Re: Stuck in early labor

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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.

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Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York

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