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Short cervix
Cervical insufficiency, or cervical incompetence, is a condition where the cervix begins to dilate (open wider) or efface (become thinner) before the baby has reached full term. This may occur in the absence of uterine contractions, and may cause miscarriage or pre-term delivery.
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
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A 43-year old asked:
What does having a short cervix mean?
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What are the symptoms of a short cervix?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Short cervix?
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A 42-year old asked:
What do you advise if i was diagnosed with a short cervix.?
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A 34-year old asked:
What sort of disease is a weak or short cervix?
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A 38-year old asked:
Short cervix, help please. Too late for stitch?
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A 42-year old asked:
Is it recommended for woman who have a short cervix to get cerclage?
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A 32-year old male asked:
How does prometriun aid a short cervix?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Hi every one can someone tell me is there a treatment for short cervix?
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A 18-year old female asked:
I think Im pregnant and Ive taken two test one was negative and one was positive. I should make an appointment or just wait. I have had a daughter and during my pregnancy with her I had an abnormally short cervix. The sooner I know the better?
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A 44-year old asked:
What does it mean if I have a short cervix at 19 weeks pregnant?
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A 22-year old female asked:
I'm 35 weeks pregnant and was told I have a short cervix what does this mean?
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A 21-year old female asked:
If I have a short cervix 1.5cm at 29 weeks pregnant with triplets when can I deliver?
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A 34-year old asked:
What does it mean if I have a short cervix length at 17 weeks pregnant?
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A 28-year old female asked:
28 weeks pregnant. short cervix 24,8 ( was 37 at 22 weeks) and less AFI (9,6 (5 percentile) is there any link? AFI was 15,9 at 22 weeks, no leakage.
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A 29-year old female asked:
27 weeks pregnant short cervix 1.1.Having strong cramps around my ovaries.Can't move when i get this pain, happens when i'm laying down. What can it be?
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A 27-year old female asked:
29 weeks pregnant on bed rest from short cervix of 2.1 cm. Not dilated, bleeding, or contracrions but not sure what kind of bed rest I should be on. ?
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A 38-year old female asked:
Would topical progesterone. Cream, applied externally, work ttthe same as prescription progesterone vaginal suppositories for treatment of short cervix during pregnancy?
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A 24-year old female asked:
I was put on progesterone suppositories at 20 weeks due to a short cervix. I was taken off of them at 37 weeks . I've been off of them for two weeks now but my husband is still getting a burning sensation and blisters after we have sex.
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A 27-year old female asked:
My cervixs length was 3.2 at 19 weeks after my doctor checked it after I had mild bleeding. I gave birth full term at 40 weeks & 5 days with no issues. Could i be at risk of incompetence cervix my next pregnancy due to the short cervix. Is it short?
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A 22-year old female asked:
Having pregnancy symptoms but 2 neg tests. Period started early and short last time, cervix has a white milky substance. Should i wait til period?
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A 36-year old male asked:
Will cervix be shorter after conization?
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A 23-year old female asked:
How long after I stop getting Progesterone shots will labor start? Cervix already short, not dilated.
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A female asked:
How to lengthen a short vagina and low cervix? (not after birth or surgery. I have a low cervix naturally around 2 inches in)
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A 21-year old female asked:
I am 28 weeks pregnant & my ob said my cervix feels shorter, what does this mean?
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A 36-year old female asked:
Checked me IUD strings and they feel shorter. Do the length change with cervix positing throughout the cycle?
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A 38-year old female asked:
Sono showed my cervix as 1.8cm @18 weeks. Rushed in for cerclage. What is a healthy range for cervix measurement at 19 weeks? What is too short?
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A 19-year old female asked:
I have had my Mirena (levonorgestrel) IUD in for just over a year, me cervix is higher than usual and my IUD strings are shorter. Is this normal? Should I get checked?
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A 19-year old female asked:
My cervix is higher up dur to where I am in my cycle checked iud strings they feel shorter I still have the spotting I was told I can get from 3 ti 6 months is it due to my cervix being higher up or should I worry?
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A 23-year old female asked:
I'm 23. Normal pap/exams. Cervix has tilted to left over past 2-3 years. Recently had 2 uti's in short span. Worried something growing/shifting?
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