Re: Required Info - Despair

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I've PROM'd with every one of my pregnancies, so I can understand your despair. I had 2 pregnancies with vaginal cerclages where I PROM'd at 34 and 29 weeks. I did PROM with my abdominal cerclage pg, but not until 33w3d and I was happy to have gotten that far. All the doctors seemed to think that I was able to get this far because the abdominal cerclage is placed higher and holds better. Plus, I wasn't dilating at all and only started effacing at 31 weeks, where in my other pg (the one that I delivered at 29 wks), I started effacing at 12 wks, had a cerclage placed immediately and was 100% effaced at 15 wks, had 2 more cerclages placed and was on strict bedrest until 29 wks when I PROM'd.

There aren't any guarantees, I won't lie to you, but the abdominal cerclage has a huge rate of success and it's definitely worth going for. Your doctor sounds like he has a good plan of action for your pregnancy and will keep a close eye on things and you have to just hope and pray that things go well.

Kateri

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[Guest guest]

,

I've PROM'd with every one of my pregnancies, so I can understand your despair. I had 2 pregnancies with vaginal cerclages where I PROM'd at 34 and 29 weeks. I did PROM with my abdominal cerclage pg, but not until 33w3d and I was happy to have gotten that far. All the doctors seemed to think that I was able to get this far because the abdominal cerclage is placed higher and holds better. Plus, I wasn't dilating at all and only started effacing at 31 weeks, where in my other pg (the one that I delivered at 29 wks), I started effacing at 12 wks, had a cerclage placed immediately and was 100% effaced at 15 wks, had 2 more cerclages placed and was on strict bedrest until 29 wks when I PROM'd.

There aren't any guarantees, I won't lie to you, but the abdominal cerclage has a huge rate of success and it's definitely worth going for. Your doctor sounds like he has a good plan of action for your pregnancy and will keep a close eye on things and you have to just hope and pray that things go well.

Kateri

graduate

[Guest guest]

,

I've PROM'd with every one of my pregnancies, so I can understand your despair. I had 2 pregnancies with vaginal cerclages where I PROM'd at 34 and 29 weeks. I did PROM with my abdominal cerclage pg, but not until 33w3d and I was happy to have gotten that far. All the doctors seemed to think that I was able to get this far because the abdominal cerclage is placed higher and holds better. Plus, I wasn't dilating at all and only started effacing at 31 weeks, where in my other pg (the one that I delivered at 29 wks), I started effacing at 12 wks, had a cerclage placed immediately and was 100% effaced at 15 wks, had 2 more cerclages placed and was on strict bedrest until 29 wks when I PROM'd.

There aren't any guarantees, I won't lie to you, but the abdominal cerclage has a huge rate of success and it's definitely worth going for. Your doctor sounds like he has a good plan of action for your pregnancy and will keep a close eye on things and you have to just hope and pray that things go well.

Kateri

graduate

[Guest guest]

Hi

I also have a problem with PROMing. I PROMed at 27w6d with my first successful

emergency cerclage and at 15w with my failure although with this one I had

been in labour which they had battled to stop. I am already on certain vitamins

which have been purported to help tremendously with PROM, plus I am going

to insist on being put on progesterone shots from 16w. I have attached the

regimen below. There has been great success with both of these, so possibly

you could take the progesterone study to your doc and have a long chat to

him about it. I know on the PROM list there are a couple of ladies that have

had problems with PROMing and are on the progesterone and vitamins and are

doing great.

Vitamins:

Eat extra protein in diet (around 100 grams per day) - for stronger membranes,

which are made up of protein

Extra Zinc (50 mg),

Vitamins E (400 iu)

Vitamin C (500 mg) with bioflavanoid

cranberry capsules - 2/day (help with UTI)

acidophillus - two capsules a day (help with infections)

Fish oil - 2-3 soft gels a day-says on bottle 180 mgEPA and 120mg DHA-Natural

Fish Oil Concentrate with Omega 3 Fatty acids

This is in addition to your prenatal vitamins after approval from your physician

http://www.urmc.rochester.ed/pr/news/prom.html

This explains evidence for Vitamins C & E helping to strengthen membranes.

http://www.gentlebirth.org/archives/promvitc.html

Be screened for infection (BV, UTI, GBS) at least once a month. Have your

urine sent out to the lab, not just the dipstick

Progesterone studies:

Progesterone-Based Drug Prevents Preterm Birth

By a Friedman, PhD

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters Health) - New findings confirm hints from decades

ago that a version of the pregnancy-maintaining hormone progesterone may

prevent additional preterm births in women who have had a previous

premature birth.

