Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 96 Location: Hartford City, Indiana, United States
Pre-term Labor - Beginning Or End? Posted: 11-29-07 01:13am
I'm 20w6d pregnant -
Late Tuesday night, I went to the
hospital - I was having intense cramping
& pain because of a vaginal infection,
I believe. I was brought right up to
L&D, & instantly montiored for
baby's heartbeat & contractions. The
cramping wasn't just cramping - I was
having contractions. They did a vaginal
exam, as well & the test results won't
be back for another day, or so..
To get to the point -
the dr. taking care of me explained my
uterus as "irritable," & that they
needed to get the contractions under
control before pre-term labor became
inevitable. Forunately, they did just that
- got my contractions under control &
were able to release me. I'm scared that
this isn't the end... anyone had any
pre-term labor experience? I know nothing,
besides I'm having every sign of it;
increase in vaginal discharge - watery,
& mucus-like - Abdominal pain,
menstrual-like cramping/contractions -
pressure in the pelvic area (especially in
the cervix) - & lower back pain.
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mominashoe
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Posted: 12-14-07 08:45am
I'm surprised the doc didn't put you on
bedrest and some sort of progesterone
supplement....you should talk to the
doctor more about it. Don't wait for a
test to prevent, you know what you feel!
so you should try to get help now.
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monkeygirl22
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Posted: 12-27-07 17:48pm
I've been going through pre term labor
since I was around 25 weeks. The
contractions didn't get caught on the
monitors till 30 weeks though. I kept
telling my doctor that I was having too
many of what I thought were BH
contractions but it turns out they were
real. I went in at 30 weeks and found out
I was contracting every 2-4 minutes. They
stopped the contractions with terbutaline.
That only worked temporarily though. The
next day I went back and I had dilated to
1 cm and was 50% effaced. The day before I
had been closed and 0%. They stopped them
again and put me on procardia to take at
home. I've had to go to the hospital a few
times since then to have them stopped but
I'm now 34 weeks and I was checked a
little less than a week ago and have not
progressed any more. My advice is to stay
in the bed as much as possible. Drink at
least 8-10 glasses of water a day because
dehydration can cause contractions, and
yes it needs to be water not just liquid.
Also, anytime the contractions or pain
starts I would go ahead and go to L&D.
With you being so early you need to be
extra careful. Your little one needs to
hang in there for a lot longer.
