PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for June, 1999: Re: Incompetent Cervix

Re: Incompetent Cervix

From: Christine

anonymous@obgyn.net

Sat, 5 Jun 1999 14:41:20 -0500 (CDT)

My next visit is at 19 week so hopefully I'll be OK until then. I'm sure the risk is not very high but I can't help worrying a little . . . it's my nature, unfortunately :).

Good luck to you!

-- Christine > >Hi Christine > >I understand your concerns, I suffer with an incompetent cervix and have >quite a history of it. Some Drs do the "wait-n-see" approach because IC >is not something Drs go looking for until like you said there is a loss >in the 2nd trimester. Your surgeries do not make it automatic that you >will have a problem. Some women have a problem with IC after procedure >on the cervix and others have not. You mentioned your Dr will take a >look on u/s. He/she will probably be looking at the length of your >cervix and look for any funneling which can be a possible red flag. IC >usually manifests itslelf between weeks 18-24 when the pregnancy is >heavy on the cervix. I know it is worrisome to wonder if it will >happen. If you are not comfortable with your Drs approach you can >alwasy seek another. I left my Dr after my first loss at 23 weeks >because he was a wait-n-see guy and I was not about to wait to see if I >could lose another.Even after my loss he wanted to wait and see. In my >case it was good to seek out another approach. > >I have a website you may be interested in. There are some stories there >by women who have suffered with IC. Some have had surgeries and others >have not. I am one of them that has no history of surgeries. Their >stories are listed under "Other Experiences" > >Best wishes and try not to dwell on the possibility. Your Dr is aware >of your history and will be watchful. > >Jenn > >http://w3.gwis.com/~jsmith/ic/ >At Fri, 4 Jun 1999, Christine wrote: >> >>I had a laser surgery done on my cervix for dysplasia about 6yrs ago and >>a LEEP done about 3yrs ago. I asked my doctor today if this could cause >>a problem with my pregnancy. He didn't seem overly concerned and said >>we'd just "watch it" and he'd take a look in a month when I come back >>in. He also mentioned something about checking the cervix when I have >>my next sono done in 6 weeks. >> >>OK, so now. . . does this sound like something I should fret and >>worry about or not? After I had my laser surgery done, the doctor told >>me she couldn't even see where it had been done. . . The leep left a >>little scar tissue, apparent when I went to have a hysterosalpingogram >>done, just inside the opening of my cervix. >> >>I have heard that this condition is usually discovered after the woman >>miscarries. . . I don't want to find out that way!! And when does >>that normally happen? >> >>Thanks for your help. >> >>-- >>Christine >>

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