Brinda
02-01-2006, 01:06 PM
This is a follow-up on my previous post, http://www.mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=401795
The peri scheduled a follow-up u/s after they saw some funneling last week and wanted it checked again. If the funnel was bigger, he wanted me sent in for an emergent cerclage before I hit 24 weeks, when it is contra-indicated.
I had my follow-up cervical u/s today, and I started off super pissed off. The peri was on vacation, and they didn't even have a nurse in the office! I wasn't told this when i made my appt. And the PERI set it!!What is the freakin' point? If I'd needed the cerclage which has to be done within the 3 days left of my 23 weeks, how could it have been done??? Last week I was about 4.8 cm with a slight funnel. This time there was not much of any funnel, BUT I was down to 3.3cm. Which means, the funnel we saw could possibly have caused that to efface away. I just found out you thin inside out. I don't know why, I thought for some reason it was outside in. But, to me, that's a big deal. The u/s tech actually had the gall to ask me if I knew how big a cm really is... "Well, it's only a cm, it's not very much". Well, in MY mind, 4.8 - 3.3 = 1.5, not 1, at almost 1/2 of an inch. So first I think she needs to go back to math class. Second, yes, I know how long a cm is, don't patronize me. She didn't mean anything by it BUT when your entire cervix is only 4.8cm and you thin out 1.5 cm in 1 week with 16 weeks left until your due date, that says to me that I've lost 25% of my entire cervix, with NO contractions 4 months early, and yes that's a big deal to me. The doctor only told her to call if it was short, and SHE said short is 2.5cm... Last time I talked to him, he said they were watching for ANY shortening. This really pisses me off that he wasn't in the office, and this is NOT considered a study visit, I have to PAY the $30 copay to not see a nurse, peri, or anyone. So I have to wait until next week to talk to him about it. Why couldn't this wait until next week like normal??
So, now I'm laying here all pissed off and stewing, and dh says I'm overreacting. He doesn't understand that I know she pry didn't mean anything by what she said, but it hurts that someone who has PROBABLY (I shouldn't assume) never had a problem pregnancy could tell me that such a significant shortening is nothing. She is NOT the doctor. She really doesn't have the best ettiquette. Last time she did an abdominal, she says "Let's take a look at the baby and make sure there's a heartbeat and it's still alive"... Excuse me, that is NOT the thing to say to an expecting mother. Just say "Let's take a quick peek at the baby".
I was going to try and calm down a bit before posting, but oh, well. I gotta get the steam off sometime, right?
My concern is if this happens with NO contractions, what happens when they finally start?
The peri scheduled a follow-up u/s after they saw some funneling last week and wanted it checked again. If the funnel was bigger, he wanted me sent in for an emergent cerclage before I hit 24 weeks, when it is contra-indicated.
I had my follow-up cervical u/s today, and I started off super pissed off. The peri was on vacation, and they didn't even have a nurse in the office! I wasn't told this when i made my appt. And the PERI set it!!What is the freakin' point? If I'd needed the cerclage which has to be done within the 3 days left of my 23 weeks, how could it have been done??? Last week I was about 4.8 cm with a slight funnel. This time there was not much of any funnel, BUT I was down to 3.3cm. Which means, the funnel we saw could possibly have caused that to efface away. I just found out you thin inside out. I don't know why, I thought for some reason it was outside in. But, to me, that's a big deal. The u/s tech actually had the gall to ask me if I knew how big a cm really is... "Well, it's only a cm, it's not very much". Well, in MY mind, 4.8 - 3.3 = 1.5, not 1, at almost 1/2 of an inch. So first I think she needs to go back to math class. Second, yes, I know how long a cm is, don't patronize me. She didn't mean anything by it BUT when your entire cervix is only 4.8cm and you thin out 1.5 cm in 1 week with 16 weeks left until your due date, that says to me that I've lost 25% of my entire cervix, with NO contractions 4 months early, and yes that's a big deal to me. The doctor only told her to call if it was short, and SHE said short is 2.5cm... Last time I talked to him, he said they were watching for ANY shortening. This really pisses me off that he wasn't in the office, and this is NOT considered a study visit, I have to PAY the $30 copay to not see a nurse, peri, or anyone. So I have to wait until next week to talk to him about it. Why couldn't this wait until next week like normal??
So, now I'm laying here all pissed off and stewing, and dh says I'm overreacting. He doesn't understand that I know she pry didn't mean anything by what she said, but it hurts that someone who has PROBABLY (I shouldn't assume) never had a problem pregnancy could tell me that such a significant shortening is nothing. She is NOT the doctor. She really doesn't have the best ettiquette. Last time she did an abdominal, she says "Let's take a look at the baby and make sure there's a heartbeat and it's still alive"... Excuse me, that is NOT the thing to say to an expecting mother. Just say "Let's take a quick peek at the baby".
I was going to try and calm down a bit before posting, but oh, well. I gotta get the steam off sometime, right?
My concern is if this happens with NO contractions, what happens when they finally start?