AW: My TAC consult
Feb 10, 2015 11:56:50 GMT -5
Post by beckynsean11 on Feb 10, 2015 11:56:50 GMT -5
********pregnancy/loss mentioned*********
I had a call with the Dr Haney in Chicago yesterday for the TAC. After talking through my IC losses, he agrees that I am an ideal candidate for a transabdominal cerclage. He is a huge advocate for having it done pre-pregnancy for all women, but especially for IF women since there is a higher risk for multiples. Once you're pregnant with multiples, most docs won't touch you & most insurances won't approve you, but this way it's in place already. He did 200 of these surgeries last year & has a 99% success rate, with more than 95% of those women making it to 36 weeks or later. If twins happen, my odds wouldn't be any different than anyone without incompetent cervix. I'll have to wait 90 days from the loss before we can do the surgery because he needs my cervix to be back to normal size, so that puts us at early April. I'm going waiting for his nurse to call me today & should be able to schedule.
The procedure itself is awesome. They'll do an abdominal incision, like a c/s, but smaller. Then he'll place 2 bands at the top of my cervix right where it meets with the uterus, that'll measure a total of 10mm of support. Once that's done, we will only need to wait one cycle before we can get back into treatment. From there, once I get pregnant (hopefully), I won't have any of the bed rest, exercise, or travel restrictions that I had with Carson. I would be considered normal as far as pregnant ladies go. The most beautiful word ever, normal. After the last 2 losses, I never thought I'd ever have that privilege.
Overall, it went so much better than I could have ever imagined. I never thought I could have so much hope from a hour long phone call. I finally feel like we have a solution that will put an end to all this heart break.
I had a call with the Dr Haney in Chicago yesterday for the TAC. After talking through my IC losses, he agrees that I am an ideal candidate for a transabdominal cerclage. He is a huge advocate for having it done pre-pregnancy for all women, but especially for IF women since there is a higher risk for multiples. Once you're pregnant with multiples, most docs won't touch you & most insurances won't approve you, but this way it's in place already. He did 200 of these surgeries last year & has a 99% success rate, with more than 95% of those women making it to 36 weeks or later. If twins happen, my odds wouldn't be any different than anyone without incompetent cervix. I'll have to wait 90 days from the loss before we can do the surgery because he needs my cervix to be back to normal size, so that puts us at early April. I'm going waiting for his nurse to call me today & should be able to schedule.
The procedure itself is awesome. They'll do an abdominal incision, like a c/s, but smaller. Then he'll place 2 bands at the top of my cervix right where it meets with the uterus, that'll measure a total of 10mm of support. Once that's done, we will only need to wait one cycle before we can get back into treatment. From there, once I get pregnant (hopefully), I won't have any of the bed rest, exercise, or travel restrictions that I had with Carson. I would be considered normal as far as pregnant ladies go. The most beautiful word ever, normal. After the last 2 losses, I never thought I'd ever have that privilege.
Overall, it went so much better than I could have ever imagined. I never thought I could have so much hope from a hour long phone call. I finally feel like we have a solution that will put an end to all this heart break.
