Dr. Coleman

In the morning we met with a Dr. Coleman. He was one of the specialists that would be working with us. There were a group of them and they all had different beliefs. But he was recommending a cerclage. The idea was that he would push the bag of waters bag through the cervix and then stitch it shut. If everything went right, there was a possibility that Michelle might not have to be in bed for the rest of the pregnancy. But, there was no real scientific proof that it would work any better than bed rest.

Dr. Coleman seemed like a good guy and we thanked him and started doing some research. He would come back that night and do it if we wanted to. 

We pretty much came to the conclusion to go ahead and try the cerclage. Unfortunately, during this time Michelle started feeling some fluid coming out. They tested it over and over again and said that it was not amniotic fluid, but Michelle was convinced it was. If the bags had broke, they would not be able to do a cerclage. And at this stage Taylor was too little to be born. She would die during or after delivery.

The fluid built up over the day and the evening and Michelle was convinced that the cerclage was out of the picture. She turned down an exam from the hospitalist. She would just have to wait it out on bedrest and see what happens. We had seen an ultrasound that didn't look good. The membranes had come out further.

That night a nurse came on and explained to Michelle that what was probably happening was that fluid was seeping because either the membranes were stretching thin. It happened all the time. We were like, why didn't somebody tell us this already. The next nurse said the same thing. Then the next.  

We were ready to talk to Coleman in the morning again, and we'd go ahead with the cerclage.

Michelle tried to rest as much as possible. She was on strict bed rest, upside down and had to use a bed pan. She was not having fun.