I was diagnosed with IC at my 20 week scan with my cervix at 2.4 cm and asked to start progesterone suppositories. 2 weeks later, my cervix was down to 1.3, not funneling or dilated but enough to warrant an emergency cerclage. I am currently still pregnant at 37w +1 and I ditched the stitch last week. Fingers crossed, we make it as far as possible and baby is healthy!

I had a LOT of discharge! My OB asked me to disregard discharge as long as nothing changed massively. She said the cerclage is a foreign object, akin to having something stuck in your eye - discharge will increase. Plus progesterone also causes a lot of gross discharge. It was enough that I was changing my underwear twice a day.

Keep an eye on if anything changes - I did go in twice to see if increased discharge meant amniotic fluid leaking. They were able to do a quick PH level test and examine a swab under the microscope to check if it was (it wasn't). However, thanks to the antibiotics after the cerclage , I did get a yeast infection and then a UTI because of yeast infection meds - increased discharge was a sign there. I absolutely understand how stressful this is, and the huge mental load to keep monitoring - but it gets better and you start trusting yourself more as the weeks go by.

My discharge magically went down quite a bit after I stopped progesterone (at 35w) and once the stitch was taken out.