Update on Surgery and pregnancy and baby

Today I am 12w 2.7 d and all is well! ****For those of you who know my story you can skip down to the bold font to know how yesterday went****
Most of you know that Thurs, Jan 15th I had a date to have surgery and I was really dreading it so let me explain a little bit as to why.
When I lost my daughter back in 05 it was due to a severe infection that I got because I was dilating out and we didn’t know it, so an infection got in my placenta and I lost my baby at 18 w 3.7 days and it was quite the traumatic experience.
With my son Donavan my Doc said he was positive I had an incompetent cervix and he wanted me to get a cercladge put in ( I will explain what that is for those who don’t know) at 10 weeks. He sent me to a specialist and they refused, said that Doc C couldn’t prove that I had an incompetent cervix so they wanted me to abort my son so they could run tests to find out if it was true and we could start over! Once again right at 18w 3.7 d with Donavan I started dilating out again. This time my Doc MADE them put the cercladge in.
He explained to me what would happened, or let me say what should of happened. The whole experience was a nightmare and I am not exaggerating one bit. I wasn’t numbed correctly after poking me 10 times with the needle, and they didn’t believe me when I told them so. After the surgery that I could feel everything being done on! They wouldn’t believe that I was in pain and refused to give me anything for almost 2 hrs. It was supposed to be an out patient surgery and I was there 3 days. They kept telling me I was loosing Donavan not just having cramps and on and on. I came home in so much pain and they wouldn’t give me any meds for it. I was bleeding horribly and cramping really bad. Just the whole thing was just a really horrible experience.
What I had with Donavan was an emergency cercladge that could have been avoided.
A cercladge is a procedure that can be done for women who have incompetent cervix’s to keep them from dilating and getting an infection in their placenta or uterus. This can be done at almost any time during your pregnancy, but if you are diagnosed with I.C. like me they want to get it in before you have any signs of infection or dilating out. So in my case Doc B wanted it put in between 12-14 weeks, the sooner the better. They take this thick rope like black tape and they sew up the cervix kind of like a coin purse that you pull together to keep it closed.

So this is what happened on Thus. (the above is for those who haven’t followed my story til now)

We got to the hospital really early cuz I was starving from going without food and water so long and I was hoping to get the ball rolling.
I was at McKee Medical Center here in Loveland. They took us back to the surgery center and I got to meet everyone who would be working with me that day. They were all in the room at the same time Doc, Anesthesiologist, the nurses, everyone it was kind of funny. The Doc, and the Anes. Stayed in the room so we could make a plan of action. I REALLY like this Anes. When we told him my story he was shocked and could understand my anxiety and was determined to make this one a better one. I asked to be put under, I really didn’t want to be awake. He said it was my choice and that this was the diff between the spinal block and being put under. The spinal block recovery time is a lot longer, but the amount of meds used are about the same as being put under. I would be there for about 3 hrs to make sure I could walk by myself and I would have to have a catheter! ICK Being put under, I can leave after I wake up and my vitals are good. And no catheter!
So of course I REALLY wanted to be put under.
The staff here at McKee were so awesome! I was more than pleased. They had so much compassion and were so kind to me and Kels. We both felt very comfortable and relaxed in no time, that all would go so much better this time.
We got to see the baby and the HB before I went in, which helped me relax that much more. The baby was in its back and looked up at us with both arms and legs moving and wiggling letting us know that it was fine. This one once again has Kels’ chin! Lol they all do! Lol
The operation lasted 25 min, then there was another 25 min til I woke up and Kels could come and be with me. And I left in about 30 min after that. Every time I felt pain, they gave me meds right then, no waiting around. I had no bleeding this time. And mostly just cramping very mildly. They went ahead and sent me home with meds just incase and I only had to take a couple. My throat is sore from the tubes. But otherwise I am just fine.
I can’t do anything no tho. No lifting, very little walking, etc etc so that is a bummer.
I told kels so THIS is what Doc C was expecting me to go thru with Donavan! WOW what a difference!
The cercladge will be taken out first week of July, but til then there will be a lot of pain once the baby starts kicking and head butting this stitch. So please pray that I do well!
Thanks for all your prayers for us. We really are doing great!
From now on I will be seeing Doc B every two weeks, and we will find out the sex of the baby around mid Feb, so very exciting and lots going on.

Update on pregnancy and baby

Yesterday was my second Doc visit. I am 11.2/7 today and I’m doing great. We had an U/S yesterday and the baby looks perfect! Growing, growing, almost up to size. HB was 168 which is really good! My blood tests came back great! No sign of G/D this time which is just awesome!! I am praying that it stays that way. We will be testing again later on to make sure it stays away, which is fine by me. I will be having a cercladge put in between now and the 22nd of this month. I will be getting a call today on the exact day. I am totally prepared for this one. MY doc went over everything with me to prepare me and this will be an out patient thing so no three day stay this time! We are getting the cercladge in now before any dilating starts so that I will have no chance of infection. She is giving me some antibiotics the day before and the day after to make sure I get no infection. She showed me exactly what she will do and what it will look like etc etc so I am already feeling much better about all of this. Unless I go into labor early or something happens to my cervix or uterus, they will take out the cercladge at 36 weeks which is July 1st, which means a huge chance of a 4th of July baby!! I DEF! won’t need to be watching fire works that night, I will be planning a party of my own! LOL!!!! Anyway everything is looking great! The baby measured a little larger this time, getting closer to being right on the due date. Makes me a little sad, I was hoping for a small baby! Maybe I will still get lucky we will see.
My Doc is Ginger Budd, so from now on I will be talking about Doc B. I really like her. I felt really comfortable with her and her staff. She has a plan of action and she listens really well to me and wants whats best for me and the baby. She spent a good deal of time with me listening to how I felt about certain things and set my mind at ease on a LOT of things. The office is really nice and the radiologist is super nice since we will see a lot of e/o! lol From now on I will be seeing my Doc every two weeks!!! I know I do nothing easy do I, but I am used to a lot of Doc apts so that’s perfectly fine with me. We are going to do progesterone shots this time. It drops the chance of a preemie by 50% and since we had such a hard time keeping Donavan in that sounds GREAT! To me. No complaints from me let me tell ya. I will still deal with all the kicking and head butting on the stitch which I am NOT looking FWD to AT ALL! But at least I will know what to do this time to help it stop so that’s a good thing.
Well that’s about it. We are all happy and doing really well!!