BH, Preterm Labor, or Nothing at All???

Call and go get checked. My labor was just like that in the beginning and I put off calling the doctor. By the time I thought something was going on and got to the hospital I was 8cm! And I had a preemie who had to spend 3 weeks in the NICU. Go and get checked if it's nothing then it will put your mind at ease. Good luck

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S.,
call the doctor, you are better of being checked rather than waiting it out and assuming it is nothing. You could get checked today and then maybe they'll follow up with you on Monday. Don't wait, you need to know and make sure that everything is okay. The way I look at it, you have nothing to lose by going in today.
Please keep us posted.
Blessings

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I had an really irritable uterus with my first..was on bedrest for 8weeks with him due to contractions and cramping. With my second right around 34 weeks it was the same thing but as soon as I lied down and drank 2 full glasses of water they subsided....My OB said with my second pregnancy it wasn't up to me to decided whether they were BH, contractions or nothing at all. It's their job to make that determination...

I waited 3.5 days with my first before I went in, my OB at the time was soooo upset with me...b/c it was preterm labor. I wouldn't risk it at all....if resting and H20 isn't helping a call or visit to the Dr. is well worth it :) congrats on the new baby!!

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I would call them. Make sure you are well hydrated and lay down....see if they stop. I had these types of cramps with my daughter and they said I was dehydrated which can make the uterus contract. Best of luck.

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Sounds like BH but I would call the doctor just in case. They may want to see you. If they stop and come back every few hours, that is why I think it's BH. Drink lots of water, lay down as much as possible and try to rest!

I had BH about two weeks before my daughter was born (born at 39 weeks).

With my son, I had nothing and he was born at 37 weeks.

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Hi S.,

Congratulations on getting to 33 weeks. That is wonderful, considering you are being "monitored" for pre-term labor. You just need 4 more weeks - so think of it like that - 4 more weeks.

Bed rest is your best friend right now. Laying on your left side, drinking as much water as the doctor recommends, and peeing often. The uterus is a smooth muscle tissue and if it becomes dehydrated, will contract. The bladder becoming full will push against the uterus, and again, make it contract. So drink and pee, drink and pee! It is amazing how a little contracting can act like a pebble rolling down a hill - at some point it won't stop and the baby will come. That's why it's important to stop the contracting at an early point. Bed rest and fluids and voiding are the best things you can do.

Get some help in the house for the next few weeks - don't feel bad asking "will you do this?" of your friends. They will appreciate specifics, to be honest.

If you make it the next 3 weeks, just one more week above that is considered full-term. Just relax and lay down. Going to the doctor can give you a sense of comfort, it you are worried about the contractions being real or Braxton Hicks.

I spent my time in bed from 24 weeks on until 37 weeks with my first child, so that's how I know what it means to have complete bed rest. And before I left the hospital to go home to lay down, they took me into the NICU so that I could "see what I was fighting for". Little tiny babies who were bigger than my own - tough to see. It is so much better for you being at 33 weeks, but the help you will give your baby's lungs and ability to be developed enough to go home with you and more easily assimilate into a world outside your womb will be immense if you can make it to 37. Good luck, and good rest!

D.

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