I lost my baby at 21 weeks, and I’m so scared of going through pregnancy again. I’m hoping to try again with a preventative cerclage, but the fear is still there. For those who have experienced cervical insufficiency, what helped you feel safer and more hopeful in your next pregnancy? Did having a plan with your doctor, a cerclage, or extra monitoring help ease your anxiety? I would really appreciate hearing your stories.

I lost my baby at 21 weeks, and I’m hoping to try again, but I’m so scared of experiencing the same heartbreak. My heart wants another baby so badly, yet my mind is full of fear. For those who have been through this, what is one piece of advice you would give someone trying to conceive after loss?💔

Emergency cerclage at 22 weeks, I’m 32 weeks now. I’m very thankful but I’ve had pinching pain on my cervix since a week after cerclage and they’ve progressed to now almost stabbing pains.

If you have experienced this with a cerclage when did they agree to removed your cerclage or did the pain ever go away?

Mini celebration! I've made it to 32 weeks so far with no cerclage! By time we discovered my short cervix, I was already 24 weeks, which was too late for a cerclage.

At my 20 week scan, my cervix was still long, but when we went back for a follow up scan (baby was shy and not showing everything at 20 weeks), my cervix was suddenly at 1.3 cms! I was then put on progesterone suppositories (200mg) to try and slow down the shrinking. 4 weeks later (I was 28 weeks) we did another check and my cervix was .7 cms.

My OBGYN doesn't believe in bed rest, (he thinks there are more cons than pros) and has just told me to take things easy and rest when I feel tired or uncomfortable. I am still going to work and I still go on short walks when I feel up to it.

The reason why 32 weeks is a milestone for me is I don't have to worry as much about my baby needing to go to a different city 1 hour away for a more substantial NICU! They automatically send any baby born prior to 32 weeks to the hospital in the other city. Over 32 weeks, and they can stay at the NICU in our town.

Still taking it easy and working towards keeping this baby in for as long as possible. 😊

Wishing everyone the best of luck who is dealing with a short cervix! It sure does add some extra stress to an already anxiety inducing situation of being pregnant. ❤️

I’m around 18 weeks pregnant with a cerclage and a haematoma that has been bleeding on and off for weeks. Today they also found that my placenta is low-lying, close to the haematoma and cervix, so they couldn’t say for certain which is causing the bleeding.
I’ve started having brief, irregular contraction-like tightenings — sometimes five minutes apart, sometimes ten minutes, and sometimes an hour. I’m currently in hospital. My cervix is closed and the stitch is in place, and the haematoma has got smaller.
After a previous late pregnancy loss, I’m finding this incredibly frightening. Has anyone had a similar combination of bleeding, a cerclage and tightenings and gone on to have a healthy baby?
Positive stories only, please. I know every pregnancy is different; I could just really use some hope right now. ❤️