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Re: Cerclage scarring?

From: Jennifer (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 10 Aug 2003 19:12:16 -0500 (CDT)


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>At Sat, 9 Aug 2003, Aimee wrote:
>>
>>With the closely-timed contractions I've been having, all of the doctors
>>and nurses said on July 19th that I would be back in the hospital within
>>48 hours having this baby... and here it is August 9th...
>>Still no baby, 40 weeks +, 3 cm dialated, baby is low with contractions
>>at 2- 4 minutes apart. Nothing's changed almost three weeks later.
>>
>>Is there such thing as scar tissue from a cerclage that will not allow
>>your cervix to dialate and is there anything I can do about it?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Aimee

>At Sun, 10 Aug 2003, Richard Chudacoff, MD wrote:

>Yes, there is such a thing. The cervix will need to be manually dilated
>to break the scar tissue band

Dilating the cervix manually? That sounds very painful. Does anyone know how this is done? I'm just curious.

--
Jennifer



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