Still Pregnant

The stitches came out today, but Sprout stayed in. Guess he’s not quite ready to come out. After the surgery, however, the doctor told us that Abby’s cervix is 50% effaced and 2cm dilated! At least it’s a start. Abby had contractions for a few hours after surgery that were so minor she couldn’t feel [...]

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10 days

That’s right, I’m getting the cerclage removed on December 2nd–in 10 days.  Since there’s a significant chance I’ll also go into labor when the stitches come out, that also means Sprout could be here in 10 days.  They do the surgery actually in Labor & Delivery, and they’ll keep me there for a few hours [...]

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33 weeks

Only three weeks until the cerclage stitches come out!  That means the kid could be here in 3 weeks.  Ridiculous.  Sometime in the next 3-7 weeks.  At any rate, we’re at 33 weeks now, Sprout is about 5 1/2 pounds and just over 17 inches long.  And I’m pretty sure he’s not deaf.
My mom says [...]

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Long but not strong

Yesterday, at our weekly appointment with the maternal-fetal medicine doctor, we saw why exactly I’m on bed rest. He was measuring my cervix on the ultrasound, and noted that it looked even longer than last week. I asked how, exactly, that can be true, since it doesn’t really grow. He said, “well, [...]

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“The One Where Abby Becomes a Shut-In”

The past two days have felt like an eternity. Yesterday morning we had our 5-month appointment with the midwife as well as a follow-up ultrasound because Abby’s cervix measured 2.5cm long during last week’s ultrasound (2.5cm is much shorter than average for the 18th week of pregnancy). Yesterday’s ultrasound (at 19 weeks) showed Abby’s cervix [...]

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