I am 18 weeks pregnant in a high risk pregnancy due to my age of 35. I never thought I would ever have children, and here I am battling my body to try to produce a healthy little nugget of a boy! I want to be so excited, this is supposed to be one of the happiest times of my life (and believe me, I am very happy about being pregnant!!). This pregnancy has been the craziest, most physically taxing experience ever, and I am only at week 18.
Because I am high risk, my OB had me visit with a Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist. They did the anatomy ultrasound on me to check the baby out. We found out we're having a boy! Everyone has been saying they thought the baby was a boy, and all I have been saying is that I don't care what it is, as long as they are healthy and happy. The baby checked out perfectly fine, but my anatomy did not. My cervix is incredibly short. I actually went through multiple ultrasounds and pelvic exams in one visit to determine this. I am being prescribed medication to try to help stop me from going into labor preterm, and they may stitch up my cervix this coming up week at the hospital. Basically, my body isn't built correctly to hold that baby inside me. Luckily for me, I am considered AMA due to my age, and they went ahead and checked me out really well to find this insufficiency! 
I am pretty freaked out about the procedure. I get examined in 4 days to determine if they are going to move forward with it, or not. When I was in with the doctor I was kind of taking it all in, the fact that I might end up with a miscarriage due to my cervix. The thought of a procedure at a hospital (EEK!!). So many thoughts and doubts running through my head. When I left the office that day I thought of so many things that I really needed to get an answer to right away. For instance, if I do go into labor, how will I know? What warning signs that I should call after hours or just go to the hospital?
I am put on bed rest with the exception of work. I cannot go out anywhere, no walking the dog, cannot clean house or grocery shop.
In the 1st trimester I had a bleed, and they had me on a similar type of rest, but not as strict. The bleed resolved itself about a month ago, and now I have this mess to deal with.
This is my incompetent cervix, AKA Insufficient Cervix.
I will post more as my condition progresses!!

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