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Re: Stuck in early labor +++++I have no advice Just empathy.

From: Lisa (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 22 May 2000 21:01:23 -0500 (CDT)

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At Mon, 22 May 2000, Toni wrote: >
>I'm 37 weeks pregnant with my first baby. For the past 3 weeks I've had
>contractions for days at a time. Each time I wait for a while to see
>what happens and then call the dr who has me go to the L&D unit to be
>checked and monitored. Last week the contractions starting getting a
>lot harder and closer together. I'm dialated to 1.5 cm and have been
>for over a week now. At the L&D unit I was told that I'm in early labor
>and it could take days to progress.
>
>Over the past few days the contractions have gotten a lot harder. Last
>night my husband called the dr because I was laying on our bed curled
>into a ball in tears because the pain was so bad. When I got to L&D I
>was told that I still haven't dialated anymore and my cervix is still
>thick. The contractions show up on the monitors and everything else
>looks fine. Apparently I'm just not thinning out to dialate. And the
>dr who was on call flat out refused to do anything to help push things
>along no matter how much pain I'm in.
>
>So now I'm at home and still having contractions every 3-4 minutes. If
>I don't move around they space out to about 4 minutes, but as soon as I
>get up and even walk to the bathroom the contractions start getting
>closer together. They are still just as intense as they were last
>night, even after I was given Peragoric.
>
>Basically right now I'm just wondering if there is anything else I can
>do that may help make this bearable. I can understand that I'm 3 weeks
>early and the baby should stay put for as long as possible, but with
>this pain the way it is I can't sleep, I can't eat without being
>nauseated, and I'm just completely miserable. Other women in my family
>have had simialar situations where they begin to dialate and then stop.
>Could this be a family thing that I need a push to get things going, or
>what? I just feel like I'm completely losing my mind right now.

You poor thing. I am 34 weeks and contraction every 4-7 min for last week and also dilate to 1.5. However mine are intense and uncomfortable but do not hurt. I have to sit tight for now. I have not been given anything to stop it being so early as my doctor thinks the baby and I are better off letting nature take its course. I had the same with my first and didn't know when things were going to get real until my water broke. Thats when things progressed and got painful. I would suggest sex but you probably feel no where near wanting that. That is supposed to help. Walking and squating. I hope you don't have to long to go. I am tired of mine and they don't hurt.

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