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Re: Cervix measurement 8 mm at 32 weeks w/ cerclage...worried

From: anon (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 18 May 2002 14:24:00 -0500 (CDT)

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At Fri, 17 May 2002, sonja wrote: >
>Hi! Having this forum as a place to be reassured by additional opinions
>has helped me through a slightly stressful pregnancy...so I'm asking
>again. I had an emergency cerclage at 23 weeks after an u/s revealed my
>cervix to be approximately 1.5 cm. Doc did not put me on bed rest and I
>have seemed to be progressing well. I had another u/s today (the first
>day of my 33rd week) and my cervix was approx. 8 mm according to Doc.
>He sent me back to hospital to have steroid shot and one again tomorrow
>and explained why (for baby). I have also been experiencing
>contractions when straining (like after I mopped the floor or went
>walking). He prescribed something to inhibit uterine activity but said
>it wouldn't stop pre-term labor if it was going to happen and to not
>lift anything or be too active. My original due date was 7/10, last two
>u/s put it at 7/6. Doc doesn't think I'll make it into July. My
>question: what are the odds that when he takes the cerclage out (he said
>he'll take it out at 36/37 weeks) that I'll go into labor fairly
>quickly? That is, if I don't before hand (by the way, what are the
>chances of that?). I know the baby has great chance of being fine, but
>I'm worried that I may go into labor any day and he's not even 5 lbs.
>Thanks a bunch!

Theoretically, if the cervix needs the cerclage to maintain enough integrity to stay closed, removing the cerclage would mean that one should go into labor pretty shortly thereafter. This is also what the docs will say. Makes sense, right? But this is not always the case. One woman who I acted as labor coach for had it removed and went three more weeks before delivering. She is not the first that I have heard of, either.

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