Anyone been told no meds to help stop this because too early? Not dehydrated, baby doing good, not dilated yet doctor can't figure out why having contractions..on best rest..have miscarried before with twins. 1 at 14 weeks and other 16 weeks was hemorrhaging and had to do emergency surgery...I do have a 9 month old and this isn't braxton hicks ..Dr confirmed contractions...I have a history of cysts and none found. ..believe me I know because last pregnancy had 2 rupture on me..don't have a uti either or any other inflection ...
Christy.this is only way it will let me response back to you...no they didn't do blood work..I have a appt with a specialist next Thursday because of being high risk and I'm 38..Dr said if gets worse go to er if stays consistent but doesn't go away I'm to see her again on Monday
Please stay very hydrated and flat on your back and update us, okay? Doc seems a little casual to me too. NICUs are full of 22 week babies that make it these days. 18 weeks is not the best time for a miscarriage.
Thinking about you.
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I wonder why the doc is treating this so casually. If it were me I'd want to be admitted or something and on IV meds to make sure the contractions stopped.
I'm just curious, I don't really know much about this sort of stuff.
Did they do bloodwork?
If you have concerns, go to the ER, right away. Your doctor should be taking this seriously, especially with your history. And if Dr is not taking it seriously and answering all your questions, find a new Dr.
Did this doctor hook you up to a monitor? THIS is how they tell if the contractions are Braxton Hicks or not...
If you are actually having contractions, you are in preterm labor. That's nothing for you to mess around with. I do not understand what you said about no meds to help stop it. What about brethine? You need to ask if brethine is allowed at 18 weeks...
I went into labor at 24 weeks with my first child. They stopped the contractions with morphine. I was in the hospital for a day so they could assess me for a while. They ende up putting me on brethine every 6 hours. If I didn't take that pill, I would start contracting. I had to go on strict bedrest. It wasn't easy, but they showed me before I left the hospital, in the NICU, what I was fighting for. Such tiny, tiny little babies, and they told me that my baby was even smaller... very scary stuff. I made it to 37 weeks before having my baby, and I will be forever grateful that I had such good advise.
I hope I don't upset by saying this, but I don't think you're getting good advise from your doctor. It doesn't matter that she doesn't know why you're having contractions. What matters is how she helps you. Leaving you til Monday isn't helping, in my opinion.
You need to stop the contractions. It's like a pebble that starts rolling down a hill. At some point, it gains so much speed that it can't be stopped, and all of a sudden you have a micro-preemie on your hands.
I honestly think you should go to hospital and have them put you on a monitor. You need to be drinking the amount of water daily that the doctor has told you to drink. Have it in a container and drink it throughout the day on a consistent basis. Your goal is not only to get the water in you. Your goal is to keep your UTERUS hydrated all the time.
The uterus is a smooth muscle tissue. If it becomes dehydrated, it contracts. A full bladder ALSO causes contractions because it pushes against the uterus. So, drink and pee, drink and pee. Laying on your left side helps as well. When you're farther along, laying on your back is problematic because of the blood supply.
It doesn't matter if dehydration isn't the immediate reason you are having contractions. It's one thing you can actually DO to help. Make sure you are doing it. If you have an irritable uterus, this will help.
Your specialist should be the one to do the blood work since you miscarried twins. You may be missing something in your hormones that allows you to carry a pregnancy to term. It's really important for the specialist to determine this.
I wish you good luck and God's speed with this. THE most important thing you can do right now is to protect that baby and keep it in your womb. Be proactive and go to the hospital for monitoring.
