The stitches are out! During the procedure Dr. S. said, "oh you are bleeding a little bit"...but by the end, the room looked like a war zone! The stitches prevent bleeding and with them out, the blood came! A dropped utensil made things worse too. I even stained his white coat...oops. Taking the stitches out didn't hurt too much, but the manipulation was pretty uncomfortable. I would say it is comparable to a pap smear, but worse. It made me realize that I think I will probably be interested in an epidural :) As soon as Dr. S. started digging around, the baby began moving like crazy! I can only imagine what he was thinking. It was like we were knocking on his door!
After the 2nd stitch came out, Dr. S. proclaimed, "You are officially a low-risk pregnancy now!" He even said we can go back to our original OB, but we decided to just finish with Dr. S. It will only be a few appointments, at best. As for the stitches, the thread just looked like dental floss...very magical dental floss that saved our baby's life!
I am dilated to 3 cm at this point, but not having any more contractions than I had been having, so I think I just might be able to keep this little guy in for a little while longer!
Sean and I went to Madison Sourdough for celebratory breakfast and now I am back on the couch, sore but pregnant :)
Congratulations!! I, too suffer from IC and I am on my second cerclage after having a successful one placed two years ago! This blog gives me a sense of hope and security that is much needed during the process.
ReplyDeletePeople who don't have IC don't always understand how stressful it can be...thanks for sharing!!!
I am so happy to hear that this gives you hope. It is hard to find first hand info out there on IC, so I wrote this hoping that someone would benefit from our story. Good luck to you.
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