u/AntiqueYogurt1394

Hi all,
I had my cerclage put in on Thursday and I have since developed a spinal headache from the epidural... at the moment it's tolerable if I'm laying down or mostly reclined but I'm just curious if anyone else dealt with this and if so, how long it lasted. Currently (60 hours post procedure) it isn't bad enough for me to go get the blood patch but the internet is freaking me out about the potential for unbearable pain. Did anyone just have a kind of bad headache that went away on it's own?

TIA!

Hi everyone. I've been lurking on this page for a while and have found your stories really helpful and reassuring but I figured I'd share my story and see if anyone had anything similar or might have some insight or reassurance.

I lost my first baby at 18 weeks in 2024 due to PPROM while my partner and I were having sex. It was a shock and very confusing. I didn't immediately miscarry, it took a week for my baby to come. During the time, we were using home birth midwives and had only had our 8 week ultrasound so I have no way of knowing what really happened. When I went into the hospital after my waters broke, my cervical length was 4cm which is confusing.

I'm now pregnant with my second (currently 16 weeks) and I'm absolutely terrified of a repeat. This pregnancy we have had a regular OB and have been seeing and MLM which has been helpful. Baby is totally healthy and genetically sound. At my ultrasound yesterday I was measuring 2.4cm.. I had totally convinced myself our first loss wasn't cervix related but it seems from this that maybe it was. Is it too much of a coincidence that I'm measuring short and my first pregnancy ended in 2nd trimester loss? My MLM wants me to have a consult with the doctor who would place the cerclage which I'm going to do but I guess I'm just kind of having a hard time wrapping my head around it all. Feeling really afraid of having the cerclage put in but of course we will do anything to increase our odds of having a full term (of hopefully closer to that time) baby.