Progesterone levels rise early in pregnancy, and aid in the buildup of

the uterine lining and placenta as well as the mammary glands. The

current study, results of which were presented here Thursday at the

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, looked at the drug

17-alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate (17P), a synthetic form of the

hormone.

The findings are "a big success," noted Dr. Meis of Wake Forest

University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the study's principal

investigator. Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center was one of

19 centers participating in the study, all of which belong to the

Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network of the National Institute of Child

Health and Human Development.

"We've gone through a lot of different things" in the attempt to slow

down and stop early contractions, Meis added. "It's been really

frustrating. This is really the first" treatment tried that has worked.

17P is a generic medication currently approved for use in

infertility. The treatment would represent an off-label use of an

approved drug, Meis noted.

"We examined the background and literature on this drug thoroughly," he

said, and the investigators were able to tell the study participants

that 17P does not cause birth defects.

Women in the study had already delivered at least one baby at less than

37 weeks gestational age. They entered the study at 16 to 20 weeks into

their current pregnancy, and were assigned to receive weekly injections

of 17P or a placebo until 36 weeks gestation.

Treatment with 17P cut the risk of delivering before 32 weeks by 42%,

with 11% of women on the drug delivering before 32 weeks compared to 20%

of those on placebo. Women on the drug were 34% less likely to deliver

before 37 weeks than those on placebo, with 36% delivering at 36 weeks

or sooner

compared to 55% of women on placebo. The study was halted early when the

difference between drug and placebo became clear.

Meis said in his talk that the incidence of complications among the

newborns declined with the treatment, compared with women who had the

placebo injections.

Physicians participating in the study could use their own preferred

treatments to attempt to halt preterm labor that began during the study.

But Meis noted that drugs called tocolytics that block uterine

contractions have had disappointing results, and bed rest has been

"blazingly ineffective."

Progesterones make the uterus less able to contract, and also relaxes

smooth muscle, Meis noted. He said hospitals could conceivably start

using 17P to prevent premature birth tomorrow.

Cole wrote:

Hi,

Ladies,

I am mainly a lurker since I am still dealing with the

loss of my 4th pregnancy this past July. I have since

seen my Perinatologist and he has suggested the

following course of action for the next pregnancy:

- Erythromicin from the onset of the pregnancy

- Abdominal cerclage at 12weeks pregnancy

- bedrest until scheduled C-Section

The antibiotic (Erythromicin) is because I may have a

"hard to diagnose" infection since I PROMed in the

last 2 pregnancies within 13-15weeks respectively. It

would be hard to find this infection since the

conditions are not proper to grow and maintain the

bacteria since it is not within my uterus.

The one thing is that he has informed me that if this

fails and my water still breaks, I am left with either

surrogacy or adoption. With my luck lately, I will

never have a child nor can I imagine it anymore. I

used to dream about awaking from my sleep after the

delivery and seeing my DH holding our precious bundle

of joy. But lately I can't help but feel that it will

be just that...a dream!!!Not to mention that I am

35years old and feeling like the clock is

ticking...loudly!!!

Can any of the grads tell me if this has happened to

her before and how she managed to cope with the

despair?

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

=====

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[Guest guest]

Hi

I also have a problem with PROMing. I PROMed at 27w6d with my first successful

emergency cerclage and at 15w with my failure although with this one I had

been in labour which they had battled to stop. I am already on certain vitamins

which have been purported to help tremendously with PROM, plus I am going

to insist on being put on progesterone shots from 16w. I have attached the

regimen below. There has been great success with both of these, so possibly

you could take the progesterone study to your doc and have a long chat to

him about it. I know on the PROM list there are a couple of ladies that have

had problems with PROMing and are on the progesterone and vitamins and are

doing great.

