PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for September, 2001: Re: 2ND REPOST PLEASE ANSWER

Re: 2ND REPOST PLEASE ANSWER

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 5 Sep 2001 09:10:56 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 5 Sep 2001, michelleg wrote: >
>I just came home from an ultrasound to see if I am shortening in the
>cervix, the length was 2.7 centimeters.
>
>He has me on bedrest because I thought I lost my mucous plug. Do you
>think the 2.7 is bad? Good? I
>am 28 weeks and worried about preterm labor. What would you do with you
>patient?
>
>I have one child already, born at 35 weeks and I have had a placental
>tear that caused hemorraghe at
> 17 weeks.
>
> Baby looks to be 3 pds already.. Thanks for your answers.
>
> -- michelleg
>
> --
> michelleg
>
>--
>michelleg
>

Michelleg, Your cervical length is somewhat non-informatory at 28 weeks because I don't have another cervical length of you earlier in pregnancy. Critical cervical length tends to be around 2.5 cm, but this is not an absolute. However, with your history, I would agree with the bedrest... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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