well I am back from the hospital for now. because i changed my pad right before i left and forgot to take my undies up they can't do much now. They monitored bub for a bit and she was doing well.. I am not really having contractions so thats a good sign too..
What confuses everyone is the pop.. i have never heard or felt anything like what happened this morning.
I have been told to monitor my fluids carefully over the next 24 hours and if it increases again to go straight up to hosp to be checked. They didn't do an internal so i guess thats a good sign.
My OB was in theatre so they are still waiting to hear back from him.. My poor DH he just got my message and rang me soo freaked out. I am feeling calm though and not stressing, i'm 5 minutes from the hosp if needed.
Thanks for all your prayers and thoughts. The hardest part now is still not knowing what it was and just having to wait and see if i get anymore gushes.
Good to hear there weren't ctx at the moment, bugger about not having the other pads We took in mine along with my trackies and towel - which were all sopping incase they didn't believe me, but by the time we got there they believed me straight away
Defintely rest up, keep you legs up higher and get lots of fluids, for if it was some of your waters they will help replenish the amniotic fluid.
I hope you hear from your OB soon, I assume they didn't do an internal as you weren't contracting and they couldn't be certain it was your waters and it is best not to go there because it can bring on labour if it was indeed your waters.
Rest up as much as you can, and it is great that you are so close to the hospital. too for your DH, mine was in disbelief when it happend to us, so I can picture his reaction.
Take is easy and will be thinking of you and hopefully a few more weeks of baking xxoo
This is what happened to me when I threatened PTL at 32 weeks, and that was *without* any suspicion that my waters were broken.
A speculum exam was done to check out my cervix, and to check for pooling of fluid. Had there been fluid, they would have done a swab to check if it was amniotic fluid.
There wasn't any fluid, but regardless, I was given two shots of dexamathasone to mature the baby's lungs just in case, I was given a drug (can't remember what it is called, starts with "n" and is a tocolytic, that is, it stops contractions) and given pain relief. I stayed in hospital for 24 hours while they made sure it was "just" an irritable uterus and baby wasn't making an early entrance. (He actually arrived a day after my due date.)
That was what should happen. That's what you should insist on happening. You aren't being a nuisance. The main thing to establish is that your cervix isn't opening yet (as a primip, it shouldn't be, different for us grand multis LOL) and that your membranes are intact, and that you are not having contractions that are a) regular and strong enough to make a difference to your cervix and b) distressing the baby. That's what you want to ask about: are these contractions and cramps indicating cervical change, and are my membranes intact? If they can assure you that these things are okay (and tell you how they know these things), then really you just need to rest, take some raspberry leaf tea and do what you need to feel comfortable. Then ask them for the threshhold of what you should be concerned about and when you should go to the hospital - how far apart for contractions, etc, fluid loss, that kind of thing. Then, when you experience those things, GO IN, regardless of how silly you feel. They aren't just there to deliver babies, they are there to support pregnant women.
(With one of my prior pregnancies, I had a hindwater leak at 36 weeks that healed up and that baby was born at 40+1 also.)
ToomanyToomany, I thought if you were at risk of Pre-term delivery you should avoid Raspberry Leaf Tea, because in its concentrated form it can result in uterine contractions, which is not advisable if you are already indicating signs of PTL. Definitely where there is not sign of PTL, it is highly recommended, and I support it's use, and can be safe in pregnancy in low doses to start with and slowly increasing. Someone can correct me if I am incorrect, I have been told to stay away from it But I have read conflicting information about it, with some saying it is ok and other saying it is not safe, but I am going to avoid it either way
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We took in mine along with my trackies and towel - which were all sopping incase they didn't believe me, but by the time we got there they believed me straight away
But I have read conflicting information about it, with some saying it is ok and other saying it is not safe, but I am going to avoid it either way
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