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Hello ladies, I hope all is well with everyone today. I am feeling great, can't complain. KB I am so glad you got diagnosed and treated for your UTI. I hope there is smoother sailing from here on. Also, if you really want bedrest demand it girl. It's your body. As time goes on it's only going to get harder. Be upfront with your doctor you pay him not the other way around. As we all know these doctors have a way of b__wing us off sometime so after a loss like ours we have to be honest, demanding and straight up. I am so happy you were able to find items on clearance you got some great deals. I've been in a few stores but haven't purchased anything but 8 tops with matching undies they are so cute. Got 0-3 months paid $1.00 for them so 8 outfits for $8.56 is a d__n good deal to me. KB keep bargain shopping. To answer your question, yes I do feel exactly what you are talking about. I laughed out lound when I saw that. When I sit not everytime but very often when I get up it feels like the baby is in the lower part of my uterus. It feels funny/different for a few minutes and then it goes away. Whenever, that happens I just say out loud Amaya you sitting low sweetie. LOL. I never asked anyone but I am guessing since we both have it it's normal.

KM and KB, It sounds like your pregnancies are going great. That is so great to hear. I think it would be so exciting to be getting the babies room all ready :) My surgery is scheduled for June 11. They didn't put me on Lupron, but did this other stuff. They couldn't schedule the surgery on the part of the cycle they are supposed to so they gave me this progestilin stuff to keep the lining of my uterus the way it needs to be for surgery. It has made me a raving lunatic. I am edgy all the time. Like I had 10 cups of coffee. I run my own business and I am afraid I am going to loose all my clients with my terrible att_tude. I am going to call the doctor tomorrow and ask if it is absolutely necessary.

sjt23 sorry you have to take injections. For my surgery, I didn't have to do anything and I had some big fibroids. Ask the Dr. if it's really necessary. June 11th is right around the corner how are you feeling? I know I was nervous but as the time got nearer my faith got stronger and stronger and I knew God wouldn't fail me. As you can see I am a living testimony. God bless you and all of us as we are on our journey to motherhood.

KM Honestly I feel a lot better about doing the surgery because of this forum. I know that it is what I need to do and I can see it works. I think this is so important for people that have gone through this situation. I do have moments when I feel VERY nervous, but I can do this! Thanks

Hi everyone, I've been reading some of these posts over the last few weeks and am encouraged by your stories. My pregnancy loss experience has been similar to many of yours. We lost our baby girl almost a year ago at 20 weeks 3 days. Only a couple weeks before (when pain began) I learned I had a fibroid - 10x15x10 cm. A couple weeks later, my water broke & our daughter pa__sed away the next day (after which labour was induced). It has been very difficult, as I'm sure many of you understand. Since then, I have miscarried twice, and so I've made the decision to have a myomectomy. My myomectomy is scheduled for June 15th and I, too, am feeling VERY nervous. Fortunately, I don't have to take any meds ahead of time. My surgery is expected to last a couple of hours. Does anyone have any advice on how to deal with this anxiety?

Hi AJ2009, I've been through the myomectomy myself just a year ago. I'm an anxious worrier by nature so there was nothing that I could do to get over the anxiety up until about 10 minutes prior to the surgery I was worried! My dr came into the room to talk to myself and my family before they wheeled me back to surgery and he took all of our hands and prayed with us. That was the only time that the anxiety went away for me. You just have to know and believe that everything will work out ok. I've been there and so many others here have been there and when you wake up from surgery and the dr tells you that everything went well there's a new beginning and you'll be eager to get through recovery and ttc again! For me the surgery was worth it because a year later I'm 27 weeks pregnant with a little boy who's kicking the c___p out of me daily! Please log back in after your home from surgery and let us know how it went. KB

AJ2009-I went throught the same think as you, lost my baby at 24 weeks and 3 days, had myomectomy in January 2008, had big fibroid 10x9 cm removed. Everythig went exceptionaly well and today I am 26 weeks and 1 day with NO FIBROIDS pushing against my baby. I hope all this stories are very encouraging to you, we all were there, worried same as you are, trust me. It is AMAZING FEELING to be pregnant with no fibroids. I have already scheduled the date of my C-section. It will be August 27th at 9:00 am. I will be 37 weeks and 5 days. AJ2009 HAVE a GOOD LUCK, just pray and talked to God about what you really want in life, and he will LISTEN TO YOU. We will all pray for sjt23 (her surgery is comming up on 11th I believe so ) and you. You will be SO GLAD you did it. Love. katarina