Vitamins:

Eat extra protein in diet (around 100 grams per day) - for stronger membranes,

which are made up of protein

Extra Zinc (50 mg),

Vitamins E (400 iu)

Vitamin C (500 mg) with bioflavanoid

cranberry capsules - 2/day (help with UTI)

acidophillus - two capsules a day (help with infections)

Fish oil - 2-3 soft gels a day-says on bottle 180 mgEPA and 120mg DHA-Natural

Fish Oil Concentrate with Omega 3 Fatty acids

This is in addition to your prenatal vitamins after approval from your physician

http://www.urmc.rochester.ed/pr/news/prom.html

This explains evidence for Vitamins C & E helping to strengthen membranes.

http://www.gentlebirth.org/archives/promvitc.html

Be screened for infection (BV, UTI, GBS) at least once a month. Have your

urine sent out to the lab, not just the dipstick

Progesterone studies:

Progesterone-Based Drug Prevents Preterm Birth

By a Friedman, PhD

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters Health) - New findings confirm hints from decades

ago that a version of the pregnancy-maintaining hormone progesterone may

prevent additional preterm births in women who have had a previous

premature birth.

Progesterone levels rise early in pregnancy, and aid in the buildup of

the uterine lining and placenta as well as the mammary glands. The

current study, results of which were presented here Thursday at the

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, looked at the drug

17-alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate (17P), a synthetic form of the

hormone.

The findings are "a big success," noted Dr. Meis of Wake Forest

University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the study's principal

investigator. Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center was one of

19 centers participating in the study, all of which belong to the

Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network of the National Institute of Child

Health and Human Development.

"We've gone through a lot of different things" in the attempt to slow

down and stop early contractions, Meis added. "It's been really

frustrating. This is really the first" treatment tried that has worked.

17P is a generic medication currently approved for use in

infertility. The treatment would represent an off-label use of an

approved drug, Meis noted.

"We examined the background and literature on this drug thoroughly," he

said, and the investigators were able to tell the study participants

that 17P does not cause birth defects.

Women in the study had already delivered at least one baby at less than

37 weeks gestational age. They entered the study at 16 to 20 weeks into

their current pregnancy, and were assigned to receive weekly injections

of 17P or a placebo until 36 weeks gestation.

Treatment with 17P cut the risk of delivering before 32 weeks by 42%,

with 11% of women on the drug delivering before 32 weeks compared to 20%

of those on placebo. Women on the drug were 34% less likely to deliver

before 37 weeks than those on placebo, with 36% delivering at 36 weeks

or sooner

compared to 55% of women on placebo. The study was halted early when the

difference between drug and placebo became clear.

Meis said in his talk that the incidence of complications among the

newborns declined with the treatment, compared with women who had the

placebo injections.

Physicians participating in the study could use their own preferred

treatments to attempt to halt preterm labor that began during the study.

But Meis noted that drugs called tocolytics that block uterine

contractions have had disappointing results, and bed rest has been

"blazingly ineffective."

Progesterones make the uterus less able to contract, and also relaxes

smooth muscle, Meis noted. He said hospitals could conceivably start

using 17P to prevent premature birth tomorrow.

Cole wrote:

Hi,

Ladies,

I am mainly a lurker since I am still dealing with the

loss of my 4th pregnancy this past July. I have since

seen my Perinatologist and he has suggested the

following course of action for the next pregnancy:

- Erythromicin from the onset of the pregnancy

- Abdominal cerclage at 12weeks pregnancy

- bedrest until scheduled C-Section

The antibiotic (Erythromicin) is because I may have a

"hard to diagnose" infection since I PROMed in the

last 2 pregnancies within 13-15weeks respectively. It

would be hard to find this infection since the

conditions are not proper to grow and maintain the

bacteria since it is not within my uterus.

The one thing is that he has informed me that if this

fails and my water still breaks, I am left with either

surrogacy or adoption. With my luck lately, I will

never have a child nor can I imagine it anymore. I

used to dream about awaking from my sleep after the

delivery and seeing my DH holding our precious bundle

of joy. But lately I can't help but feel that it will

be just that...a dream!!!Not to mention that I am

35years old and feeling like the clock is

ticking...loudly!!!

Can any of the grads tell me if this has happened to

her before and how she managed to cope with the

despair?

