This ship is battle-ready

Today was the big cervix-measuring appointment before we leave for France next week. If anything goes wrong, it would start now and that would mean leaving the country would not be such a hot idea. Although getting stuck in Paris would not be all that bad, oh wait, no drinking or unpasteurized cheeses, so yeah that would suck.

But fortunately, everything looks great! Cervix is measuring 3.2 cm on u/s, with a slight loss of length above the stitch (2.0 cm down to 1.5 cm) and a slight bit of funneling at the very top, near the uterus. But the ultrasound tech said I have a lot of length between the funnel and the stitch. My high-risk doc checked my cervix afterward, a two-for-one special for me at this appointment apparently, and he said it is rock hard and looks great.

So we leave for our trip next week. He said knowing my personality, he could see me trying to spend 16 hours a day walking around, so he said to try and take it somewhat easy, but said everything will be fine.

Baby looked great as well, sucking her thumb and literally somersaulting around. Like I haven't been feeling that for the last few weeks. I thought Jack was active, but this one, even more so.

I can honestly tell you, I really never believed 100 percent that I would be taking this trip. All of our planning was done with "what ifs" in mind and almost everything was refundable in case I was placed on injured reserve at the last minute. So it was a pleasure to hear that I have a full blessing to travel.

I know there are people out there who think this is taking an unnecessary risk (my MOTHER) and think traveling at this stage of an incompetent cervix pregnancy is crazy. But for me, and my family, this was a good decision. I feel comfortable leaving and will not think about the "what ifs" on the trip.

This pregnancy has been awesome compared to my last; I think I deserved a good one after the shit the first time around. So the moral of the story is: preventative cerclages rock!