Re: painful contractions and thinning cervix at 23 weeks

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At Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Alicia wrote: >
>I have heard a lot about babies surviving as early as 22 weeks but when
>I went to the emergency room earlier this week and the doctor and nurses
>were like, well there's nothing we can do right now but pray the baby
>stays in until 25 weeks, that is the earliest we can expect it to
>survive. I live in a rural area so I just figured that maybe some
>hospitals just aren't capable of delivering a baby that early. This
>concerns me because I am 23 weeks and have been having strong
>contractions off and on for two weeks now. My cervix has softened and
>is slowly thinning out. I am on bedrest and worrying to death because I
>still have two weeks until my doctor's so-called "survival point." Is
>there anything else I can do to prevent labor before than?

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