Cerclage, Pregnancy, Pregnant After a Late Loss, Pregnant After a Loss

Make ‘Em Say Ugh

  [caption id="attachment_109" align="aligncenter" width="217"] Yeah, this is an accurate description of me today.[/caption] 2:15 3:15 4:15 5:15 6:15 Those are the respective times I kept getting up last night to go pee. I finally went to sleep around 7:45 and had two and a half hour nap. I'm still tired, actually. I'm finally eating breakfast when I should be getting ready for lunch. Oh hell, my clock is totally off now. Last night, I couldn't quite
Cerclage

God’s Grace

  Today, another one of my IC mamas lost her baby. She was 20 weeks along. It was her third loss. She had previously lost a 16-weeker, a 19-weeker, and now a 20-weeker. I gave her my thoughts and prayers. And then I went into my bathroom and shed some tears for her. I wondered why. Why her? Why again? She had a TVC, but I'm not sure if it was the
Cerclage, Pregnant After a Late Loss, Pregnant After a Loss

Bittersweet Symphony

When I had a blog on myspace, I used to name my entries with song titles. I think I'll carry that tradition over here. I spoke with Dr. Davis on late Thursday evening. I give him respect for returning my call so late since I'm based in Los Angeles and he's in New Jersey. We had a lengthy conversation about the TVCIC, the different types of cerclages, and what he
Cerclage, Pregnancy, Pregnant After a Late Loss, Pregnant After a Loss

Paging Dr. Davis…Paging Dr. Davis

This pregnancy, I'm not taking any chances. I'm working from home, so there's no need for me to go into the office.  I'm drinking a ton of water, which isn't a change from what I was already doing. But the biggest change is getting a cerclage. A preventative cerclage. I know there's the TVC (transvaginal cerclage), but I just don't trust the success rate (75-85%). I need something a little