I wish I knew...
Here's a breif rundown of my story... my last pregnancy was picture perfect. I was having a little boy, couldnt have been more excited. I exercised daily, ate right, got my life in order, etc... then, unexpectedly my water broke at exactly 26 weeks. I went to L& D... apparently I was 2cm dilated and baby was presenting footling breech. He had to come out. So I had an emergency C... because of his positionong, I had a 'classic' incision, which is up and down instead of lower transverse (which, BTW is a clear indicator for C-section births in the future.. no exceptions
). Apparently, I had been dilated and leaking fluid for some time, which I thought was just normal discharge. B/c of this, my son developed an infection which casued a slew of other problems as well, including intercranial hemorrhaging. He died the next day... had he lived he would have had lifelong problems, never eaten on his own...
I got pregnant 3 months later and my OB referred me to a Perinatologist. They gave me the option of a cervical cerclage at 12 weeks to keep the cervix from dialting prematurely. Generally IC occurs btwn 18-24 weeks, and the docs werent even sure thats what I had, but I did it anyways, to be safe. Also, I have gotten progesterone by injection, weekly since 16weeks. This it to prevent PTL..
Sooooooooooooooooo... I had been anticipating a pretty straightforward scheduled c-section around Oct 17 - my EDD is 10/24. However in the past 2 weeks both teams of docs have thrown a bunch of stuff at me. They want to take the cerclage out at 26 weeks - I say no problem. Then after the fact they tell me they want to do an amnio to check his lung maturity the day before the removal
I'm like "ummmmm... no.." I mean, whats the point at 37 weeks... more discomfort for me, is all I can see. So I was upset with that - come to find out this is not mandatory, so I'mnot gonna do it. They want me to come in on that day anyways, just in case, to discuss If I even want the cerclage out that day. I would like to wait another week, which would put us at 10/3..
Now here's the kicker... my regular OB, whom I see on alternating weeks from the peri, said they will probably take the stitch out and then do the c-section the next day
I'm like "WHAT?!?!" I mean, I can't start laboring on my own... because of the previous incision, I could rupture.. the risk is much more increased with classic incisions. I understand this. But good greif.... isnt that the whole point of the scheduled c-section... that its' SCHEDULED!!!
So he could be here as soon as 10/3, which I am totally not prepared for. The nursery is incomplete. Hell, my baby shower isnt even until 9/30 and there will be heck to pay if I miss that... I have to wrap things up at work and get my short-term disability worked out... ugh..
**rant over**
Hang in there, girly! You know all too well that a little early is better than nothing at all. 
Which type of incision are they doing this time... do you know?
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