Progesterone only hope and a little bit of good news!
I’m 32 weeks and 4 days.. Discovered my short cervix at my anatomy scan at 20 weeks and was monitored weekly up until week 25. My cervix measured at 3.2 and dropped all the way to 1.4 at week 25. I started taking progesterone at week 22 but because I was still above 2 cm at week 24 they declined the cerclage request. I was so puzzled as to why my cervix kept shortening despite taking progesterone. The doctor said either I wasn’t applying the progesterone far up enough or my body was just not responding to it. This news broke me. And week 25 I was panicking, depressed, hopeless, started modified bed rest, got on disability for work and just tried to stay off my feet as much as possible. Then at week 27 I was .9 cm. I was devastated that I didn’t get a cerclage and my doctor predicted I’d have my baby between weeks 28 and 30. I would even dread my every other week cervical length checks because it was always bad news. Not only more shortening but the funneling continued to worsen. I eventually got prescribed procardia to help with the contractions. Then I turned the corner at week 30, I measured at 1.2 cm and today at week 32, I measured at 2.6cm which was so amazing because I’ve been more mobile the last couple weeks so I was expecting more bad news. I wanted to share because some cervix can truly be dynamic and change for the better. Not only did I gain length but my funneling became completely minimal. Last check it was a widenV shape.
This has been a stressful pregnancy and my first one was just fine, baby born at 41 weeks and this one complete opposite. I hope my situation can give someone hope, especially if they’re on progesterone only.