Preterm

so yesterday I went in for my 32 week OB appointment and when they were checking babies heart, they noticed it was higher than usual and was having late decelerations so I was sent in to be monitored. After four hours of monitoring they told me I was fine to go home. I woke up last night having contractions and decided to come get checked out when they checked me out yesterday, my cervix was closed and thick… this morning when I got here I was dilated to a one and my cervix was thin since then I’ve been admitted and given steroids to help babies lungs develop if she does decide to come and also been given medication’s to try and stop or slow the contractions. They seem to be working, but I still don’t know. They told me I would be here at least the next two days wondering if anyone has dealt with this if they had success in delaying labor or if they had their baby prematurely

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I quite literally just went through all of that last week 🤣 lost my cervical plug too 1 cm dialated with contractions. But they noticed my contractions weren’t getting stronger or closer together and so they sent me home . I was also monitored for like forever and they did a full ultrasound to check her fluid levels and breathing etc , ive still been carrying her this week , lots of pelvic pressure and the contractions are bearable but uncomfortable.

My midwife didn’t want to do any interventions though .

Aww im sorry youre going through this, especially with it being your first pregnancy. Hopefully they will be able to stop the labor and eventually send you home. I feel like its 50/50. Sometimes I just look on youtube to see any vlog stories 🤣.

I totally understand that, it truely depends on what direction things go are you still admitted ?

yes, admitted this morning and they said i’ll be here until at least saturday morning

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