Re: INCOMPETENT CERVIX QUESTIONS?

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Now back to your regularly scheduled program already in progress.......

At Sun, 19 Sep 1999, ANGIE wrote: >
>I WAS DIGNOSED WITH AN INCOMPETENT CERVIX 2 YEARS AGO WHEN MY SON JACOB
>WAS BORN AT 23 WEEKS GESTATION WEIGHING 1LB 5.9OZ. MY HUSBAND AND I ARE
>THINKING OF HAVING ANOTHER BABY SOON, WHAT I WAS WONDERING IS WHAT IS AN
>INCOMPETENT CERVIX?

Our archves are full of answers but very simply, an incompetent cervix is one that doesn't stay shut when it should. It may be too short in length or just too weak.

>ANY INFORMATION YOU CAN GIVE US WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
>ARE THERE ANY RISKS MY DOCTOR DID NOT GO INTO MUCH DETAIL ABOUT THIS
>WHEN MU SON WAS BORN. HE DID TELL ME THAT I WILL NEED TO BE STITCHED UP
>THE NEXT TIME I HAVE A CHILD.

Absolutely!

>ANY INFORMATION YOU CAN GIVE ME I WOULD LOVE.
>
>BY THE WAY JACOB IS NOW 4 DAYS SHY OF BEING 2YEARS OLD. HE IS DOING
>WONDERFUL WEIGHS 26LBS AND IS 35 INCHES TALL. HE HAS HAD THREE MAJOR
>SURGERYS 1 ONE HIS HEART, 1 TO REMOVE 1OF HIS 4 KIDNEYS AND THE FINAL
>SURGERY THIS PAST JUNE ON HIS BLADDER.

Happy Birthday Jacob.

>PLEASE GIVE ME SOME HOPE THAT OUR NEXT CHILD WILL NOT HAVE TO BE BORN SO
>EARLY.

With a cerclage and appropriate medication (if necessary) this outcome may be avoidable.

>PLEASE E-MAIL ME DIRECT AS I DON'T GET A CHANCE VERY OFTEN TO CHECK THE
>BOARD.

Can't do. This is NOT a one-to-one medical service. This is an educational board. Please see disclainer below.

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Great Neck, New York

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