When I first found out I was pregnant again, I was scared. The fear of losing another baby out-weighed the excitement that after 5m of TTC my body had finally gotten back on track since the loss & D&C. As the weeks have passed though, that stress and fear has lessened. It was at 16w3d that I went into pre-term labour, it was around 14w that I started having brown mucus-y discharge that alerted me to the fact that something was wrong. So when 14w hit and no strange discharge happened, and now so close in my pregnancy to when I experienced our loss last fall, the tension has eased.
But then I did something stupid just a few minutes ago, I googled. According to Mr. Google, weakened cervix is mostly likely to happen/show signs of happening between 18w and 21w. I can only guess that my time in Paris last October aggravated things for it to occur earlier then that. Of course there is no deadline as to when it can happen or not happen, but 18-24w seems to be the general time frame for most. One thing that I did read (this info was from various posts on forums) that was re-assuring though was that most went for bi-weekly doctor visits (like I have been doing) and started the weekly u/s's at 21w. I did read though that everyone seemed to have transvaginal ones done. I had asked Dr. E about this and she said if my cervix was long and closed they could see it by just a regular u/s.
So, what I have done to myself is re-affirm my fear that this baby is not going to stay put until 40w, and that bedrest is probably in my future. =\
A bit of good news, even though I still can't find the heartbeat at home with my doppler, today for the first time I think I'm feeling movement. :0)
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