble....easier said than done, I know. Maybe try some things to get your mind off it temporarily, like a good movie or a good book. How far along are you? Hang in there and keep us posted.

[tigger_gal]

its been 16 years for me lol wow take that back nearly 17... I was at very high risk, I would suggest staying off you feet as much as humanly possible. my daughter was full term she was 5lb 6 oz and 17 inches long and very healthy..
Brat

[Sherry5]

I hope you pass the next five weeks without further complication! We will definatelty be praying for you!

With my last pregnancy my cervix shortened, which is very different from a thinning cervix. I had to have the Doc draw me a picture :) I was also having constant contractions, and had to go to a perinatologist. I was on bedrest for 5 months, but the good news is that when I went off of bedrest, the baby still didn't come. We now think that the spasming in my bladder,(didn't know about IC back then) was causing my bladder to contract painfully, but harmlessly. (no dilating) Now that I know that I have IC, I expect not to have to go on bedrest. I have my bladder under a little control, and now we know that I will have painful contractions and they don't mean the baby is coming.

I hope your five weeks pass uneventfully, and you will be able to go back to normal activity!

Sherry

[dyno]

Saying prayers for you. I have been following your pregnacy and really hope all goes well.

[Annie2]

:pray: and lots of gentle :grouphug:

Annie

[Dixiefireball]

Lots of prayers headed to you. I was high risk with my first two. Please listen to your doctor every word and rest. i'm sending you and the baby prayers
Rhonda

[gloriabono68]

Thanks so much all of you..........i am 26 and a half weeks right now..........but he said it was mega important to get thru the next five weeks......Someone said something about their cervix being short and that is what the problem is.......he tried to explain what that meant but the worry and the panic was setting in so i didn't quiet understand it......he said he didnt think it was thinning or anything just yet but i think hes afraid it will too early so i have to go back next week and be checked again.
and hes restricted me to pretty much laying around the house doing only light things and short trips to town until he says otherwise and if it starts hurting like its been doing i have to go lay down.......but i got to thinking and last december i had to have the top layer of my cervix burnt off because i had dysplasia and i am just wondering if that would have anything to do with my cervix being too short...??? but at the time i didnt think to tell him that because he scared me.......but he knows all about my IC and feels so bad for me about it ......hes like whats going to happen after the baby comes with that and i was like i have no idea........I hope and pray that delivery doesn't make it any worse than it already is.......I am already stressed out to the max and now this too........but i am trying really hard to stay calm........
anyways thanks so much for your thoughts and prayers and especially for this website so that i have people to talk too about all this that understand more than anyone i know personally.........it means to much to me.........I wish i could HUG you all........in person.......
kristi

[dancemomof2]

I started pre-term at 27 weeks with my fiorst, 24 weeks with my second, and 22 weeks with the last one. I was also high risk. My main problem was my bladder spasm and pain would set the contractions off, or vica versa. Sends hugs and prayer. I know you'll be just fine.

[Betsie]

Hey Kristi,

here's the time where you have to be as best behaved as possible. I was 8 weeks early in labor for my youngest...so I was hospitalized on the high risk floor and followed while they stopped my labor-then sent home on COMPLETE bed rest with very precise Rxing of Terbutilin, a classic drug that is used (well it was 18 years ago) to stop labors. I wasn't allowed to care for my 5 year old which was the worst part...I was so scared, but I made it, and they let me off at 37 weeks, the point they felt safest for early delivery. They were not able to get an amnio on me due to a high risk area of collecting fluids from her little body..so they worked hard to keep me out of labor....I DELIVERED HER ON MY DUE DATE!!!! :) Yes, it was frightening...but I didn't believe my Dr when at 16 weeks to 20 weeks I started serious Braxton Hicks-but in my case they were "working contractions" and worked a little too much....so my point is, do anything and everything to get yourself to the longest possible term. I hope it will be restful and you can accept the things that are now being asked of you. I hope this helps, as you can see quite a few of us have been through different versions of this...the main thing is to take the advice and be very, very true to it.

Hang in there Kristi, I know this has been pretty rough on you, but you are gonna be fine...sending a cyber hug! :kiss:

[dyno]

Kristi,
It is so important right now to do exactly what the Dr. says. If it is possible, I would stay down on bed rest as much as possible. I would not be making any trips anywhere except to the Dr. Send you family for all the other chores. I have a dear friend who went through this a year and half ago. She spent 8 weeks in the hospital and on the medication that Betsie was talking about.

