20 Weeks Today!!

I am 20 weeks today. Yeah!! I am so happy to be at this point and have nothing go wrong. I did have a trip to the hospital yesterday, but since everything is fine than I am very happy. I had my doctor's appointment today and nothing remarkable happened. We heard our little boys heartbeat. It is amazing to hear it every time. I so hope that things continue as well as they have been.

Trip to the hospital

Well, I finally called the doctor after feeling my cervix area a lot of the past day. They told me to get checked out in L&D. Boy my heart sank and I started to cry. I so did not want to go there. To make matters worse it was snowing. We got there and we were put in the same exam room as I was put in when I was examined and found out during my 1st pregnancy that the baby's legs were already in the vagina. They examined me and my cervix was closed tightly. They monitored me for contractions, which I was not having. Yeah!! We also got to see our little boy on ultrasound. It was so cute it was like he was running in there. It is so amazing to see his growth. They did see some slight inflammation on my cervix, so I have to take Flagyl everyday. If that is all that is wrong I will take it. So after this trip, I was so happy because I got to leave the hospital and I was still pregnant.

Big Ultrasound!!

Today is the day that I could not wait for any longer, my big ultrasound. I was so excited to see that everything was alright and nervous to see if my cervix was behaving. Well, they were running behind and I had to wait an hour and a half. It seemed like eternity. I was just thankful I did not have to drink a lot of water beforehand because there would be no way I would have been able to hold it. We finally get into the room and she starts the ultrasound. Of course our little one was in a difficult position to see anything. The baby's head was small. Our other two angels heads were measing on the small end. This is due to my husband, as he has a small head. You then get to the abdomen and that is on the large size. Again I have to point to the baby's mommy and daddy, as neither my husband nor myself are small. We got to see the baby's little hands and fingers, legs and toes, arms. Then we saw what made my husband that happiest man on the planet, the third leg (i.e. the penis). He was so sure that he was going to have a girl, but I knew that it was a boy. There was no doubt it was a boy, the tech even said she was 100% sure. Sure, I wanted a girl, but believe me after losing two babies I will take a boy or a girl. His heartrate was 157. Well, she was having trouble seeing all the chambers of the heart and the stomach due to the position of the baby. She stopped the ultrasound and went to imput the measurements into the computer, but came back and said she needed to get one more measurement. Well, the baby decided to get in a good position, but as soon as she tried to look at anything he turned his back to her. Little stinker he just knows when someone is trying to look at him. The baby is measuring perfect, so I am extremely happy. Yeah!!

OB Appointment - 14 weeks

I had my two week check-up after the cerclege was put in today. My doctor checked my stitch and everything looked great. He said the stitch was put in well. He tried to hear the babies heartbeat with doppler, but of course our little bean did not want to cooperate so we got an ultrasound. Our bean was doing fine. I was relieved to hear that. He reinforced that I can only work from home and basically have to limit my activity. I knew this already going into the pregnancy. I was also put on Flagyl an antibiotic to head off any injections that might try to rear their ugly head. So, I go back in two weeks to see how things are going. I will just have to take things one day at a time.

Feeling Better

I am finally feeling better and have recovered from the cerclege. Right after the cerclege I had a little bleeding and just felt like crap. My back was also sore for several days in the spot the spinal block was put in. There is no more spotting and I am feeling much better. Now the long road to 20 weeks, then 24 week, etc.

Cerclege In!!

Well, today the cerclege was put in. What a relief that is over now. Baby is all sewed in. LOL. We were suppose to be at the hospital by 7:00 a.m. We got there right on time. I got put in my hospital room. I just kept thinking boy it is different being in the hospital when something isn't going wrong with my pregnancy. I got hooked up to an IV, they took my blood pressure and my temperature. So we wait and they do not draw my blood until around 7:45 a.m. (mind you the surgery is suppose to start at 8:00). They were not going to start the surgery until after they got my results back. In the meantime they found the heartbeat with the doppler. It was our first time hearing the heartbeat.Finally my results came back and the surgery could start, a little late. I walked into the operating room and it was cold in there. I got to sit on the operating table while the spinal block was put in. Let me tell you it hurt to have the numbing stuff put in, after that I did not feel anything. They laid me down at this point. My legs were starting to feel numb. I could still feel the sense of touch a little bit. They then put my legs up in the harness things. Let me tell you how vulnerable you feel in this position. My arms were streched out to my sides. They put things on my chest to monitor my heart and I got some oxygen. They first started by sterilizing the area. That felt weird. After that they did not say too much. I know when they put in the foreceps. I could at times feel a sensation down there, but I really could not feel anything. I just kept wondering what they were doing. I started to get the shakes. They put some warm towel on me, which felt better, but did not help with the shakes. They said the shakes were probably from the spinal block. Finally the procedure was done. It only took about 10 minutes. They wheeled me back to my room. Before I could go home, I had to pee and be able to feel my legs again. Well this took ahwile. In the meantime I still have the heart monitor things on, a blood pressure cuff, a IV and antibiotics, and also a monitor to monitor for contractions. I never had any contractions, which was great. After a couple of hours I finally started to feel my legs. Another hour after that they let me get up to try to pee. Let me tell you what fun that was. I was still kind of numb in that area and I really could not feel much. I could only get a little out. After about another half hour they brought me in something to eat. Yeah for food. I mean at this point the last time I had eaten was the night before. I mean it was hospital food, but it was not that bad. They tried to find the heartbeat again with the doppler, but could not. Therefore I got an ultrasound. My bladder was so full on ultrasound, but we got to see that our precious baby was doing fine. After the ultrasound I got up to pee again and I was finally able to. Let me tell you how nice it was to let all of that out. Can you spell relief. Anyway I finally got discharged. I was so happy to be going home.

Appointment with Peri

I had my appointment with the peri today. The peri said I definitely have a incompetent cervix and a cerclege is right for me. I had an ultrasound done to measure my cervix, which was just a little over three. We got to see our little one and he or she was doing great. It was amazing as we got to see some of our little one's brain. The tech said from what she could see of the brain everything looked good. It was amazing how much detail we could see. We could see the spine and a lot of the bones of the baby. In one picture it was like our little one was giving us a thumbs up. It was so cute. The tech also said that it looks like the baby is already practicing swallowing because his or her bladder was full. It was just all so amazing. The doctor examined me and said that my cervix was definitely short. The cerclege is scheduled for Friday. I am so excited, but nervous as well. I thought this day would never get her and here it is.