Hi Everyone, I'm going through some things right now and just needed a little bit of support. I am 27 weeks 2 days pregnant today. A little bit of history for those who don't know... I lost my first pregnancy at 6 weeks due to miscarriage and then I lost my second pregnancy at 21 weeks due to either fibroids or cervical incompetence or maybe both. The drs are unsure to this day why I lost my little boy but I lost him in March of 08. I had the myomectomy in June of 08 and got pregnant again in November of 08. Ok so fast forward to now. I made it to 27 weeks this past Friday. I had been feeling bad (couldn't put my finger on what was wrong) all of last week so I stayed at home from work and tried to rest. So Friday I still wasn't feeling good but went to work anyway. Around 9:30am I decided to go to the hospital just because of a gut feeling and some mild cramping and back pains. I ended up getting admitted to the hospital with preterm labor. I was having mild contractions so they gave me 2 shots of meds that made my heart race but calmed down the contractions and kept me for 24 hours for monitoring. One triage nurse who examined me told me that I was funneling which now makes me believe that I really do have an incompetent cervix issue that may have been the cause of my last pregnancy loss. But the dr on call from my regular OB's office told me that funneling could only be determined by a sonogram. Since I'm seeing my regular OB and a perinatal specialist he wanted to wait for the specialist to come and order the sonogram and check me out before discussing any funneling issues. So I stayed at the hospital over night and Saturday the specialist was supposed to come in to see me and order the sonogram but at the last minute the nurse told me that I was stable with only minor contractions here and there so they were sending me home on strict bedrest! She said that the specialist normally doesn't make rounds at the hospital on weekends unless there's a true emergency so since I was stable he decided not to come!!!!! Remember I still haven't had the sonogram to confirm whether or not I'm funneling. Ok guys now I'm really PO'd. The stupid specialist couldn't stop by the hospital for 5 minutes to order a sonogram to give me a piece of mind to find out if I'm funneling or not? My regular OB refused to order it because he said that was the specialists responsibility. So he told me to call the specialist first thing Monday morning and they would do the sonogram at the specialists office but to remain on strict bedrest til then?! My OB said..."when you go see the specialist on Monday and if the sonogram shows that you're funneling you'll be readmitted to the hospital at that time anyway so just go home and stay in the bed til then"! I'm only 27 weeks. I've already lost one pregnancy at 21 weeks... why are these drs so nonchalant and so willing to put me at risk for losing another one? If I'm funneling then a cerclage may be necessary and I would think that it would be an urgent situation so that I can at least make it to 32 to 34 weeks to give my baby time to mature a little more. I just need some support and to also let you guys who are currently pregnant know to be aware. Thank God I've made it this far into the pregnancy as I've never made it this far into a pregnancy before. I'd kind of gotten smug and thought that I was out of the woods of losing this one but this was a real wake up call for me now that I'm laying in bed sideways typing this on bedrest. I just didn't think that I would be in this situation... I thought that the myomectomy fixed everything related to my pregnancy issues and that I was out of the woods with the cervical incompetent issue but it appears that I'm not. I will not know for sure until Monday and I have no idea how long I'm going to be on bedrest but most importantly I have no idea what caused the contractions to start on Friday. Actually I think that I had been having them for a couple of days before then. The dr didn't give me any answers at the hospital and just told me to wait til I have the sonogram before asking any questions so that we'll know exactly what's going on. It's so hard to not know what's going on. I just pray that my baby makes it this time. There's a chance that he'll survive if born now because I've made it this far but there are so many complications that can occur this early on that could cause him not to survive or to survive with disabilities and mental delays. I don't want that for my baby. Anyway, thanks for reading. I'm just worried and needed to get that out. KB