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

=====

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[Guest guest]

Hi

I also have a problem with PROMing. I PROMed at 27w6d with my first successful

emergency cerclage and at 15w with my failure although with this one I had

been in labour which they had battled to stop. I am already on certain vitamins

which have been purported to help tremendously with PROM, plus I am going

to insist on being put on progesterone shots from 16w. I have attached the

regimen below. There has been great success with both of these, so possibly

you could take the progesterone study to your doc and have a long chat to

him about it. I know on the PROM list there are a couple of ladies that have

had problems with PROMing and are on the progesterone and vitamins and are

doing great.

Vitamins:

Eat extra protein in diet (around 100 grams per day) - for stronger membranes,

which are made up of protein

Extra Zinc (50 mg),

Vitamins E (400 iu)

Vitamin C (500 mg) with bioflavanoid

cranberry capsules - 2/day (help with UTI)

acidophillus - two capsules a day (help with infections)

Fish oil - 2-3 soft gels a day-says on bottle 180 mgEPA and 120mg DHA-Natural

Fish Oil Concentrate with Omega 3 Fatty acids

This is in addition to your prenatal vitamins after approval from your physician

http://www.urmc.rochester.ed/pr/news/prom.html

This explains evidence for Vitamins C & E helping to strengthen membranes.

http://www.gentlebirth.org/archives/promvitc.html

Be screened for infection (BV, UTI, GBS) at least once a month. Have your

urine sent out to the lab, not just the dipstick

Progesterone studies:

Progesterone-Based Drug Prevents Preterm Birth

By a Friedman, PhD

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters Health) - New findings confirm hints from decades

ago that a version of the pregnancy-maintaining hormone progesterone may

prevent additional preterm births in women who have had a previous

premature birth.

Progesterone levels rise early in pregnancy, and aid in the buildup of

the uterine lining and placenta as well as the mammary glands. The

current study, results of which were presented here Thursday at the

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, looked at the drug

17-alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate (17P), a synthetic form of the

hormone.

The findings are "a big success," noted Dr. Meis of Wake Forest

University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the study's principal

investigator. Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center was one of

19 centers participating in the study, all of which belong to the

Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network of the National Institute of Child

Health and Human Development.

"We've gone through a lot of different things" in the attempt to slow

down and stop early contractions, Meis added. "It's been really

frustrating. This is really the first" treatment tried that has worked.

17P is a generic medication currently approved for use in

infertility. The treatment would represent an off-label use of an

approved drug, Meis noted.

"We examined the background and literature on this drug thoroughly," he

said, and the investigators were able to tell the study participants

that 17P does not cause birth defects.

Women in the study had already delivered at least one baby at less than

37 weeks gestational age. They entered the study at 16 to 20 weeks into

their current pregnancy, and were assigned to receive weekly injections

of 17P or a placebo until 36 weeks gestation.

Treatment with 17P cut the risk of delivering before 32 weeks by 42%,

with 11% of women on the drug delivering before 32 weeks compared to 20%

of those on placebo. Women on the drug were 34% less likely to deliver

before 37 weeks than those on placebo, with 36% delivering at 36 weeks

or sooner

compared to 55% of women on placebo. The study was halted early when the

difference between drug and placebo became clear.

Meis said in his talk that the incidence of complications among the

newborns declined with the treatment, compared with women who had the

placebo injections.

Physicians participating in the study could use their own preferred

treatments to attempt to halt preterm labor that began during the study.

But Meis noted that drugs called tocolytics that block uterine

contractions have had disappointing results, and bed rest has been

"blazingly ineffective."

Progesterones make the uterus less able to contract, and also relaxes

smooth muscle, Meis noted. He said hospitals could conceivably start

using 17P to prevent premature birth tomorrow.

Cole wrote:

Hi,

Ladies,

I am mainly a lurker since I am still dealing with the

loss of my 4th pregnancy this past July. I have since

seen my Perinatologist and he has suggested the

following course of action for the next pregnancy:

- Erythromicin from the onset of the pregnancy

- Abdominal cerclage at 12weeks pregnancy

- bedrest until scheduled C-Section

The antibiotic (Erythromicin) is because I may have a

"hard to diagnose" infection since I PROMed in the

last 2 pregnancies within 13-15weeks respectively. It

would be hard to find this infection since the

conditions are not proper to grow and maintain the

bacteria since it is not within my uterus.

