Hello,
Firstly I want to say how happy I am to have found this forum and all the information here. This is by far the best and most comprehensive information source I have found yet and there are so many of you who have gone through or are currently going through the same thing as I am that I don't feel so alone anymore.
This is my third pregnancy and I am 17+3 today, my first two pregnancies ended in 1st trimester miscarriages and we had been TTC for almost exactly 2 years before I became pregnant again this time. My first trimester was fairly uneventful other than the constant worry that someone who has had mulitple miscarriages has. At exactly 12 weeks I had my nuchal fold scan which came back clear for all physical abnormalitles but my blood showed increased risk for trisomy 13/18. We chose not to do any invasive testing and have since had another anomaly scan and everything looks good. As those disorders do tend to show physical markers by this point we have decided not to follow up further and believe our Baby boy will be just fine.
Unfortunately at 15 weeks I started getting stabbing pains in my cervix and dr. diagnosed me with incompetent cervix at 2.5cm and put me on mbr. A week later I went into hospital for another check and cervix had shortened to 2.3cm and was slightly open. I was tested for infection and told I would get a cerclage if all was clear. FFWD to this week (17 weeks) and I'm told that my condition is not severe enough to warrant placing a cerclage and they would just monitor my progress regularly. At my anomaly scan another dr. measures my cervix and I'm now told I'm at 1.6cm which is definitely, from everything I have ever read, not ok, especially as I seem to be losing about 0.5cm cervix every week. I push for the cerclage and dr. agrees and I am booked in next Tuesday for another checkup and (fingers crossed) the cerclage.
I've never been in hospital before and the 2 times I have been under general anaeshtetic (laparoscopy to remove dermoid cyst and D&C after miscarriage) I didn't react so well to the GA but I know how necessary this operation is and I don't see any other way that I won't lose my baby without it. I guess I'm just here for a bit of mutual reassurance and support.
I do have a quick question right off the bat, may go ask in another section as well but, this stabbing pain that I had, it occured every few minutes and was at first localized to the cervix. The first night I had it all through the night and seemed to get worse when I was stressed. I took it easy and it lessened to a couple times a day until it came back but this time on my far right around where my ovary should be. The pain is short, intense, like someone is pinching or stabbing you with a tiny needle and is gone within seconds. The dr. said it sounded like contractions but from what I read, they don't really sound like it to me. To any of you who have had contractions this early in the pregnancy, can you tell me what they felt like? I have not had any cramping or pushing sensation.
Thank you for your help and support.