u/Nice-Swing-1796

Hey everyone! I wanted to come on here and share my story of my emergency cerclage. I remember looking through posts trying to find situations like mine to give me hope and I would love to do the same for someone else.

My pregnancy was fairly normal (minus a couple weeks of bleeding due to a subchorionic hematoma early on) until my anatomy scan. During the scan we saw my cervix was 15mm. Since this is my first pregnancy my OB wanted to monitor for a week.

At 21 weeks we saw my cervix was 14mm. I pushed for the cerclage. My OB hesitantly agreed. I was scheduled for 22 weeks 1 day.

At 22 weeks she called me and told me she did not want to do the cerclage, as it was likely just my anatomy since we saw no shortening between 20 and 21 weeks. She scheduled me for another ultrasound instead at a neighboring hospital.

At this scan at 22 weeks 1 day my cervix had shortened to 5mm. There was severe u shaped funneling and I was admitted for an emergency cerclage. Somehow my cervix was still closed and the surgeon on call managed to grab a decent amount of cervix to stitch.

I had weekly scans at 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28 weeks. My cervix fluctuates between 12 and 15 mm with funneling to the stitch and I graduated to biweekly scans at 30, 32 and 34 weeks.

At 36 weeks the cerclage was removed, and at 38 and 39 weeks I had to have membrane sweeps as my baby was 90th percentile.

I went into labour at 39 weeks and my son was born 39 weeks 1 day at a whopping 9lb 10oz. I did have a traumatic birth, totally unrelated to the cerclage but I am here with my 9 day old son. I laid awake crying for months anticipating the worst, but he's here.

I hope this helps someone who is scared like I was.

Hey everyone! I had my emergency cerclage removed this morning at 36 weeks. It was placed at 22 weeks 1 day when I had only 5mm of cervix left.

For others who had an emergency cerclage, how long until you went into labour after it was removed?

This is my first time pregnant. I had some spotting right from the get go, but around 9 weeks I started losing large clots. Turned out I had a subchorionic hematoma. I spent all day crying every day until that resolved at about 12 weeks.

I did well, mental health was great until my anatomy scan at 20 weeks. I had a short cervix of 15mm. My OB monitored it until 22 weeks when it was down to 5mm and I had a rescue cerclage placed.

Since then my mental health has been the worst I have ever experienced. I have been terrified every day that baby is going to die. At my 24 and 25 week cervical check my cerclage is holding up and Ive had 14mm of cervix below the stitch again. I have it checked again next week at 26 weeks.

Its like my brain can't shut off, as soon as I accept one thing is going okay I fixate on another. Last week I was paranoid of amniotic leaks (increased disharge from progesterone). This week it's been fetal movements. The other day I was paranoid about contractions (maybe had a couple Braxton Hicks, or baby was pushing)

My brain can't shut off and I don't know how much longer my brain can sustain this level of stress. I told my OB and the nurse that my mental health is really suffering but havent gotten any suggestions or support in that aspect.

I guess I'm just venting. I told myself I would feel better when I got to 24 weeks... now im telling myself 28 weeks... im sure i'll be telling myself 32 weeks once I get there.

At 20 weeks my cervix measured 15mm. Rechecked at 22 and was 5mm but closed so I had a cerclage that day. 23w follow up showed 22-24mm. Just went back today for 24w follow up and ive funneled to the stitch and am back down to 14mm. I am so scared.

I had a rescue cerclage placed last week when I was found to be at 5mm. I wasn't dilated at all at that time. I had my follow up today and I measured at 2.4cm after cerclage! I am 23 weeks today and going back to work 3 days a week next week. I feel anxious about that but relieved overall.

Hello everyone. At my 20w anatomy scan my cervix was seen to be 15mm. 6 days later it was still 15mm but showed funneling. My MFM agreed to place a cerclage. She called me a few days later and said she didnt feel comfortable placing it since I hadn't had any additional shortening. Yesterday I went for another weekly follow up (22w1d) and my cervix was 5mm.

I was admitted for an emergency rescue cerclage (ironically the same date I was originally booked for cerclage with my MFM)

I am now 22w2d and recovering from the cerclage done at midnight. I had a closed, solid cervix still. I have another ultrasound on Tuesday to see how the stitch is doing.

Anyone have any hope for me?

Last week at my anatomy scan we saw my cervix was 15mm. I had a follow up ultrasound today and cervix was stable at 15mm, but it looked to be funneling. My OB said that this could just be my anatomy and I might be fine to stay on progesterone only, but I asked for cerclage which I will have next week. Did I make the right choice by getting a cerclage?

Yesterday was my anatomy scan. Baby looked healthy but my cervix measured 15mm only. My OB started me immediately on 200mg of progesterone vaginally. She swabbed me and did a urine test to see if there's infection. Results TBD.

She mentioned possible cerclage as long as there's no infection. I have a follow up on Thursday.

Is there anything else I should be doing? Has anyone else had a cervix this short at 20 weeks? Im panicking and have spent the last day crying, I canceled my gender reveal party and dont know what to do.