The one thing is that he has informed me that if this

fails and my water still breaks, I am left with either

surrogacy or adoption. With my luck lately, I will

never have a child nor can I imagine it anymore. I

used to dream about awaking from my sleep after the

delivery and seeing my DH holding our precious bundle

of joy. But lately I can't help but feel that it will

be just that...a dream!!!Not to mention that I am

35years old and feeling like the clock is

ticking...loudly!!!

Can any of the grads tell me if this has happened to

her before and how she managed to cope with the

despair?

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

=====

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,

Boy do I understand how you feel. First, I believe your doctor is being

aggressive!!! Yay!!! I am glad to hear his plan. Several of us did the

bedrest thing. It is hard, but worth it in the end.

We tried for 5 years to conceive and gave up. My FSH levels are a little

high and I don't ovulate regularly and my dh sperm have poor motility. I

always dreamt of being a mom and having children. I could picture this.

Well, we figure it just wasn't going to happen. Then out of the blue I

turned up pregnant. Then m/c at 14 weeks. Now they know that my cervix

dilated and I PROMed and had infection when I delivered. Well at least we

knew we could get pregnant. After clomid then 4 rounds of IUIs and some

injections, nothing. It was over a year later. We then went to an Oriental

Medical Doctor and took herbs and acupuncture. I was pregnant the third

month of this. We were so excited; we had no idea the other problems that

would occur. At 14 weeks I was bleeding again. I was 3 cm dilated, less

than 1 cm of cervix and membranes bulging into my vagina. After the amnio

showed no infection in the sac, I had an emergency vaginal cerclage placed

with 2 stitches and put on bedrest. Four weeks later I PROMed, started

getting infection and had to deliver. He only lived a couple of minutes.

We were so devastated. I felt useless and guilty. My babies were fine, but

my body was not working. I felt like I had killed my own children. There

was some relief that we now knew what was wrong. The perinatologist I was

seeing wanted to do a prepregnancy ab cerclage due the weakness of my

cervix. I was lucky, I didn't have to convince anyone of anything. Well we

got pregnant 2 1/2 months after the m/c so my cerclage was placed at 11

weeks. Our little miracle is 3 months old now.

See, it can happen and it will happen for you.

Love, P.

" Brayden Austin " 06/02/03

}}Angel {{ (14wks) 6/12/00

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Hi, Ladies,

I am mainly a lurker since I am still dealing with the

loss of my 4th pregnancy this past July. I have since

seen my Perinatologist and he has suggested the

following course of action for the next pregnancy:

- Erythromicin from the onset of the pregnancy

- Abdominal cerclage at 12weeks pregnancy

- bedrest until scheduled C-Section

The antibiotic (Erythromicin) is because I may have a

" hard to diagnose " infection since I PROMed in the

last 2 pregnancies within 13-15weeks respectively. It

would be hard to find this infection since the

conditions are not proper to grow and maintain the

bacteria since it is not within my uterus.

The one thing is that he has informed me that if this

fails and my water still breaks, I am left with either

surrogacy or adoption. With my luck lately, I will

never have a child nor can I imagine it anymore. I

used to dream about awaking from my sleep after the

delivery and seeing my DH holding our precious bundle

of joy. But lately I can't help but feel that it will

be just that...a dream!!!Not to mention that I am

35years old and feeling like the clock is

ticking...loudly!!!

Can any of the grads tell me if this has happened to

her before and how she managed to cope with the

despair?

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I also have problems with infection. My first pregnancy ended at 24 weeks,

when I was 3cm dilated, membranes bulging into my vagina. Went to the

hospital to try to have an emergency vagina cerclage but there I PROMED and

they suspected I had an infection (by blood exam and temperature) and I had

to deliver. My son, , just lived 5 minutes. On my second pregnancy,

five weeks ago, at 11w, I started having fever and some discharge. I was

scheduled to have my vaginal cerclage placed at 12w. The doctor diagnosed

another infection, sent me to the hospital, put me on three different

antibiotics but, I miscarried.

