Back again and I simply cannot believe it
Am I being punished for something terrible I must have done in a past life!

Has anyone had an abdominal stitch for an incompetent cervix?

hi pipp - i haven't had this experience but i just wanted to give a hug and say NO you are not being punished. you have done nothing wrong. i know it must feel like that for you at times with your heart-breaking history

kia kaha

Oh Pipp, I'm so very sorry for your loss You must be devastated.

I haven't had the stitch in either, but we do have a couple on this forum who have, hopefully they'll be along to talk to you soon.

Thinking of you and your wee angels

PIPP oh I feel for you. Im so sorry. No I havent had one but like PINKLADY said a few women on EBB have so Im sure theyll be helpful to talk to.
Please dont think youre being punished! The devil rains in this world! Its him who does evil-not God.
Thinking of you

Morning Ladies, thank you for your replies – apologies for yesterday, I was feeling a bit fragile and dramatic.
It’s hard when we have struggled for so long to conceive, to then have our perfectly healthy girls taken from us too soon... crushing

I had the McDonald cerclage this pregnancy but obviously this wasn’t enough to prevent another early labour. We have since been told that our only option now is an Abdominal stitch or Laparoscopic cervical cerclage but it seems this is very uncommon.

Off to for the first follow up with the obstetrician this afternoon so hopefully he will shed some more light on what went wrong and how we can prevent it from EVER happening again!!

Thank you again for the lovely words of support and hugs.. I needed them
Px

Pipp, one of my friends had it done earlier this year in Wellington.

She lost a baby at 18 weeks and there really wasn't any cervix left to stitch vaginally so abdominally was the only option and it wasn't done laprascopic - she was opened up and ended up with a C-Section type wound.

It went really well and she gave birth to a gorgeous little boy 3 weeks ago at 35 weeks.

She is in Wellington and it was done by Jeremy Tuohy and John Tait together. Happy to find out more information from her if you like.

Good luck!!

Good luck with the specialist, I hope they have some useful information