DD1 tried at 34 weeks. I decided to stop working and driving until she was out. Cheeky little thing stayed in till 41+2!! We did the Neonates tour, the steroids, the nifedipine and plenty of monitoring.
Rest up as much as possible, get someone to spend the day with you while DH is at work, so the kids have someone else to go to.
Hang in there. I have no words of wisdom, just offering my support. Little Man, you hang in there... Mumma is not quite ready to have you earthside yet...
I am glad that they have stopped the labour for now, I have PM'd you as well.
Unfortunately for me I had had a PPROM and by the time we got to hossy I was 8cm a so there was not stopping labour for me and we didn't get the steroids or anything else. I was planning to cut back to 3 days a week that week, so I didn't get a chance to rest up. But I was lucky it was just the two of us!
I also have a 50/50 chance of a Prem with 33% chance it will be between 31 and 35 weeks, so we are planning on a 30 week pregnancy with the hope we defeat the odds and go FT !!
Is there anyone else who can help you out at home other that just DH, just to take the pressure off? Because the more you rest the longer bubs will stay put, and it is a lot easier resting now than have to go back and forth into SCN/NICU a few times a day. Take it easy.. as much as you can.. as every day is a bonus!!
Thank you everyone for the lovely support! It literally brought a tear to my eye to log on this morning and see all these messages. I don't have much in the way of family, and not a single person from our parish has rung to see how things are going so I was feeling a bit sorry for myself last night.
Rommy'sMommy, what an ordeal you had! I've had threatened preterm labour with four of my other five pregnancies but there's never been any cervical changes before this one. I have an extremely irritable uterus (matches the rest of me LOL). I've never gone early, though. Always at term, or over!
Tobily I had a similar experience as your friend with my last dd - thirty weeks was contracting regularly, had all the shots and everything, and then by 33 weeks it had all calmed down and I was induced at term.
Inertia I'm meeting my boss on Weds to discuss how I can work from home as much as possible. With the kids off at school all day and me having to stay off my feet, I know I'll go insane, and there's only so much time I can spend on Bellybelly I have some projects to finish for work that can be done remotely. My urgent need this week is to get my stuff ready for handover for my replacement, who we are just about to appoint. I am so fortunate that I have enough sick leave to pretty much cover any time off I want before I start maternity leave.
Anna, how did you find the Nefidipine treated you? I've had Ventolin in the past and I thought it was vile - but that stuff - I couldn't stand up without feeling like I was going to pass out because of the headache it gave me. The steroids are stuffing me around a bit too - I've got the big chipmunk cheeks. Mind you it's cleared up my heat rash nicely I'm not on any medication now, thank goodness.
Beema - thank you for your pm. Do they know what triggered your early delivery? I hope that things go very straightforwardly with this one
I'm in a much better frame of mind today. My eldest dd who has left home has offered to come and keep me company during the week when I want it (she's unemployed atm) and will cook the odd meal for us. I'm thinking of paying her to clean the house - and that will help her out financially too! If I can keep working from home, that will make me happy, and that time in hospital with the little babies all around me has moved me further down the track towards looking forward to this little one making his grand entrance.
The nefidepene was horrible. I hated every second of it. Gave me the worst headaches and nausea. I also had quite a few morphine shots while in hospital to help relax my muscles so it was pretty full on and awful. Just my enourmous fear of a premmie (I would have had to be shipped off to Melb which was 3hrs away at the time and completely inconvenient) kept me on the stuff til 36wks when my OB was happy for labour to occur.
ETA - thinking about the horror of my last pregnancy I cant believe I went back one more time Funnily enough this time round Ive had no pre-term labour issues up until the last 2 weeks but even those contractions have been minimal and in bursts. I have no idea if Im dialated or not (prob am). He's safe to come from now so Im betting he goes to term or beyond. Amazing how different pregnancies can be.
Anna, it's interesting you had the same reaction to the drug. When I developed a terrible headache after the drug they all looked really puzzled and said, "Do you think you're a bit tense?" Uh, just a bit, LOL. Nobody warned me there'd be side effects, in fact it was "sold" to me as much kinder than the ventolin.
Snacks - thank you. And yes, "irritable uterus" is one of those phrases that makes me cringe.
I'm only getting contractions when I walk around today. Yay!
Sorry to hear of all this, tmtm! I am glad you are feeling better about things today, anyway.
Just wanted to pop in and wish you all the best for these last weeks - I am glad your DD is able to help you out.
Take care, and I pray that this little guy stays put a bit longer.
PS, don't you just *hate* the term, 'irritable uterus'? But LOL @ your comment, 'matches the rest of me'
TMTM and AnnaT, I was on the nefidepene three times a day from 24 wks to delivery at 36wks. Hated it for the horrid headaches but loved that it worked for me. I didnt deliver due to pre-term labour - bubs was just too sick to stay in anymore and was loosing weight due to reversal of flow along the umbilical cord. I think if he had be otherwise healthy we would have been able to go closer to due date.
Glad to hear pregnancy's can be so different to each other! That would suit me down to the ground to have an easier time this time...
TMTM great idea about DD1 moving in - pay her whatever it takes to get the housework done! It would be worth it in the end.
Working from home sounds good - my OB wouldnt even allow me to do that, or go for a walk, or drive the car by myself (not easy when you have weekly OB and scan appointments!).
How are you going to be monitored? Do you need to go in to your hospt/OB often?
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Hang in there. I have no words of wisdom, just offering my support. Little Man, you hang in there... Mumma is not quite ready to have you earthside yet...
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xxoo
Funnily enough this time round Ive had no pre-term labour issues up until the last 2 weeks but even those contractions have been minimal and in bursts. I have no idea if Im dialated or not (prob am). He's safe to come from now so Im betting he goes to term or beyond. Amazing how different pregnancies can be.
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