They kept her out of labor till 26 weeks, 3 days. Her little girl is doing great and is all caught up and thriving. One thing, if you think that you are feeling any type of pains that would indicate early labor, go get checked by your Dr. or ER. They feel what helped my friend the most is they were able to get 2 series of steroids shots in her before delivery that helps the lungs develop.

You are already further along than she was. Just keep in mind that I think they told her that each day she could make it was 3 days it kept her baby out of NICU.

Hang in there, we are all pulling for you.

[Sherry5]

I was on bedrest 1 month with my first, 2 months with my second, and 5 months with my third. Tributilene is the drug from hell! By the time I had my third, they found a different drug for those who are intolerant og tributelene. It is called endomethicine. Keep that in mind if the trib makes you too jittery.

Did you say you had a shortened cervix? I had the same problem. The good news is that the cervix is a muscle, and it could lengthen out again.

This may be a srtrange coincidence, but I had my cervix burned too. I was actually already pregnant at the time, but I didn't know it yet.

I think that the problem for me came from the contractions I would get from my spasming bladder. That on top of the shortened cervix put me down. I had a three year old and a two year old that I wasn't allowed to take care of. They had to be farmed out to friends and family until my husband came home from work. It was horrible.

Just like Betsy, I continued to carry the baby even after I went off of bed rest. I went almost to my due date, which was actually quite frustrating. The good news is that it means my contractions weren't doing as much as we thought they were.

Good luck! And if your Doc doesn't know about your cervical procedure, you should tell him.

[Betsie]

I do realize as do others we are/were all at different reasons for bedrest. I agree....no trips or errands, take some time to prepare yourself for chilling out...line up your needs for others to tend to and stay off your feet, there is no doubt you will be given this anyway...the more you do on your own, the less might need to be added. The meds may not be something you will go through-but I am so glad to hear there has been progress there, though the Trib. (spelling confusion here) was a true life saver and as Sherry says....a total love hate relationship...I too was frustrated when I could go and my little 'babe" decided to hang in until the planned day. LOL...try not to get too stressed, and if you can make peace with this, it will just be easier. Pick out books, movies, lots of healthy snacks nearby and fluids....I was allowed bathroom trips. it sounds like the worst thing ever, but it is so worth it. You are lucky to have a bunch of nurses here to reach out to and others who have been there more recently than I. I am sure everything is much different in 18 years, so it seems to me you just need to behave for a little while....hugs.

[gloriabono68]

Thanks everyone..........it means so much to hear from all you and i am being a good girl and doing very little.......even littler than he told me i could do.........and since i have been resting more i have not been in as much pain.........trying to stay stress free but this has been a hard week........husband is stressing about financial matters nad he hasnt been able to find a job so hes been kinda snappy.....which sets me and my hormones off........but i am trying really hard to not let him or anything else going on get to me too much ......i just can't let it ........getting this baby here safe and sound is my first and only priority right now.......
I thank u so much for your prayers and hugs and warm thoughts and wishes........
i will keep everyone posted..........
kristi

[fireflicker285]

Rest alot and hang in there. Hoping for the best for you and baby.....

[gloriabono68]

Thanks tammy i appreciate that.............i am doing the best i can........go back to the doctor tomorrow so hopefully everything will still be ok........
kristi

[ramper41]

everything will be alright believe in yourself and take one day at a time.
Courage is resistance to feat,mastery of fear-not abscence of fear

[gloriabono68]

Just giving everyone an update.......i went to the doctor again friday and he said there was no change.....which is a good thing..........i am 30 weeks along now and he says every week i make it another week without going into labor is a major milestone......so I am pretty much staying in bed as much as possible ......its starting to drive me a little batty but i know i have to keep doing it.....all this laying around doing hardly anything worries me though that i won't have enough strength to actually give birth when the time arrives.......silly probably but still i worry.........so all is well for the time being.....praise the LORD>.....
kristi

[Dixiefireball]

GReat Kristi i'm so glad everything is going well. I so understand how you feel about bedrest. i had to do that with Courtney from six mths to the eighth mth she was born.