I know you have been on the edge of your seat so here it is! I have a cervix update for you all. In case you have lost track of where my cervix was at, right before I was admitted to the hospital I was at about 0.6 cm. And my funneling cervix was pushing through the stitch.
Here we are 17 days later and things are looking better. We have gained about a centimeter on my cervix and things are closed up tight and the stitch is still holding strong. Hospital bed rest and carefully prescribed magnesium sulfate is doing the trick.
I have been on the IV drug now for 17 days. The drug may be responsible for keeping my uterus quiet and lengthening my cervix. That along with my nearly constant laying down.
Hospital bed rest has been hard. Hard physically and hard emotionally. But there have been many comforts in being here also. I love the time spent on the baby monitor listening to Nora's heartbeat and movements. I love the care given from the nurses here that have provided me much safety and security. I liked having daily contact with my doctor even if just a quick hello and a comment that nothing has changed. And the drug. It may not make me feel the greatest but there is a security in knowing it is there and working too.
Now that things are looking better, that drug will start to be weened off of me. A slow, conservative ween according to my nurse. We will keep an eye on my uterus in the next few days and see how I react to being taken off the IV drug. If things stay quiet and I tolerate the change from IV medication to oral medication well, it is possible I could go home at the end of this week. But we will be carefully watching and if I have increased contractions or changes in my condition I will stay here a bit longer.
Home is an option. Back home to strict bed rest there instead of here. Home to watch these weeks hopefully tick on by! I reached 30 weeks today! Not a huge significance except that I am in the 30's. When I was at 19 weeks and getting my cerclage, 30 weeks was SO far off. We are getting close to Anna's gestational age of 31.5 weeks. We reach that milestone on my May Day birthday! Stay tuned for the next update to see if I will continue to be here at the hospital or at home!
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4 comments:
Actually, I WAS wondering how your cervix was doing! :)
This is really good news. I think 30 weeks would feel like a huge milestone, I'm 21wk and it seems light years away, you are doing stellar. Just keep ticking those weeks off, Miss Nora appreciates every single day you work to keep her safely in there, but I know you already knew that. :)
I agree, once you hit 30 weeks you feel a sense of relief and you feel like the light at the end of the tunnel is much closer. Glad to hear the cervix is lengthening again.
Hopefully it stays that way so you can bed rest at home. The longest I was in the hospital for my contractions was 3 days and I was soooo happy to go home. I can only imagine how you must feel.
Congratulations! 30 weeks is a BIG deal...actually, every DAY is a big deal. Sounds like you have a fantastic team helping you along. I'll keep my fingers crossed that you'll get to go home for a bit.
Tina - what wonderful news. Andrea, the boys and I all said a prayer for you and Nora a few nights ago. I don't think we prayed for your cervix but maybe we did!?!? LOL. Here's hoping the next few weeks go smoothly. Take care.
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