Hi karmaplaysitall, thks for your msg. I hv lost two babies seemingly due to incompetent cervix but it could have also been due to infection and premature contractions. I m already 37 and don't know if I have the energy to try again as I have had so much done to my insides and down there (three D&Cs and one myomectomy for fibroids). Feeling very lost and down. My doc only gave me five days antibiotics after the surgery. Do you think being prescribed them before surgery helps cos we have so much bacteria in us? Please let me know your doc's name for my future reference. Thks.
i was given augmentin before my cerclage, after a cvs procedure. i had my cerclage done on the 4th day after cvs and continued with augmentin for another week. my gynae said its good to start on augmentin early to reduce the chances of infection fr a cerclage procedure. she also asked me to stop inserting the progesteron pessary which kkh gave me for my incompentent cervix. she wanted nothing thru the vaginal before n after cerclage, again for fear of infection.
my gynae is dr cathryn chan from astra women. she has clinic at mt e n hougang. infact i found her randomly, no recommendation, etc. i was extremely dismayed by kkh's delay in giving me my cerclage n i happened to saw her clinic's signboard at hougang. i took down the number n called. she was reluctant to see me initially as i was alrdy 13 wks along n had interventions done at kkh, plus she was already very overloaded with patients. but i insisted n she allowed me to go in. i waited from 11am till 5.30pm before being finally seen. when she did a scan for me, i was slightly opened from the outside alrdy n having mild spotting. she told me timing is very crucial for my case n i cannot afford to waste another minute waiting for kkh to schedule me with prenatal tests which should be cleared way before i even reached 12 weeks. she asked for cvs to be done straightaway to rule out ds completely, fast result in 2 days, by 3rd, i was admitted to mt e n cerclage done on 4th day morning 6.30am.
im glad i went to see her, seriously, dont read blindly on forum opinions. go with ur instinct. i tot kkh was good, but i almost lost another daughter if i had juz sat back n waited for kkh to do something abt my cervix. i also read that someone had said dr chan was expensive n impatient but i dont find her to b so. infact she spent alot of time explaining to her patient which was why the waiting time at her clinic is horribly long. she initially wanted to do 2 stitches on my cervix, however upon examination, she said i literally had 0 cervix left on the outside as the leep cone had taken away a large part of my cervix. she said she could only at most perform one stitch n will need to pull as much cervix as she can fr the inside to get the stitch up as high as possible. if u talk to dr chan abt her experiences with cervical incompetency, she will definitely share with u her most memorable rescued patient, her dance teacher's wife who went to c her with the baby's leg sticking out at the vaginal. she said she put the patient on trendelenburg n used a balloon to push the sac with the leg back into the uterus, stitch it up with a cerclage thereafter. the baby is 9 yrs old today. she also told me among her patients, only one of them had a failed cerclage, she had to remove the stitch at 16 wks as the patient developed infection n had gone into spontaneous labour.... which was y she kept reminding me abt infection risk.
i developed uti 2 weeks after the cerclage n started bleeding. as it was a sunday, she asked me to go to a&e at mt e to get admitted straightaway. she examined me at my ward on the same day n gave me antibiotics to control the uti.
so in all, i am quite lucky as appropraire interventions were taken n had helped me so far. im thankful as well as worried. day by day, i only wish my baby keeps cooking inside me, hopefully till full term. currently, dr chan is optimistic that i haf a good chance to hold till full term. im praying n hoping it does so.
this is a long post, but i juz wanted to let u know, thr is still hope n we r not alone with cervical problem. timing, doctor, luck all plays an impt role in giving us a chance of a rainbow baby. i read u r 37, im also going 36 this yr. not much younger than u.... i haf a child born before i had my leep cone. it was a normal n completely uneventful pregnancy. after the leep cone, i got pregnant twice last yr n lost both. my current baby is my 4th try at another child. keep holding on, i wished u haf a successful cerclage baby in future as well... it will come. my current pregnancy with cerclage wasnt smooth sailing at all, we each haf our stories. dont give up hope!
