Re: 45 minute long contraction?!

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Coincidentally, I am 2 days shy of 37 weeks also.

My midwife said this is probably not a real contraction ; it is either extreme baby pressure on cervix dilating/effacing it, or who knows what. Yesterday when I called (I live half an hour from the hospital and so I haven't yet bothered to go in), she told me: Drink 2 big glasses of water, take 1,500 mgs of a cal/mag pill, and take a bath. I did and the cramp has not returned. (I had it twice yesterday).

I think it's a pre-labor thing, and just so you know, Dr. Nemirovsky on here yesterday told me to make sure (after the contraction) that the baby is moving OK after a contraction that long.

KM At Wed, 21 May 2003, Karen wrote: >
>I have been to L&D twice in three days because of severe pain at the top
>of my uterus that lasts 45 minutes or more. The pain radiates down the
>sides of my uterus, and my entire belly tightens the whole time. It
>starts as subtle pain, but within a half hour escalates to severe pain
>(9 out of 10 on my scale). I cannot walk or talk through it.
>
>The problem is, we don't get in the car until the pain is severe, and by
>the time we get to the hospital, the pain is gone, so they are unable to
>moniter it. So, I get sent home with no explanations as to what it
>could have been. I am 37 weeks pregnant, and scheduled for a c-section
>(breech baby) at 39 weeks. I can't handle this type of pain for two
>more weeks!! Any insights?
>
>Thanks,
>Karen

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