peri appt update: ctx every 2 min

alibabbbs

I went in for an NST yesterday after not taking Procardia for the whole day. Sure enough, while being monitored I had 5 contractions in 12 minutes. They weren't necessarily painful, and really what I've been experiencing for the past several weeks. My peri checked my cervix and guessed it was at 2cm. I panicked because last week it had been a wonderfully long 5cm. My blood pressure again shot through the roof. She sent me to the u/s room where they measured my cervix "for real," and it was indeed at 5cm. I was SO happy.

The Procardia invariably gives me a migraine, for which I've been taking Percocet. I don't want to be taking anything I don't need to. Because the contractions aren't causing "true labor" and aren't painful, she said I don't have to take the Procardia unless I want to. All in all, good news!

Anyone else just contract pretty much all the time, and that's just the way it is?

Bigdoglvr

YES!!!  I posted on 3rd trimester yesterday.  I had them last week about 5min. apart for about 2hrs.  I went into L&D and my Cervix was long and closed they said...but I have been getting them ever since not painful at all but she needs to stay in there.  Kinda scary.  They sent me home and told me if they get close again and laying down drinking 4 glasses of water doesn't help and I have more than 4-6 in an hour to come back in...