Hey everyone, this is my first post on here. Been trying to search the internet for answers but have not come across anything decent, so I thought I would ask opinions.

Over the weekend I went into PreTerm Labour. I'm 34 weeks 5 days.

Basically what happened was I went into hospital, contractions 3 minutes apart, 3-4cm dilated, membranes intact. I was hooked up to continuous monitoring and a drip of antibiotics. I had wonderful plans of drug free natural labour, minimal intervention and freedom to be in any position I pleased. But all this was thrown out the window when the midwife told me I was not allowed to do those things. I was devastated for a few reasons. First the obvious, that I couldn't do it the way I wanted to; second, that I had not informed myself properly about Preterm birth; thirdly, it seemed that squeezing any sort of information that I could use to make an informed choice out of any doctor or midwife seemed impossible. Praise God that the contractions stopped, and now I have an opportunity to inform myself properly in case it does happen again.

Now, I am incredibly healthy. All tests showed I was fine, no infections. Also no problems with baby, she is completely average size, right amount of amniotic fluid, etc etc.

My question is, in a hospital setting, do I have the right if I am pre-term to demand the labour experience that I want? Is it too risky if I am not hooked up to continuous monitoring? Do I have to take antibiotics "just in case"? Keep in mind, this is later pre-term. I would not consider this labour experience pre 34 weeks.

Thank you for your feedback :-)