WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for February, 1998: Re: A) What causes Tatanic (spelling) contractions B) follow-up question

Re: A) What causes Tatanic (spelling) contractions B) follow-up question

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 12 Feb 1998 19:24:56 -0600 (CST)

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At Thu, 12 Feb 1998, Julie wrote: >
>I mean absolutley no disrespect here, but I'm NOT talking about BH
>contractions, I AM referring to Tetanic contractions, which was what I
>was diagnosed by an OB Doctor of having at the time. My purpose for the
>original post was to find out what causes such a thing. The response
>was possibly medication or Pitocin, since I was not in active labor I
>was not on Pitocin nor was I taking any medication. So, is there any
>other reason for one having these types of contractions.

No offense taken. I'm talking straight definitions. Contractions are either labor or they're not. If they are labor contractions, you either deliver or preterm labor is suppressed. If no progress is made, youare not in labor and by definition, it is BH contractions. BH contrax don't fit a nice definition as some would lead you to believe. They can be tetanic and very painful. As you said, no other cause that I mentioned was in play and this then leads to BH contractions that were tetanic. And, as we all know, BH contrax are normal in pregnancy.

Sorry to be long-winded but that's the answer.

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Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG
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