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October 2012 Moms
lady dixneuf
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s/o preterm labor
lady dixneuf
member
when I went in for contractions Tuesday at 33w 5d my OB said they wouldn't try to stop preterm labor at this point as they felt the risks were minimal- anyone else's dr have a policy like this?
(I should note I was entirely comfortable with this, babies tend to go early in my family and no one has issues)
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Re: s/o preterm labor
I was surprised to hear my doc say that they wouldn't try and stop labor for me after 34 weeks. Really?! 2 weeks of NICU time?
ETA: My brother was born in 1988 and my mom went into labor at 36 weeks and they stopped her labor. My how things have changed.
just bc the babies come at 34 weeks doesn't mean NICU. I was born at 34 weeks and just was a bit jaundiced and cold. I was out in normal time (and this was in the 70s)
If you look it up you usually hear horror stories only bc few people will write about their totally fine baby
double post
Me: 32 - Stage II Endo / DH: 36 - Low count and morphology (1%)
IUIs 1-3 BFN, lap Dec. 2010, IUIs 4-6 BFN
IVF w/ICSI #1 - ER 2/8: 24R 19M 9F ET 2/13 2-5 day blasts (no frosties) = BFP - b/g twins!
E & C Born 10/19/2012
My dr has the same policy. I'm glad that I've had my steroid shots. My dr said that between 34-36 week babies learn to suck and breath at the same time. The reason babies are often in the NICU when born this early is to learn how to feed without forgetting to breath.
I had originally been told my practice wouldn't stop it after 34 weeks. During w33 I received steroid injections for their lungs and was told it wouldn't be stopped at that point.
Ive since been told by my office had it been strong enough, they would not have taken extra steps to stop it beyond 32 weeks but that's only with twins,otherwise they go with 34 weeks.
Ive been told several times I will not make it to my next goal (32,34,36) but here's we are looking extremely likely to make it to the c/s Wednesday at 36w2d.
DS born 9/25/12
DS #2 due 6/13/16
my GUESS is that the risks of stopping labor outweigh the benefits at that point.
I mean even babies born at 40+ weeks can end up in NICU
sorry I keep double posting today! Don't know why!
I'm double posting too...I think the bump is acting up. You are probably right about the risks. I guess I'm only considering risks to baby, and not really risks to mama. And 34 weeks isnt all that early, but it def increases chances of NICU time. I never really thought of stopping labor being risky until right now. Maybe I ought to do some research.
Sounds like it's been common to have some contractions/pre-term labor at 33 weeks. I definitely did not consider that a possibility. I also had pre-term contractions (4 hrs pretty intense, 4 hrs mild contracting but mostly under control, only dilated 1 cm.) the evening of my 33 wk check up.
Last week when I went in at 35 weeks for a checkup I was told from 34.5 weeks on they wouldn't do anything to stop it. After the pre-term scare though, I was also given steroid shots. 37 weeks today and baby seems like he is hanging onto his womb home pretty good, though I've had contractions sporadically for the last 4 weeks, including some bad back ones this morning.
DS #1 was born at 33 4. My water broke and by the time they checked me I was 4 cm dilated so they didn't attempt to stop labor. We spent two weeks in the NICU and the only reason was so he could learn to suck,swallow and breathe at the same time.
This time I tested positive for fFN at 29 weeks and got the steroid shots. My MFM told me that once I had the shots they would not try to stop labor. Because I've been throu this once already, I'm mentally prepared to have a preemie and possible time in the NICU.