In the hospital with preterm labor - 26 weeks

[mami2karina]

Hey ladies. I just wanna say if you feel something is not right go in and get checked out. I was having a lot of pressure Tuesday night around 11:30pm and came into L&D to be checked. I felt like crap that entire day and something just felt wrong. By the time I got to the hospital I was shaking really bad. They checked me in, I wasn't having any contractions at the time. They checked my cervix, baby was really low and they said I was 1cm dilated  I was scared to death. By the time the nurse got done asking all the questions I was bleeding and having contractions that only got worse. I got my husband there as quick as I could and the contractions were bad and fast when he got here. They gave me a shot of terbutaline to short term stop the contractions then they hooked me up to an IV drip of Magnesium and gave me my first steriod shot. I was on the mag for 27 hours until it started causing me a lot of problems so they turned it off at 4am after I got my 2nd steriod shot. So far so good, no more bleeding or contractions. Because of the bleeding they were worried about placental abruption but couldn't get me for an ultrasound because I was on the mag and couldn't leave the floor. But now they think maybe it was just a SCH. I'm now on Nifedipine 2 pills every 6 hours to keep the contractions away. I'll be in the hospital at least the next 2 days, not sure how long right now. I only saw my OB long enough this morning for him to tell me they were putting me on the pills and would be moving me to antepartum since labor had been stopped. This afternoon the neonatologist came in to talk to me about what would happen if I had to deliver right now. It was so scary. I am just praying that now I will make it until at least 35 weeks. I'm so scared. My mom has my 3 kids right now because my husband is working and he works 9am til 11pm and she's stressed out. I feel bad. He brought our 2 year old to the hospital this afternoon to see me and he's upset with mommy and wanted me to come home with him. I feel so horrible. I feel like I've been selfish now wanting to having this baby so badly and now this is happening. If something bad happens I'll never forgive myself   :(

[waitn838]

preterm labor is super scary....i had my daughter at 32 weeks last year....unfortunately my water broke early....i didnt go into labor immediately so they admitted me and put on the mag drip and let me tell you, i have never been so sick in my life....i was so in and out of it for that 24+ hours i begged my husband not to come see me in the conditioin i was....i just wanted to sleep it away, plus i couldnt eat....it was miserable....

the mag drip kept my contractions away for 3 days.....when my contractions started i was already 3cm and they decided not to stop it anymore....so i had my daughter.....she was in the nicu for 15 days and came home.....only issue i had was the suck,swallow, breathe reflux was not established so she would choke when feeding

i have to say the nicu is amazing.....it truly amazed me how far modern medicine has come...i watched a baby that was 25 weeks being saved by 6 doc and a bunch of nurses.....my heart sunk so bad because it felt like forever until they brought that baby back to stable, but that baby stablized and was doing better....

today my daughter is 11 months old and you would never know she was a premie....she is healthy and doing well

best of luck to you....i hope the pills continue to work and your contractions stay away.....it def sounds like your doc is optimisitc which is def comforting in this situation

[mami2karina]

So far so good. I've been stable without contractions or bleeding for almost 48 hours now. My OB is happy. He said he doesn't know what caused this but the meds are definitely helping and that's great. He said I'll most likely be released Monday morning but is leaving orders with the on call OB's that if I'm stable I and they're comfortable with it I can go home tomorrow or Sunday! Baby is looking great and no contractions what so ever! I am so happy for this. I've got a lot of hope now that I will make it quite a ways longer now. I have my next OB check and an ultrasound to check baby's growth and cervical length a week from Monday and my OB was fine with that. So I must be doing really great!

[mami2karina]

Thanks ladies. I just feel like my family thinks I'm selfish because I wanted to have another baby when I already have 3. But only 1 of them is mine and DH's and we really wanted another child that was ours. I was extremely devestated after we miscarried at Christmas and then was so overjoyed when I found out 5 weeks later we were expecting again. I've done everything from the very beginning to fight to keep this baby, I was on progesterone suppositories from the beginning and then started the shots at 16 weeks. The good thing is the fetal fibernetcin they did Tuesday night when I came in was negative so the doctor is reassured that I should be fine now. I'm just praying it's long enough to keep baby in until at least 35. I had my last at 35 weeks and he was perfect and went home with us. So I'm just praying for a healthy baby.

[alaysha]

Hey I'm so sorry you are going through this and I know how scary pre-term labor can be. I went into pre-term labor at 32 weeks my last pregnancy and dilated to 3 cm and was 85% effaced. I was put on strict bed rest and told that I couldn't even get up to take care of my two year old. It was the longest process of my life and I prayed every day just to get a little further. At 36 weeks I got taken off bed rest and despite doing everything I could to help send myself into labor it didn't happen. Ended up delivering the morning I turned 39 weeks. Try not to blame any of this on yourself. ALL expecing mothers are impatient to have their baby's safe in their arms. You shouldn't feel wrong for having wanted that and you shouldn't feel guilty about this situation now. I'm sure that everything will be OK and you'll deliver at term a beautiful, healthy baby!

[tanya0724]

I'm sorry this is happening. The same thing happened to me and I was in hospital for a week. They discharged me yesterday but I am still having some contractions. I was also on mag for 3 days until I got pneumonia & couldn't breathe and they had to stop it right away. I got the steroid shots and was on nifedipine too. Make sure they monitor your baby's heart as nifedipine tends to close the vein in baby's heart. They sent me home with procardia because they couldn't give me mag or nifedipine anymore. The risks of them were high for me. I had an appointment today and found out that my baby's abdomen is way too small and is under 5th percentile. I am so scared and don't know what to do anymore. They are going to do a repeat scan in 3 weeks and see if something changes.
Hope everything goes well for you..

[marisol_jose]

I'm sorry to hear what you're going thru . I pray everythinq qoes ok. And the safe delivery of your baby. I know right now is not a good time for baby to be deliverd so hopefull your little 1 stays in longer