Preterm Labour

[NaeNae]

Thanks so much for your replies ladies.

I was just wondering about other people who just went into labour for no reason, no diagnosis' as to why, absolutely nothing found to be wrong with either baby or myself. I have had a few tests done during this pregnancy and everything comes back normal so I have no explanation as to why I went into labour early last time which also resulted in my girl Nikita being born early.

I am just approaching ( a week off) when I had problems last time so I guess in someways I a looking for women who have just gone to labour for no reason whatsoever but the next pregnancy goes on ok I s'pose a reassurance on some part but also to see if "one of those things" just happens for no reason with anyone else .... not sure how clear that is its 4.45am.

I am trying to stop my brain from going into over drive but I think because I have no reasons why what happened last time happened I am feeling restless about it

I am going to try to get into a Dr in the morning (suspect I have a UTI) to get checked out I guess I am starting to be a little paranoid.

Thanks again for all your responses I hope my early morning thoughts are a bit clearer than they were yesterday

[Rommy'sMummy]

I was up at 4am this morning worrying about this pg too!

I have just past the mark where things went wrong with the last pg. Pre-term labor started for us at 24 weeks and I am now 28 with this one. Last time IUGR was picked up at 30 weeks so we have already started measuring that with this one.

All looks good so far but seems I might be developing gestational diabetes and pre-eclamsia. Cant be an easy pregnancy can it? That would just be odd!

I was very stressed leading up to 24 weeks. I am still pretty tense about this pg as at anytime it could all just happen again. I dont think we can be expected to be anything other than anxious and on hyper alert. You will be noticing more changes and twinges in your body than other pg women. I know I am very tuned in to this baby and this pg and am every watchful for any little sign of things going wrong. Gee I wonder if that is why my BP is up??

I am just trying to seek out things that are good for my body and that I find relaxing. I have stopped work (sort of) and am trying to concentrate on giving this baby a smooth ride. Not easy but it helps to focus on what I can do.

I hope you get a better nights sleep tonight (hope I do too I'm knackered).

Rach

[Janie]

Hun, my DS was born at 35 weeks, so early, but not terribly so.........would you still like me to share?

[NaeNae]

Rach , for some of us an easy pregnancy is like finding the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow

[NaeNae]

Janie, I would love for you to share your story if you want too, it would be great to hear about anyone who has been in a similar position to me.

[Janie]

Nae, I know my story is not the same as yours, but I did go into preterm labour for no real reason.

My waters broke at 35 weeks, and labour started straight away. At the time I thought I had no prior warning, but in hindsight I could see that I'd been in prelabour all day, and possibly in the week leading up to it. DS was engaged from very early on (before 30 weeks) and I had been having BHs from 22 weeks, which really ramped up from about 30 weeks. We were also a little concerned about IUGR, so I was having weekly scans and foetal monitoring from 32 weeks (although it turned out that my placenta was absolutely fine, but DS was very skinny, and didn't grow well for the first 12 weeks of his life).

Being that I was 35 weeks, there was no big fuss about it, there was a paed present for the birth, but everyone assured me that my baby would be fine, so I wasn't too concerned. My Ob said that we will likely never know why I just went into labour, or rather why my waters broke early, but I did have a broken foot at the time which may have contributed. Sorry, not that the foot contributed, but being on crutches LOL! And apparently I have a increased risk of it happening again, but we'll worry about that when I actually have a successful pregnancy.

I HTHs in some way Nae xoxo

[kristi14]

Its always stressful when you come up to and into the same gestation where things were not so good.

Be kind to yourself and talk to your medical caregivers openly and honestly to try and help relieve a bit of the anxiety.

If you need to be reassured several times, then thats ok. I found my caregivers understood and were very helpful.

Thinking of you

[Tess]

NaeNae - my first baby was born at 24wks follwoing contractions and waters breaking. He was too young to survive the labour and was stillborn. There was no explanation as to why I started to labour, no cervix issues, no infection, no placental problems etc etc. A complete unknown.

My second pregnancy was monitored from 18wks to 27wks with no abnormal complications or anything, my beautiful daughter was born at 37wks following a normal spontaneous labour.

I am now pregnant again and equally as terrified that my first pregnancy will be repeated. Even though I have a beautiful healthy little 18mth old I still remember the trauma and consequent distress of my first pregnancy.

All I can say is a healthy baby is not impossible - many people have unexplained losses and go on to have normal pregnancies. Hopefully your GP/Ob will be keeping a close eye on you this time around which is definitely good for the stress-levels.

Good luck honey, I hope this helped, Tess.

[AJC]

NaeNae - sorry I don't have any advice but I just wanted to send a big cyber hug! I can understand why you are nervous. Sending lots of positive and full term vibes your way.