For those that haven’t heard yet, Bianca is a little anxious to get here. I went in for a checkup on Monday and found out that my cervix had shortened a great deal, and that I was 1 cm dilated. Not really what I was expecting to hear considering I won’t even be 33 weeks until Friday so we should have about 7 or so weeks left before she gets here. However, they also found out that my amniotic fluid is running a bit low too. So they sent me over to the hospital to get my first of 2 injections of steroids. I got my 2nd on Tuesday. The injections will help finish developing her lungs, as this process is usually not complete until around 34 weeks. The doctor put me on strict bed rest until the baby comes, as they really want to buy a little more time to give her a better chance of being born healthy.
On Wednesday morning I awoke having pretty significant contractions. I went to the hospital and they were about 5-7 minutes apart. I had thought they would probably go ahead and take out my cerclage since the contractions were putting so much pressure on my cervix, but still wanting to buy some more time they gave me a shot of terbutaline. This is basically a medicine they give to asthmatics to help open their airways as it causes your muscles to all relax, but it also calms down the uterus so it did stop the contractions. I had a few more last night, and I’ve had a few today – but so far things are a bit calmer. I am in alot of pain though, because the baby is already in the birth canal, so I’m having alot of back pain and pressure. Basically now we’re just playing a wait and see game. The next time contractions start are steady and close, I’ll go back to the hospital and have my cerclage removed and they’ll let me go on in to labor. The doctors would like for me to go until the end of next week, although they don’t think this is likely to happen.
I am as I mentioned now on strict bed rest until she’s born, trying to keep the weight of her off my cervix. I only took a minute to update this website so that everyone knew what was going on.
Don’t worry though, everyone is confident that everything will turn out just fine. I’ll update again as soon as we know more!
