esp. after a miscarriage.
2006-11-14 13:37:20 · 11 answers · asked by skree1 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Yes I lost two babies.
One at five and a half months.
One at three and a half months.
So Dr did the sewing.
Baby number 3 started growing...14 years late he towers over me! with his size 16 feet!
Well worth it to have done.
2006-11-14 13:51:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I dont think its the womb you mean, its probably the cervix. If the cervix is short and its not able to hold the baby in sometimes they will do a suture stitch which will stitch together the cervix and put the mother on bed rest. They will not sew the cervix closed on a first pregnancy but in subsequent pregnancies where the mother lost the child because the cervix opened to soon and labour has started. This is not a fool proof idea. Some times it doenst work.
2006-11-15 01:04:59 · answer #2 · answered by jennyve25 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is called cerclage and they sew the cervix...the opening to the uterus closed to keep the baby from being born to early due to premature dialation caused by an incompetent cervix,some women have this condition from previous surgery and unknown factors.The cerclage is removed when baby is close to term and the risk of baby being born too early are gone.Usually the cerclage is put in inside an operating room under spinal anesthesia....it is removed the same way.This procedure is only done when the woman is proven to have an incompetent cervix sadly this is after repeat second trimester miscarriages.
2006-11-14 21:49:27 · answer #3 · answered by alecnaaron 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The procedure you're talking about is called "cerclage". It involves stitching the cervix closed for the duration of the pregnancy. Usually women who have lost a baby AFTER the first trimester (due to incompetent cervix, which is when the cervix just opens on it's own well before delivery) have this procedure performed. It has to be done prior to the 20th week of pregnancy, so it's important to inform your ob early on if you've had a history of incompetent cervix.
Hope this helped!!
2006-11-14 22:03:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My sister recently had done due to incompetent cervix. Very difficult in that you are on bed-rest to get the baby as far along as possible. Depending on how far along you already are, you will have uterine relaxants to take to keep you from having contractions for a while, then once you are closer to 26 or further weeks, you'll get steroid shots to help with lung development so that when the baby is born (undoubtedly earlier than 40 weeks), the baby's lungs will hopefully be more developed.
2006-11-14 22:00:39 · answer #5 · answered by suz_e_q_zee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually they sew the cervix shut to help keep a normally developing baby from being lost because of a weak cervix.
It is a pretty common practice.
Good Luck
2006-11-14 21:44:23 · answer #6 · answered by Mrs. Wizard 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The only thing that this makes me think of is cervical circlage, where the doctor will tie a string, per se, around the cervix to keep the woman from going into labor early. Usually they will also put you on bed rest as well. No idea if this is the same procedure you are talking about, tho!
2006-11-14 21:42:31 · answer #7 · answered by makin_the_same_mistakes 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's called a cerclage and is usually performed if a woman has had previous late miscarriages (after 12 weeks). Usually early miscarriages are not caused by the cervix opening so it's useless to do that with a woman who has had previous first-trimester miscarriages. If you do a google search on cerclage you should find tons of info.
2006-11-14 21:41:29 · answer #8 · answered by AerynneC 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I never had one but here is a good site to take a look at.
2006-11-14 21:41:08 · answer #9 · answered by JS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard of this being done, but beyond that, I don't know a lot about it, or whether it is effective.
2006-11-14 21:40:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