Just wanted to say "Hello" to all you girls. Some of you may remember me and my up and down pregnancy with my twins and some may have read my threads and others may not know me but I haven't written on this thread in a long time. Been busy with the twins who are now 15mths. My, how time flies... Twins are well. Mommyhood is awesome! Had such a hard time getting preggo. Got preggo through IVF and I made it although my road was very very bumpy... returning fibroids during pregnancy and a pregnancy developed bleeding disorder (which went away after pregnancy). Just want to remind you girls to be encouraged. Believe in yourselves and your dream! Although the doctors told me that I would not make it to 24 - 27wks. Deep within, I knew that they were wrong. I actually made it to 38wks with twins. Believe in yourselves, ladies! (KM, congrats and be encouraged!) Talk too and strengthen your babies! If you are wanting to get preggo... Claim it! Buy the preggo books, etc. Thats what I did. I had 3Myo's including one at the time of delivery. The fibroids grew back during pregnancy. Be strong! Stay encouraged! This is alittle story that I always remembered when I was going through... Hope it encourages you all! Just keep walking! "WE GET KNOCKED DOWN, BUT WE GET UP AGAIN AND KEEP GOING" 2 CORINTHIANS 4:9 (NLT) Pastor Mark Coleman’s son, Peter, inherited his dad’s love for hiking. When he was just five years old, the two planned to hike around a mountain and camp beside the lake. Mark told his son it would be a tough hike. He said they’d be tired, but they’d have to keep walking in order to make it to camp before dark. But it was even longer and harder than they expected. The little boy grew weary – but he kept walking. He slipped on loose rocks – but he kept going. He fell and ripped the knee of his jeans – but he kept walking. Finally, after one slip too many, he sat down on a big rock and started to cry. As his dad approached and began to talk, Peter cut him off, saying, ‘I know, Dad. It’s okay to cry – as long as I just keep walking!’ Paul says, ‘We are pressed on every side but not crushed and broken God never abandons us. We get knocked down, but we get up and keep going. We don’t look at the troubles we can see right now we look forward to what we have not yet seen. For the troubles we see will soon be over, but the joys to come last forever’ (2 Corinthians 4:8-9,18 NLT). Today if your journey’s long and hard, it’s okay to stop and rest (or even cry), just as long as you keep walking! ‘How?’ you ask. By ‘…keeping [your] eyes on Jesus…from start to finish…’ (Hebrews 12:2 NLT). Allow Him to be your example, your inspiration, and your greatest motivator! Be blessed, Ladies! This site helped me when I was going through... I am back now to help others as I have been helped... Feel free to ask any questions... PS-Has Joker returned!!!

JOKER-Just looked over the post and saw that you finally wrote in. Wonderful! I was worried... You will get preggo! I just know it! You know I got IVF so... I am here to help. If hubby's sperm is low... Doc can give him a daily supplement that he will have to take for a month. Its a powder that he will have to put in water and steer. It smells horrible if I may say but it does what its supposed to do... Weird thing... It actually smells like sperm! Lol! KB-I accidently wrote KM in my post above. Just encouraging you in your 27th wk. Wow, I remember like it was yesterday 24 - 27th... I was on bed rest, also. When the doc says to be on strict bedrest... Pls, listen and do so. Watch tlc, lifetime etc... Stay away from watching the er shows on tlc regarding crazy er baby deliveries. I watched them and became so paranoid about everything. Enjoy your bedrest... When your baby arrives... You will miss it! :O) You and baby will make it through! KM Williams - How are you? SOOOOOO Happy for you, girl! DO any of you live in New York?

So much has happened since I last posted! KB my heart was beating so fast when I read your post. I don't understand why doctors are so incompetent. How friggin hard is it to order a sonogram!!!!!! Please write as soon as you know what is going on. Maybe it is not IC because you were having the mild contractions and IC is dilation without contractions. The only thing they could find out by a manual exam is if you were dilating, so it seems that you aren't that which is really good. I am praying for you. AJ2009 good luck with your surgery. Mine is in two days and I am starting to freak out a little bit. I know it will be o.k. but still. This is the best thing we can do to hopefully have a healthy pregnancy.

