It’s so true, every pregnancy is different. Even with uterus didelphys! And who knows why. It finally looks like my morning sickness is starting to go away! I’ll go several days now where I don’t throw up in the morning, before having another sick day. At 20 weeks I’ll count that as a win. I was sick through 24 weeks with my daughter Hannah.
My last doctor’s appointment went really well, too! Every week I’ve just been waiting for that other shoe to drop. But so far, nothing. It was around this time with my last pregnancy that I had my cerclage put in. And it’s not like we’re dealing with a different side. This is the same uterus I was pregnant in last time.
At my appointment, the perinatologist said, “Your cervix is not the longest in the world, but over the last 3 weeks it looks the same. So I’d say it’s stable.” Honestly… that’s shocking news to me. I’m still having a hard time wrapping my head around it. My pregnancy with my daughter was just SO different. But I’ll take it… it’s holding strong at 2.6 cm.
When I asked her why it’s so different this time around, she said because every pregnancy IS truly different. We don’t know why. We can guess… but we really will never know why. I also readdressed my concerns about getting past the 24 week mark, and then not being able to have surgery. My doctor told me that there’s a lot of evidence that suggests that making it through 24 weeks without your cervix giving way is a sign that it’s not going anywhere until that baby is ready to come.
If I do make it to that 24 week mark, then just like last time, I’ll count my milestones as I get them. Celebrating as I make it to 28… 32… 36 (hopefully).
All of that being said, we still have to get to 24 weeks. I hit 21 weeks in a couple of days… so we have a little ways to go. But this is promising news!
It’s also very nice having doctors who have been through a tough pregnancy. They get it. I feel like they truly understand my feelings, because they’ve been there. And for me, when they’re not freaking out, it’s easier for me to not freak out. It’s not that I don’t trust the other doctors that I’ve seen… I just trust these people more, because I can relate to them.
So here’s to another week! Maybe this time around will be a lot different form the last. Goodness only knows I could bear a pregnancy that had a little less drama!
Oh, one last crazy fact I recently learned… My next huge milestone is to make it to 24-25 weeks. That’s when my baby will have a chance to survive, in case he decides to come early. In other places, babies have a chance of survival as early as 22-23 weeks, because they’re at sea level. Even with all the special equipment, we just don’t have enough oxygen to support those little guys here in Denver, CO.
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