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12-18-2012 at 12:24 AM
CRagan83
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Will baby be premature??

So two nights ago at 33 weeks, I ended up in L&D because I was dehydrated from a stomach virus and having lower back pain. I had no idea I was in preterm labor! When the doc checked my cervix, I was 75% effaced and 2 cm dilated. She said she could feel the baby's head when she checked my cervix. They put me on a mag drip (yuck!) and they gave me 2 steroid shots to help develop baby's lungs. They kept me for 2 nights because his heart rate was all over the place. I'm now home on bed rest for a week and see my doc in 3 days to determine what will happen next. I'm just curious if anybody has had a similar situation as mine and how far into the pregnancy you made it! They kept hinting that baby may come very soon and that if he can just hold out a week that would be great because the steroids should have his lungs developed enough by then. I can feel him pressed up against by pelvic floor constantly
 
12-18-2012 at 5:17 AM
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I'm surprised they didn't keep you on hosp bedrest. At 30 weeks I went into ptl. My mom took me in because I felt like I was having period cramps. When I got to ld I was at 3cm, 100, and water was bulging. Was given mag, agreed, Yuck and sterroids, but they kept me in hosp for 3.5 weeks. They wanted me to stay until I delivered which, my edd is Dec .26. But, I left hosp, went into labor again Nov 19, almost 2 weeks after I left hosp. He was born at 34w5d and spent 13 days in nicu.

So you might deliver early, you might not. But my drs said "any minute" the whole 3.5w I was in hosp and it never happened. When he was born they actually had to break my water. Kinda funny. :P
Gl tho hope Lo stays put. Nicu is no fun !!


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12-18-2012 at 7:12 AM
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First of all, welcome to the board!

I'm also surprised they didn't keep you in the hospital, though I don't have any experience with your exact complications.  

I did 6 months of bed rest last year, so I know how difficult BR can be.  It sounds like you are probably doing everything you can.  Every day baby is in your womb is like 3 days off of a possible NICU stay, a hopeful thought to cling to.  We needed 2 rounds of steroids because we thought delivery was imminent at both 25 and 28 weeks.  (I delivered at 31.)  Those steroids do some amazing lung developing!  You did good going to the hospital and getting the treatments you did!  Keep hope!  Best of luck!


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12-18-2012 at 7:26 AM
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At 32 weeks I went to L&D because I was having issues with my blood pressure. At the hospital they checked me and found that I was 50% effaced and 2 cm dilated. They gave me a shot of terb. and both steriod shots for baby lungs. I was sent home on bedrest along with procadia too. I was told to stay on bedrest until I hit 35 weeks. I actually never made it to 35 weeks. I delivered DD#2 at 34 weeks 5d because of PTL. She spent 14 days in the NICU.

If you start to feel any contractions, get yourself back to the hospital/call your doctor. The day before I delivered my contractions were timeable and I just decided to go in again. Things happened really fast after my cervix relaxed and baby was born with 30 minutes (no drugs, no epi, but you have to remember I'm a STM, so things do happen a little bit faster). 

Praying for you and your LO. Please keep us posted. 


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12-18-2012 at 8:10 AM
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It's hard to say if your baby will arrive early or not.  Hopefully you'll be able to hold off and make it to term!  I agree with the others that if you start having contractions again, go straight to L&D.  Good luck, and fingers crossed that you'll go to term!
12-18-2012 at 9:50 AM
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This was me. Unfortunately, I was discharged from the hospital, contractions free, and sent home on bed rest, then back 16 hours later where DS was born a few hours later.

It's so hard to tell - just take it easy and get yourself prepped for the worse. 


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12-18-2012 at 9:56 AM
CRagan83
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How long did they keep you on the mag drip? I've been off of it for about 36 hours now and nausea has come back full force. I can't lie down without feeling a need to vomit. My little guy didn't move for a few hours last night so I went in, but they said it was just the mag finally hitting him and he was sleeping. He had a strong heart rate so that put me at ease and since then he has been moving good. They sent me home after an hour. Its just hard with my husband being overseas!
 
12-18-2012 at 7:11 PM
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I was on mag for about 4 or 5 days I believe. Because of that I wasn't even allowed out of bed to use bathroom, had a catheter for a week.


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