Hello everyone,
I am posting this on the pg with multiples and this page as well hoping for some insight. I'm pg with twins at 14 weeks. I was told by a peri that I consulted with for CVS testing that I should have ultrasound monitoring of my cervix every 2 weeks between weeks 16-24 to check for the possible development of IC. I understood this to be because of the multiples -- i.e., more than one fetus can cause a strain on the cervix such that IC can possibly develop, more so of a risk than with a singleton pg. However, my regular peri says that they do not monitor for IC regularly even with multiples. I have insisted on it based on what the 1st peri told me and they relented.
While I am not a doctor, I feel like common sense and logic would command this monitoring when you are pg with multiples - it's just an u/s, and better safe than sorry, right? This way you could potentially catch the start of an IC and be able to treat it, right?
I would greatly appreciate it if anyone could shed some light on this topic for me. Does anyone else w/ multiples have this monitoring, and if so, how often do you go, when did you start, and is it also for wks 16-24, and if not, for what weeks?
Thanks so much in advance.