My doctor told me something similar to what you doc said: he said I have

this problem with infection. I just don´t understand why the infection

appears only when I´m pregnant (??). He also told me the next time I´ll

have to be on antibiotics since the beginning of pregnancy, and have an

earlier cerclage placed. But, from what I´ve been reading here, I´m

thinking about asking him to have an ab pre pregnancy cerclage. I don´t

know why, but I have a feeling that placing it pre pregnancy will be better

to prevent the infection issue. I think the earlier you close the cervix

and the better closed it is, the less chance to the bacteria to be able to

go up to your uterus. I´m going to talk about this with my doc, and insist

on it, as I feel I have to follow my instincts now on.

So let´s try not give up hope, I think with this approach, we´ll be able to

do it.

Love,

Ianda

Cole

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Abbyloopers

Hi, Ladies,

I am mainly a lurker since I am still dealing with the

loss of my 4th pregnancy this past July. I have since

seen my Perinatologist and he has suggested the

following course of action for the next pregnancy:

- Erythromicin from the onset of the pregnancy

- Abdominal cerclage at 12weeks pregnancy

- bedrest until scheduled C-Section

The antibiotic (Erythromicin) is because I may have a

" hard to diagnose " infection since I PROMed in the

last 2 pregnancies within 13-15weeks respectively. It

would be hard to find this infection since the

conditions are not proper to grow and maintain the

bacteria since it is not within my uterus.

The one thing is that he has informed me that if this

fails and my water still breaks, I am left with either

surrogacy or adoption. With my luck lately, I will

never have a child nor can I imagine it anymore. I

used to dream about awaking from my sleep after the

delivery and seeing my DH holding our precious bundle

of joy. But lately I can't help but feel that it will

be just that...a dream!!!Not to mention that I am

35years old and feeling like the clock is

ticking...loudly!!!

Can any of the grads tell me if this has happened to

her before and how she managed to cope with the

despair?

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

=====

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:

I am sorry that you are in so much pain right now. This is a very difficult

road. I wished there was a magic solution to all of this.

I am glad that you have found a doctor who appears to be quite pro-active in

regards to future pregnancy.

After our loss of triplets, our OB advised us against future pregnancy unless

we sought out a specialist who was pro-active. We struggled with fertility

issues and we had come to the decision to begin adoption process. 1 month

short of my 37th birthday, we discovered that despite all medical indications

against it, I had conceived naturally. Shocked and terrified, we found great

doctors who supported us both medically and emotionally through an uneventful

pg with a ab-cerclage at 9 weeks and delivery via c-sect at 37weeks of a

beautiful healthy 8lb 7oz daughter who is now 1 year old.

We had such a wonderful experience with this pg that we are ttc again--I am

38.5 years young.

The struggles were terrible and my heart breaks everytime someone else joins

this group; just know that if you are determined you will have a child (maybe

not of your body, but always of your heart) They are angels watching over you

and guiding the children to you.

Keep your chin up

Lori L

Graduate

Quoting Cole jen_pat_cole2000@...>:

> Hi, Ladies,

>

> I am mainly a lurker since I am still dealing with the

> loss of my 4th pregnancy this past July. I have since

> seen my Perinatologist and he has suggested the

> following course of action for the next pregnancy:

>

> - Erythromicin from the onset of the pregnancy

> - Abdominal cerclage at 12weeks pregnancy

> - bedrest until scheduled C-Section

>

> The antibiotic (Erythromicin) is because I may have a

> " hard to diagnose " infection since I PROMed in the

> last 2 pregnancies within 13-15weeks respectively. It

> would be hard to find this infection since the

> conditions are not proper to grow and maintain the

> bacteria since it is not within my uterus.

>

> The one thing is that he has informed me that if this

> fails and my water still breaks, I am left with either

> surrogacy or adoption. With my luck lately, I will

> never have a child nor can I imagine it anymore. I

> used to dream about awaking from my sleep after the

> delivery and seeing my DH holding our precious bundle

> of joy. But lately I can't help but feel that it will

> be just that...a dream!!!Not to mention that I am

> 35years old and feeling like the clock is

> ticking...loudly!!!

>

> Can any of the grads tell me if this has happened to

> her before and how she managed to cope with the

> despair?

>

>

> Toronto, Ontario, Canada

>

>

> =====

>

>

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