Hi, I have just had the unpleasant experience of going into threatened premature labour at 29 wks. I managed to pick up a gastro bug and spent all sunday night throwing up and with the runs too. Felt awful, but baby moving around constantly and stomach and chest sore from all the heaving. I couldn't even keep water down for about 11 hrs. I've been having lots of BH's for a lot of weeks now, with occasional more severe ones if I overdo the physical activity (even walk around the block), but Monday they were really present. My husband popped home from work at lunchtime to see how I was, and I told him about the increased BH's. We then actually timed them, and to my shock they were 5 min apart, regular and lasting 1 min. Oh well, I thought, time to pop down the hospital to get monitored like they said, nothing to worry about, just got to get over this gastro. Well down we go, monitor on, and oops, I'm having them every 2 min but only feeling about every third one. I think 'just give me something to settle the gastro and I'll be fine' - but no - a trip by ambulance to the next hospital up the line!!!! A shot of steroids 'just in case for baby's lungs' and something to reduce the contractions and off I go, quite anxious and thinking 'holy moly, I thought a little monitoring would do'.

Anyway, still contracting when we arrived, but thank goodness my cervix was closed, waters intact and FFN test negative - all good. So they give me some stemetil for the vomiting, more nifedipine, and fluids - and everything eventually starts to calm down. Phew! Talk about worrying though! I really didn't think anything would happen until they talked about ambulances and helicopters etc, then I got worried. Home now after a night in hospital, to have the week off work and for an OBS checkup next week. Stay on the medication too to keep things settled. Boy, I'm glad that's over. Much as I'm keen to meet baby, this is way too early, I'm happy to go all the way to the c section date rather than go through that again.

Anyone else experienced something like this? Did it come back? Did you deliver early? What did you have to do to keep it controlled?