Re: A bit worried

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I don't think you mentioned you were only 31 weeks before (or at least not that I recall) >
>I am 31 weeks pregnant. Almost every day for the last two-three weeks I
>have been losing large mucus plugs and having BH contractions, some of
>which bring me to tears or have me stop in my tracks. I had an OB app.
>on Wednesday and lo and behold, I woke up Wed feeling fantastic - I even
>considered a run on the beach - no pain all day, no mucus lost -
>nothing. So I went to the Dr and told him all about eveything - he did
>an ultra sound and said the baby is very low, but not *quite* engaged -
>everything looked good. He then did a very *thorough* internal and said
>that I am not dilated, but softening, and laughed and said I should keep
>my legs crossed!! (Very light hearted). I am in no hurry to have my
>baby and have a LOT on my plate for the next 8 weeks or so .. matron on
>honour in a wedding - a house to finish building, a job to train someone
>to take over - and am just a bit concerned that I may be falling into a
>pattern to "go early" - Every day when I turn up to work, my collegues
>say - "I didn't think you'd be back today - you look like you're going
>to have it any minute."

I'd suggest you curtail your activities, given that your cervix has softened already >
>Another concern is that my first Labour was 5 hours from complete start
>to finish and not extreemly painful (sorry!) some contractions I have
>now feel almost as bad as those labour ones.... and I live 1 hour from
>the hospital... if I just ignore all this that is going on I worry that
>I might get caught short.
>
>Paranoid? I just don't know.
>
>--
>Anita

For peace of mind, you may want to ask your doc to do either salivary estriol testing or cervical fetal fibrinectin -- if either/both are negative, the odds of you delivering in the next 2 weeks are low >

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