preterm labor!!

edited March 2012 in High risk pregnancy
I had my check up today im 26+5 weeks but i have not gained any wait yet im haveing alot of painful,take my breath away,cant walk contractions and my baby is not very active. The docter is sending to a specialist on monday ( thats as soon as they could see me) to have an ultrasound. My question is what can i do to prevent preterm labor!!?? I really dont feel well and im very scared!!
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  • try to stay off your feet as much as possible. I know its hard with having other kids. Get some help maybe a family member?
    Good luck I have been there two out of three times! :)
  • I would go on bed rest as much as possible. If you have other children, try to find someone else to watch them. Drink plenty of water & keep yourself hydrated. Try to keep stress at a minimum as much aa possible. NO SEX either. Good luck hun
  • edited March 2012
    ^^ agreed....I hope your baby stays put...but on another thought, if your contracts are that bad, screw that Monday appt (which might as well be a year away) and get to l&d they could give you a shot to postpone labor, but if you do nothing, it would be too late...I'd go in....don't even call your doctor...I would go now
  • Trust your instincts....no doctor can be right all the time ...GL
  • Yea, I agree with summergirl22. If you go to l&d they will put you on monitors & help stop it if its real labor. Its definitely better than waiting half a week! Update us
  • I have contractions like every 8-10 mins when im laying down, but every time i get up or move i get them too. And im cramping like peirod cramping in my low belly and low back. But when im cramping i feel like i have poop (tmi) i even get like goose bumps,but i try to go and nothing. And my hips are killing me. And i have more pressure in my plevic area. I just dont want to go and them be like its nothing your crazy type of thing. :'(
    @Mom2ING @DavidnAadynsMama
    @Summergirl22 @Bahamamama4828
  • I also feel like i have too throw up with some of the contractions.
  • Yea hun, that doesnt sound like braxton hicks contractions. Those sound like the real deal. Please go to l&d. If you wait too long, theres nothing they can do but deliver a very preterm baby
  • Were your contractions like unbarable or you could still like handle it? @Mom2ING @DavidnAadynsMama
  • I could handle mine for the first 5 hours but they were still quite painful & exactly how you describe them. I had almost all back labor with my 1st son, and back & front pain with my 2nd
  • Really though, go in! If they send you home fine, but you dont wanna go in too late & have a baby delivered at not quite 27 weeks. What you're describing really sounds like true contractions
  • Im scared!! :'(
  • Darling, think of your child. You are about to become a mother so put that fear behind you and go in as you are in labour. All what you have described is the real deal. Now pack up and go!
  • I hope she is too @mom2ING Hopefully they will be able to stop it & just have her on light duty or bed rest. Keep us updated hun & prayers coming your way!
  • Are you okay??? I hope you went....sending prayers your way
  • Sorry i havent updated. I still havent been able to go to l&d because i cant find anyone to watch my kids :( but i am planning on going cause the pelvic pain is worse today. I feel im uncomfortable in my own skin, its hard to explian.. kinda like anxious like i cant stop moving.. my as soon as i find someone to watch the kids im going to go.
  • I hope you found someone. Good luck. I hope baby is ok.
  • Awe I'm sorry :( I Hope you are there by now
  • I just got back from the hospital. They said im contracting but they called my doc and he said to send me home and rest untill mondays appt. Im so upset i feel like crap, i feel weak. On the discharge papers i have almost all of the symtoms they to go to the hospital for... so when am i supposed to go???
    @Mom2ING @Summergirl22 @DavidnAadynsMama @angle26 @Bahamamama4828
  • Omg! Are you serious....weekend staff, smh! Wow you should be there, complain, call and tell the operator you want to make a formal complaint. If you feel something isn't right, most likely you are right! I'm so sorry :(
  • edited March 2012
    What test did they do when you were there?
  • All they did was a swab. She didnt even check to see if i was opening. She also told that i didnt have to worry about the babys movements untill 28 weeks, like i was stupied for worrying about his movements now!!!
  • Omg...is there another hospital around you that you could call at least for a second opinion or advise as to what they would do?
  • Drink lots of water....every chance you can....and you should eat or drink something sweet, like a candy or soda...and then lay down for an hour, see if you get any baby movement that way. I'm concerned that you have the pain even when you get up and walk around. :(
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  • The swab they did has no real bearing on when you'll go into labor. At the very least, they should have hooked baby up to a monitor and watched you for a few hours and checked your cervix. I think you should go to the ER instead!!
  • That's bull crap! I'm sorry! They should have kept you and monitored you at least! I was having contractions at 21 weeks and again at 31, both times they did a swab, a cervical check, heart and movement monitor, and gave me something to stop them! I would be livid! Oh and I never understood the kick thing! I could barely ever feel my baby move, before 28 weeks they would constantly tell me it's too early for 10 kicks in an hour. Then after 30 weeks I was constantly told it's normal cuz they run out of room..... So basically the kick counting is only good for 2 weeks??? Didn't make sense! I hated my Obgyn though, she always blew me off! She finally did an ultrasound at 37 weeks and turns out I had too much fluid, which is why I hardly felt him. But pain is never good! I hope you get answers soon! Oh and don't be afraid to change Drs! I had to change at 27 weeks cuz I moved, but wish I had done it again cuz my Dr made my last few months miserable and didn't give me a choice or any options of my 23 hour Labor ending in c section. Feel better soon!
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