PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for October, 2001: Re: false labor for weeks, 3 cm, 85%, miserable, please tell me what can be done!!

Re: false labor for weeks, 3 cm, 85%, miserable, please tell me what can be done!!

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 31 Oct 2001 11:52:52 -0600 (CST)

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At Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Jenny wrote: >
>I have tried EVERYTHING, nipple stimulation, walking, sex. Nothing is
>helping. My contractions will start, get strong and then weak and then
>strong. They will range from every 15 min to every 3 min and then the
>just fizzle out to nothing. I am tired and miserable and having a hard
>time taking care of my son because I am so grumpy. I am 39 weeks as of
>yesterday. Is there ANYTHING recommended that my doctor might do or
>that I can do? I feel like my body just cannot go into labor on its own.
>Is that possible? With my first, I had Pitocin because my water broke
>and contractions did not begin after 6 hours.
>Thanks,
>Jenny

Jenny, The one thing you can try is patience. God's grand design of pregnancy, as best we can judge, was for it to last approximately 40 weeks or more importantly until labor starts on its own following the body's preparation for labor. The reasons or even the signals responsible for this timing are still unknown, but we know they WILL occur, on your baby's timetable, not yours... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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