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Terbutaline Experiences?

vflor87vflor87 member
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Yesterday (at 34 +2) I started having early labor (nauseous, flushing, contractions) so I went into L&D. I always stay really well hydrated but they wanted to try an IV to see if that would help the contractions dissipate. By the time I got to our birthing center, my contractions were coming every 2-3 minutes and getting stronger so they checked my cervix and I was dilated to 4 cm. Six days ago I was checked during an NST where I was contracting a lot and I was barely fingertip but they did a fetal fibronectin just to be safe. It came back negative so my OB was really surprised that I was dilating, but the injection of Terbutaline (as AWFUL as the experience was) really broke up my contractions and stalled cervical dilation. 

My question is for any BTDT mamas out there have any experiences with Terbutaline. Did it eventually wear off? How long after your Terbutaline dose did your contractions start back up or did you go into labor?

I'm not anxious about labor picking back up or anything. I've been home for about 10 hours now and my contractions are strong, but really inconsistent. Just want to see what other's experiences have been with the stuff.
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  • HoosOnFirstHoosOnFirst member
    Hi there, if you navigate to page 2 of the threads you will see someone just posted about this yesterday. The search function is a helpful tool! Good luck!
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  • HayesRN13HayesRN13 member
    Please use the search function! this has been discussed MANY times
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  • mommydlcmommydlc member
    It was already discussed but hey everyone misses stuff and not everyone read everything all the time people get busy!!
    I'll tell you about my experience, I had the shot at 32(?) or atleast around there weeks and I'm still very pregnant at 37+3. It works for some people where it won't for others, there is no way to know if your body will take it and let it do its job.
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  • vflor87vflor87 member
    mommydlc said:

    It was already discussed but hey everyone misses stuff and not everyone read everything all the time people get busy!!
    I'll tell you about my experience, I had the shot at 32(?) or atleast around there weeks and I'm still very pregnant at 37+3. It works for some people where it won't for others, there is no way to know if your body will take it and let it do its job.


    Thanks for the understanding. I thought I did a search on terbutaline, but I also use two other baby chat forums so maybe I confused it with one of those. It seemed to be really effective for me, too. Thank you for sharing your experience!
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  • netanyadeloach2017netanyadeloach2017 member
    I've had 14 shots of it and I'm only 36 weeks. However it does work every time I get them it usually last for a few weeks before I have to get them again.
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  • HayesRN13HayesRN13 member
    ^^ nope
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  • netanyadeloach2017netanyadeloach2017 member
    They can give you up to 3 shots at a time they just have to do it over a course of every fifteen minutes that's what they've had to do with me every time I've had to go before my contractions completely stopped. Ask about them putting you on procardia to take at home it has helped me a lot! It also helps stabilize blood pressure if you've had high blood pressure during your pregnancy.
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