At long last... (I wrote and never posted this just before we had the twins)
The Friday of my scheduled cerclage removal was another interesting day. Our appt. was scheduled for 10:30am @ Prentice, so I couldn't eat or drink anything after 5am (in case I started progressing with the cerc out and needed to go directly to the OR for my epidural and section), and thankfully we got up early and had breakfast before we left. Well, of course things didn't quite go as planned.
We checked into OB triage on time and were sent upstairs to L&D. I should have known from all the people in the waiting room that they were a bit busier than normal. They came by about 11 and told us that they had so many people come in that morning in labor that all the rooms were full, and that they'd have to send us (and other electives) away and let us know later when (that afternoon or on the next Monday) they'd be able to accommodate us. Since we were already there (and my mom was halfway there from WI) we went down to the lobby to hang out.
About a half hour later the OB director, who'd given me her card to call later to check in, called my cell and told us to go back to triage and they would just do the procedure there. So we went back to triage and waited a bit. And then got a room and waited some more. Finally, by early afternoon two of the OB's from my practice attempted to find and remove my cerclage, to no avail. It was apparently difficult surgery, I recently heard from my OB, and it seemed that part of the stitch had since pulled through even with me on strict bed rest for 16 weeks. They could not find it and they could not get it out. All this while, I'm writhing in pain with their attempts. So when they decide that they will not be able to do it there (or without anesthetic, as planned) we have to wait for a room upstairs. They finally gave me an IV at this point, as I was about seven hrs w/o fluids by 2pm.
We finally got a room upstairs and they got me hooked up to the monitors again. I was contracting pretty much all day, though I didn't feel anything. I'm apparently the queen of silent contractions. They decided to give me an epidural line, rather than just a spinal like I'd gotten when they gave me the stitch, as everyone wanted to be ready to go right to a section, if I progressed after the cerc was out. Anesthesia took forever and there was yet another change in OB's (I saw four of the eight from my practice over less than eight hrs), so it was 6pm by the time the epi was in and then came the procedure. I couldn't feel a thing, thank goodness, and they finally got it out. Immediately following, I was about 1 1/2 cm dilated, and then an hour later, I was back up to two. They continued to check me until 10pm and I was still two, so they discharged me. I was then able to eat and drink finally after some 17 hours of neither.
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We spent the night in the city, just in case. But by mid-day Saturday, it seemed that things weren't really changing, so I opted to go home instead of staying in the city. After that I didn't have any contrax (that I know of), my bleeding subsided, and besides just being in general pain and discomfort, not sure if we are progressing or not. Go back to OB on Tuesday to see how things are looking...
The Friday of my scheduled cerclage removal was another interesting day. Our appt. was scheduled for 10:30am @ Prentice, so I couldn't eat or drink anything after 5am (in case I started progressing with the cerc out and needed to go directly to the OR for my epidural and section), and thankfully we got up early and had breakfast before we left. Well, of course things didn't quite go as planned.
We checked into OB triage on time and were sent upstairs to L&D. I should have known from all the people in the waiting room that they were a bit busier than normal. They came by about 11 and told us that they had so many people come in that morning in labor that all the rooms were full, and that they'd have to send us (and other electives) away and let us know later when (that afternoon or on the next Monday) they'd be able to accommodate us. Since we were already there (and my mom was halfway there from WI) we went down to the lobby to hang out.
About a half hour later the OB director, who'd given me her card to call later to check in, called my cell and told us to go back to triage and they would just do the procedure there. So we went back to triage and waited a bit. And then got a room and waited some more. Finally, by early afternoon two of the OB's from my practice attempted to find and remove my cerclage, to no avail. It was apparently difficult surgery, I recently heard from my OB, and it seemed that part of the stitch had since pulled through even with me on strict bed rest for 16 weeks. They could not find it and they could not get it out. All this while, I'm writhing in pain with their attempts. So when they decide that they will not be able to do it there (or without anesthetic, as planned) we have to wait for a room upstairs. They finally gave me an IV at this point, as I was about seven hrs w/o fluids by 2pm.
We finally got a room upstairs and they got me hooked up to the monitors again. I was contracting pretty much all day, though I didn't feel anything. I'm apparently the queen of silent contractions. They decided to give me an epidural line, rather than just a spinal like I'd gotten when they gave me the stitch, as everyone wanted to be ready to go right to a section, if I progressed after the cerc was out. Anesthesia took forever and there was yet another change in OB's (I saw four of the eight from my practice over less than eight hrs), so it was 6pm by the time the epi was in and then came the procedure. I couldn't feel a thing, thank goodness, and they finally got it out. Immediately following, I was about 1 1/2 cm dilated, and then an hour later, I was back up to two. They continued to check me until 10pm and I was still two, so they discharged me. I was then able to eat and drink finally after some 17 hours of neither.
..
We spent the night in the city, just in case. But by mid-day Saturday, it seemed that things weren't really changing, so I opted to go home instead of staying in the city. After that I didn't have any contrax (that I know of), my bleeding subsided, and besides just being in general pain and discomfort, not sure if we are progressing or not. Go back to OB on Tuesday to see how things are looking...
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