First pregnancy - I'm nervous!
EDIT: I'm 19+3!
Hi everyone!
Firstly, I want to say I am so grateful to find this group because man, what a difficult situation to be in.
I'm new here and haven't really posted anything before, so I hope I make sense, haha!
This is my first pregnancy, and boy oh boy, it has been anything but smooth. It has been thing after thing, and now finding out I have a borderline short cervix just tops it all! When I had my first smear done, I had abnormal cells on my cervix that were removed using the LLETZ procedure. Due to this, my cervix needed measuring. I have been so nervous, and to find out it was short threw me entirely. I was told I was 26mm and just to use progesterone pessaries to keep things from shortening further (I started them on 07/05/2026). I have a review on the 21/05 to see if they've helped at all. On the Saturday following the news, my midwife told me I'm not to return to work as my job is physically demanding, so I was told to go home and, well, hope for the best?
Over the weekend, I had meltdown after meltdown out of fear. I hadn't been told very much and my mind just raced. On Monday, the second day of meltdowns, I decided I needed to get in contact with someone. My midwife and none of the other local midwives were answering my calls, so I called the Maternity Priority Unit at my local hospital - and thank the Lord I did! The woman I spoke to was incredibly reassuring and helpful. She was able to actually get my scan up and give me much more information. On the scan, it showed her that there was no funnelling, that my cervix health was normal, but also that I was 26.6mm, which was closer to 27mm than the threshold of 25mm. She was under the impression, after looking at the scan, that the consultants were being extra cautious in my case rather than there being imminent danger. It was such a relief. Before this, I had an incredibly bad face and neck flare up which was swollen, dry, and cracked that lasted weeks. Before that, a sinus infection, and before THAT I have tonsillitis. My mental health was so bad in my first trimester I had to go onto antidepressants, so I feel like I have really been put through the wringer up until now.
I'm still scared, but I have seen on this thread more success stories than sad ones, and that gives me hope that this little baby will be safe and healthy. If there is any advice or encouragement you'd be able to give me, it would mean the world. Seeing the support on this thread is utterly heart warming <3 thank you guys in advance for any way you chose to support me <3