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Thoughts and Prayers needed!

erinb31erinb31 member
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So here is what we are dealing with right now... thank you so much for your thoughts and prayers.  It has been a long few days.

We're at 33 1/2 weeks today. We went into the hospital Wednesday night thinking I just had a very small spotting issue, and when I got there, I went into labor (no reason found). Luckily, the medication they put me on (procardia) slowed things down from having strong contractions every 2  or less minutes to milder contractions 6-8 minutes apart.  I was taken off of procardia due to an allergic reaction-- the docs were hoping to send me home on it with the hopes it would end contractions all together.  I am still having contractions at random intervals, but nothing is progressing past every 6-8 minutes, no have I gone past 3 cm dilated and 50% effaced (as of yesterday in the hospital). 

The doctors are saying the baby should be okay if he is born now because I had steroid shots for his lungs, but they kept saying they'd prefer he stay inside at least another week if possible (I'd like to make it to mid-October at least, but DH and I are taking it little by little). I get to stay home on a very strict bedrest until further notice. I have an ultrasound on Monday and a follow-up appointment on Tuesday.

Thank you so much for your thoughts and prayers. This has been quite an unexpected little twist.

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