Thank you, your messages are incredibly kind and uplifting.
Unfortunately, my cervix measured only 11mm at 7 weeks, so the chances of it holding out are absolutely 0%. I'm booked in for another scan and cervix check at 10 weeks, and at 12 they will talk to me about possibly getting a stitch. The issue is, they can't be sure the same thing happened with George. It could have been premature labour previously that's caused it even, because I'd never have made it to 19 weeks with an 11mm cervix.
They're still keen on the wait and see and fortnightly monitoring, but I won't even make it to the 16 week monitoring appointment at this rate. We've contacted literally every single person in the pre-term clinic, the fetal medicine unit, bereavement midwife, EPAU, etc. and have had an appointment with the top obstetric specialist in the country and even he wouldn't commit to more than monitoring and progesterone.
We've contacted him again with the cervix measurement to see if he will change his mind, but his point before was that no one will want to stitch me because they don't actually know what caused labour. If they stitch me and I still go into labour, it could rip my cervix and render me infertile.
It's all very stressful. There's no joy and likely not even a light at the end of the tunnel. We're just in limbo for the next few months waiting to find out if this baby gets a chance.
Sorry for the miserable update. I'm not trying to be doom and gloom. It's all just so matter of fact for us now. No other way to see it.