Are you still having pains now or is your qu more about "what if" than "what to do NOW"??

We live 1.5 hours from the big hospt that my DS needed to be born in due to congeniatal heart diseases. Found that out at 20 weeks. Then at 24 weeks labor started. I rang our big hopst to be advised to go to the nearest hospt with a NICU which was only 50 min away. Went there and was told I was in labor and to head up to the bigger hospt. They stopped my labor and bubs came at 36 weeks.

Best thing to do is call the big hospt and ask for advice - NOW if you are still having pains/tightenings/discharge etc.

If you are ok tonight and things have settled down, call your care provider in the morning and disscus the emerg plan for if things dont go as you want them. Then you will know exactly what to do if it happens. I have an agreed plan with my OB for this bub as I might go early labor again and I have had painful tightenings this week. I feel far more relaxed just knowing there is a plan.

Just remember; you can be transferred while in labor (I was and my contrax were one minute apart - ouch!) and; they can often stop labor and keep you on drugs to hold it off. I was on drugs from 24 wks until I delivered at 36 wks!

Good luck!