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Q: Leep Procedure

asked by: kissablemeli on September 26th, 2006

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Firstly, I want to say that i'm 6 weeks and 3 days pregnant with twins. I was having some light spotting mid-month, before I knew I was pregnant. Once I got the positive result, the nurse told me to come in to the er to be seen because of past miscarriages and such. Had an ultrasound and a pelvic. The dr said everything looked fine. My cervix was a little loose but closed, the twins had good heartrates and bloodflow.

Here's the question:
back in like 97 maybe, I had a leep procedure done. Since then i've had 3 miscarriages due to my cervix not closing. I've been reading up and they say that the procedure may effect that. My first appointment isnt for another week and a half and i've never carried past my 5th week in any pregnancy. So i'm past that now, but i'm really worried especially with my cervix being a little "loose" already. Do you think I should call the dr's office or just wait the week and a half. It's on the 6th. I do have mild cramping, which they said was just my uterus stretching not to be concerned. Sometimes it gets pretty painful but I also have an uti. Maybe i'm just overreacting but i'm really afraid. What do you think?

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diamondsz

replied on September 26th, 2006

Extremely eHealthy

I would go to the dr and have them suture your cervix, honestly hvaing a dr tell you its abit loose and not do anything about it then is abit irrespinsible!

Becky

replied on September 26th, 2006

Especially eHealthy

Yeah they should be able to put a suture (stitch) in it so that it remains closed and then they will remove it a few weeks before your due

kissablemeli

replied on September 26th, 2006

New User

diamondsz wrote:

i would go to the dr and have them suture your cervix, honestly hvaing a dr tell you its abit loose and not do anything about it then is abit irrespinsible!

well, I have called them. Actually right after posting this. The nurse says that it's too early to have a cercelage done, which is what the "stitch" is called. She looked over my ultrasound results and said that my cervix is closed and there's really no such thing as a "loose" cervix. It's either closed or not. It's soft, but it's supposed to be. She said that everything looks fine but until I have my intial doctor's exam there's no way of telling if my cervix is weak. To be safe, she told me to not do alot of walking or anything I dont have to do. Lay down as much as possible and if I start bleeding go to the er, there's nothing warranting me being seen before the 6th of oct and it's really not that far away. My twins are high in my uterus, a nice size, with good bloodflow and strong heartrates. She was really nice and she looked through my paperwork and test results while we were talking. So I dont think I was ever irresponsible, I was concerned but sometimes a new mother to be can be a little overly concerned even after the doctors reassure you everything is fine. I think it's in our nature to overreact to some things especially when you've had past failed pregnancies. So no, irresponsible I am not.

kissablemeli

replied on September 26th, 2006

New User

beckster06 wrote:

yeah they should be able to put a suture (stitch) in it so that it remains closed and then they will remove it a few weeks before your due

the "stitch" is called a cercelage and it's too early yet to have that procedure done. If they find that my cervix is a little weak, they'll do it after my 8th week. The er doctor reassured me that everything was fine and looked perfect so far but i've had 3 miscarriages in the past so i'm overly cautious and concerned about everything that could possibly go wrong. I read up on the leep procedure online today, before reading it, I had forgotten all about even having it done...So it raised some concern for me obviously. I want them to explore every possiblity of anything going wrong before it happens. I pray daily that my twins and I make it throughout the pregnancy healthy and I plan on doing anything in my power to make that happen. Sometimes we can get a tad overly concerned, I think that's in a mother to be's nature though. Especially considering my past.

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