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TERBUTALINE FOR PRE-TERM LABOR! SIDE EFFECTS
Hi! So I have a questions for all the mommies out there... I was 34 weeks and 4 days and started with contractions about 6 minutes apart.. dilated 1 cm and effaced at about 50%..i went to the hospital on orders from my ob.gyn.. they gave me my first shot of terbutaline and it slowed down the contractions. They sent me home on bed rest. About a week later, 35 weeks now.. the contractions came back at about 4 minutes apart.. i went back into the hospital and i was now 3 cm dilated and 75% effaced. they wanted to hold off on labor again so they gave me another terbutaline shot and then a prescription for oral terbutaline for at home because this will prolly happen off and on until I am full term. I just recently took one oral pill today because of pretty bad cramping with contractions. I know of side effects to mom about rapid heart rate. but while I was trying to go to sleep i started researching even more about this drug. It has been shown to cause autism and other neurological and cardiac problems in the baby (it states in long term uses but does not state what long term use is considered). I am incredibly scared. I know every drug has it side effects and the docs jsut wanted to pre-term labor.. but now i am scared I gave my daughter possibly brain disorders or cardiac problems. Any moms have any experience with this drug?
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Re: TERBUTALINE FOR PRE-TERM LABOR! SIDE EFFECTS
Your doctor gave you that drug because its benefits (stopping preterm labor) outweighed the very well researched risks of prematurity (which also include neurological and respiratory complications).
Also, any article that claims any drug "causes autism" is written by a quack. There are absolutely zero links between medications and autism. Anyone who claims otherwise is not speaking from a science-based, evidence-based position.
Rest easy that your doctors want the best for you and your baby--and that stopping pre-term labor is VERY important to the health of your little one!
All of this! it will be OK! It is best for your LO to bake a little longer!!
Ditto- and I did have Terbutaline with my first pregnancy (preterm labor at 34 weeks) and DS1 is just fine (he is almost 8 years old now). I received two shots in the hospital, and then took the oral pills until 36 weeks.
I couldn't have said it better myself.
To give you another example OP, I was prescribed Indocin when I went into PTL at 23 weeks. This is a very strong drug with serious side effects but at 23 weeks, the benefits of the drug far outweighed the risks of pre term birth.
Ohh you're right. OP, I'd call your OB and express your concerns. You're far enough that perhaps there's a simpler alternative available.
https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drugsafety/ucm243539.htm
sorry couldn't make it clicky.
From the FDA's website:
There are serious situations where a healthcare professional may decide that the short-term use of injectable terbutaline in the hospital setting may benefit a pregnant woman.
I would talk to your doctor about this--but not worry too much until you talk to the doctor. Your individual circumstances may have justified the short-term use of terbutaline in the hospital setting, as referenced above.
I received it when I was 33 weeks pregnant. After 34 weeks I went in again and they wouldn't give me the shot. They said their policy was to let things 'happen' on their own after 34 weeks. Luckily my body naturally stopped the preterm labor both times and I gave birth to a perfectly healthy baby at 37.5 weeks.
TTC 10/11. IUI 2/12. BFP 3/8/12. 4/26/12 missed mc. RE consult 5/17/12. IVF #1 ER 7/13/12 53R, 41M ICSIed, 32F, 8 5d, 6 6d blasts - all PGD/frozen. PGD results 1 normal M and 1 normal F, 1 maybe M. FET 9/6, transferred 1 F embie. Beta 9/15 BFN. FET#2 planned for 11/2012 put off until 2013. Surprise BFP 11/21/12!! My son was born on 7/24/13!
There is a different med that had less side effects that I have read about....but it's been a while. I remember reading about this a while back and it gave me pause that if I ever faced PTL, I would ask about the other drug and not terbutaline because of the risks I'd read about. It sounds like the other one was effective as well. Sorry I'm not more help since I don't remember the other drug name.
I learned a long time ago you do not have to take your OBs word as gospel (or any doctor, they are not gods). You can look into it, ask questions, raise concerns and get a second opinion. You're responsible for your LO's health as well and if you have misgivings, learn a little more and talk to your OB about it.