Thanks MsMonet and sjt23. I'm not sure what caused the contractions. I was checked by the specialist today and no sign of incompetent cervix but my cervix was shorter while I was at the hospital the other day than it was today so I guess the bed rest just for a couple of days did help? The specialist has me on bed rest til further notice and I have no idea what that means or how long. I don't see him again for another 2 weeks. I'll see my regular OB this Friday so maybe I'll find out more then. I'm still very nervous because as of yesterday (when I made another visit to labor and delivery) I was still having some contractions just once every blue moon. Every now and then I still feel cramping so I'm really scared. I don't want to have my baby this soon and I really don't know what's going to happen at this point. I'm trying to stay off my feet but my husband had to go back to work today so I do have to get up to go to the kitchen to get food and water and I have to let the dog out and back in. No family close enough by to do that for me. Good news is that baby is already over 2 pounds 5 ounces (based on what the specialist told me today) so hopefully his weight and my being over 27 weeks now will help him if he does happen to come early. Hopefully he won't but at least I'm comforted knowing that he has a chance. Thanks Ladies and good luck with your surgery sjt23! KB

KB-Thank goodness everything is ok. Do they have you on medicine to stop the contractions? That must make you crazy not knowing. Especially if you are still feeling cramping. Don't hesitate to call them again. I have read about some women who are on bed rest putting a cooler by the side of the bed so that they don't have to get up for food or drink. I thought that sounded clever. I have also read that your cervix can change sizes throughout pregnancy for no apparent reason (I don't know for sure if this is fact). I have heard/read many stories where with bed rest women were able to hold off delivery for quite a long time. My friend here just had premature rupture of membranes at 33 weeks along. She delivered the same day and they treated it like a normal delivery. They sent her home with a healthy 5 lb boy like there was nothing to it. So my point is that it is amazing the things that they can do now. Stay positive (I know easier said than done).

sjt23, No they do not have me on any meds to stop contractions. I would say that I feel cramps maybe twice a day so they're not consistent. I was told that if they become consistent to return to l&d and they will give me meds. My dh did get me a cooler today! He was annoyed that he had to go to the store because he's not gotten a lot of sleep lately but he was very nice to do that for me!!!! I'm just wondering how long I'll be on bed rest now. It's up in the air. It would just be nice to know. I'll find out on Friday if I get to go back to work next week or if I'll be at home again. So are you at home til your surgery? Are you excited and nervous at the same time?! :-) It really gives you something to look forward to and provides a light at the end of the tunnel once it's done and over with. Good luck and best wishes! KB

Hi all, its Healing . . . I've been incognito for a while. stj23, I haven't read your entire story but I read a little bit a couple of pages back. The good thing about this site is that you have people who understand because they've been there. Unfortunately, its not as active as it used to be a couple of years ago. I lost a baby a little over 2 years ago at 16 weeks pregnant after having horrible fibroid pains that my then-doc thought was wise to treat with Tylenol. It was the most mentally painful period of my life. I retreated from family and friends as I grieved and tried to find answers. I had a myo in October 2007 (no complications) and got pregnant in March of 2008. Fibroids did not return during my pregnancy, thank goodness. My daughter Audrey was born in December and she will be 6 months tomorrow. She is truly a gift from God, and I thank Him daily for her. It will happen for you, trust me. KB, I'm sorry to hear about your contractions. I had premature contractions when I was around your gestation too. My docs didn't put me on bedrest, but they did tell me to "take it easy," and I had medication to stop the contractions. They found out I had bacterial vaginosis, so once I took the antibiotics for that, I was fine. Then I got contractions again around 32 weeks and we found out I had a UTI, so I had to take antibiotics again. Long story short, Audrey was born at term at 39 weeks, so hang in there. One of my co-workers was put on bedrest when she was 4 months pregnant! So she was confined to her home for 5 months, but she delivered to term. Now she's pregnant again, due in August, and she's still working. Everyone else, katarinak, KM, etc. . . congratulations and good luck. God is good.

stj23- GOOD LUCK tomorrow . I will say a prayer for you, please post as soon as you can. Will be thinking about you. It will be over sooner then you think. Once again, let's God guied your surgeon hands. Love. Katarina