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Re: 36 weeks with concerns
From: jwang, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 2 Apr 2001 06:29:01 -0500 (CDT)
This certanly a question you showed ask your doctor! While the baby is
most likely fine at 36+ weeks, your doctor has his/her own protocols
about when to stop the brethine.
At Mon, 2 Apr 2001, Amy wrote:
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>I am 36 weeks and have gone into premature labor twice (second
>pregnancy). My doctor has me on Brethine and I started feeling
>contractions about 5 min apart lastnight and it took 3 pills in 6 hours
>to make the pain stop. Then, I lost my mucus plug (it was pink and a
>large glob of it) and I have been having really bad cramps (not
>contractions). I feel sharp pain like I am being cut inside near my
>bladder area. The baby's head is engaged and last time I was checked,
>which was a week and a half ago, I was 2 cm dialated and 70% effaced,
>but still posterior. My doctor said that if I went into labor again
>that he would not stop it. My question is do you think that I stopped
>labor again and if I did will it start on it's own again. Should I
>continue to take the Brethine after losing my bloody show? How much
>longer do you think I will go?
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>--
>Thanks in advance! Amy
>
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James Wang, M.D.
Assitant Clinical Prof.
Tufts University School of Medicine
statements are informational only and should not constitute a medical plan or treatment recommendation.
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