Home from Labor and Delivery - kind of long
I was at work last night and started having bad abdominal cramps around midnight. Then I had accompanying back pain. I ended up driving myself home around 4am. I drank water, I took Tylenol, I laid on my left side - everything...Nothing seemed to work. I was able to get about 2 hours of sleep, but did not feel any better when I woke up. I called the doctors office around 2pm and told them I could feel I was having BH, but they didn't seem to coordinate with the abdominal pain/cramping. Because I wasn't getting relief and I am only 33 weeks, they told me to come in and get checked out. They hooked me up and I was having regular contractions so they gave me a shot of Terbutaline. The cramps, contractions, and back pain went away almost instantly. It felt so nice to relax! They checked me and I am not dilated, but 50% effaced and said that the head was really low. They did a fetal fibronectin test and it was negative. They dc'd me on Terbutaline tablets prn to take for contractions and I have to be on bedrest until my appointment on Tuesday. I 'm a FTM and I am just worried this little guy might come too early. Does anyone have any words of wisdom? Is it likely that I could still go full term? Any advice is welcomed. Thanks for reading!
I am not sure what FTM means can you please tell me.
Well I am not sure that my experience will ease your mind but I had a son at exactly 34 weeks and granted it was traumatic for me he was just fine. I went into labor for no apparent reason and he was just born. He stayed in the hospital for 5 days to treat for jaundice. It is my understanding that babies that far along do very well and tend to not have breathing problems. Now I know that your baby is just about 33 weeks according to your ticker, but as you will see from what I attached you should make it to 34 weeks. After my preemie I did a lot of research and a negative fFn is good news.
What do fFN test results mean?
Most women with symptoms of preterm labor go on to deliver at term, even without treatment (2). The fFN test can help predict which symptomatic women have a reduced risk of premature labor and delivery. Fewer than 5 percent of women with symptoms of preterm labor who have a negative fFN test result deliver within the next 2 weeks (1). Identifying symptomatic women who have a reduced risk of premature delivery is the most valuable use of this test because these women often can avoid unnecessary medical interventions, such as bedrest, prenatal corticosteroids, hospitalization and labor-suppressing (tocolytic) medications (1,3).
At this point I would say that you probably have a very good chance to deliver full term or at least not for a few weeks. I do think you may find yourself on some more bedrest so I hope if that is the case you are able to do so easily. I wish you the best of luck!
Well I am not sure that my experience will ease your mind but I had a son at exactly 34 weeks and granted it was traumatic for me he was just fine. I went into labor for no apparent reason and he was just born. He stayed in the hospital for 5 days to treat for jaundice. It is my understanding that babies that far along do very well and tend to not have breathing problems. Now I know that your baby is just about 33 weeks according to your ticker, but as you will see from what I attached you should make it to 34 weeks. After my preemie I did a lot of research and a negative fFn is good news.
What do fFN test results mean?
Most women with symptoms of preterm labor go on to deliver at term, even without treatment (2). The fFN test can help predict which symptomatic women have a reduced risk of premature labor and delivery. Fewer than 5 percent of women with symptoms of preterm labor who have a negative fFN test result deliver within the next 2 weeks (1). Identifying symptomatic women who have a reduced risk of premature delivery is the most valuable use of this test because these women often can avoid unnecessary medical interventions, such as bedrest, prenatal corticosteroids, hospitalization and labor-suppressing (tocolytic) medications (1,3).
At this point I would say that you probably have a very good chance to deliver full term or at least not for a few weeks. I do think you may find yourself on some more bedrest so I hope if that is the case you are able to do so easily. I wish you the best of luck!
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