contractions at 23 weeks because of dehydration

chocolatelemons · January 2017

Hi ladies. I just wanted to share my story about the importance of hydrating. Yesterday, I went for a run and slipped on a patch of ice. My knee and hands took most of the impact, but my belly hit the ground too. I called my OB and she had me come in for an US and monitoring. The baby is fine, thank God. However, they also monitored my uterus and unbeknownst to me, I was having small contractions when I came in. So, they made me drink a lot of water and the contractions went away after about an hour. My nurse explained that dehydration can cause contractions which is why it's so important to stay hydrated. I felt really dumb, because I am usually so on top of drinking water. But, for some reason, yesterday I didn't have much. I just wanted to share my story, because while I know it's important to drink a lot of water, I had no idea that not drinking enough can cause contractions.

kns1988 · January 2017

Thanks for sharing, @chocolatelemons, and I'm glad you and baby are doing well! I usually do great at drinking water when I'm at work because I keep a 32 oz nalgene on my desk, but I'm terrible at it on the weekends. I'm gonna go fill up a nalgene now.

SWoodd2012 · January 2017

Thanks for sharing! glad you and baby are alright! I've been horrible with my water intake, so thank you for the heads up. I'll be trying harder to get my water in now!

c1tym0m22 · January 2017

Lurking from June - I had something similar happen with my first pregnancy at roughly the same point (20 something weeks). Had a bunch of abdominal discomfort that drinking water wasn't resolving, so went to L&D to be checked out. They were surprised to find that I was having legit contractions (not BH); a liter of fluids later, they had resolved. Went on to have a full-term baby, so no harm done!
Hope you're feeling better, @chocolatelemons

Squirtgun · January 2017

Thanks for the reminder! I'm super bad at hydrating! I'm so glad you and baby are ok!

museic-2 · January 2017

Thank you for the reminder! I was getting light headed, high bpm, and feeling faint a few weeks ago, my Dr said I need to be snacking often and drinking 100-120 oz of water a day! Been following the advice and it hasn't happened as much. Keep drinking your water ladies

Cubslove12 · January 2017

Thanks for the reminder! I'm doing awful with this... I teach in a high school, special education, I find it very difficult to get to the bathroom, causing me to drink less water... I need to come up with a new plan. Lately I've been having lots of cramping in my legs.

Yiggle09 · January 2017

Yes they say when we get to the end if you think it's labor or can't tell if it bh to drink lots of water and lay down if they stop it's not labor

chocolatelemons · January 2017

@Yiggle09 That's really good to know.

Thanks for the well wishes to everyone else. Keep drinking that water!

cmcookaln · January 2017

Thanks for letting us know. I had never heard that. I do really well at work, but I don't keep up as well on the weekends. Getting a glass now!

roper2617 · January 2017

Thanks for sharing! Time to go fill up my water bottle, great reminder! Also glad you and baby are well after the fall, I can only imagine how scary that must've been!

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