I had my appointment today and baby girl is healthy. She weighs 1lb 1oz. She is hanging out really low in my pelvis folded up, literally. Her feet were in her face. She has tons of fluid and space in my belly so she needs to move up!
Now onto the word I've come to hate...my cervix. It went from 3cm to 2cm in two weeks. Not great but my cerclage is holding.
I will now go in every week for a vaginal ultra sound to measure my cervix. He is switching me from my progesterone shots (to stop contractions) to vaginal progesterone suppositories (to strengthen my cervix). Hopefully this will keep my cervix nice and tight at 2cm. Oh and my insurance doesn't cover the new ones, insert preggo freak out!
I am to continue with the rest, no lifting, no exercise, feet up as much as possible but not yet in the bed rest field.
Next steps...try not to stress out, LOL. Almost to viability of 24 weeks which he isn't worried at all about making it to.
Here is a guideline I found....again just a guideline, many factors can come into play but I'd be very happy with 34 weeks.
My Dr doesn't have a magic number for bed rest or a standard for weak cervix, it's very much patient to patient. Any signs of blood (cerclage tearing) I am in the hospital to get steroids for baby girls lungs. Let's not cross that bridge!
So now I rest....