My 4 hour labor and delivery experience

This morning I woke up and had a little tiny bit of pink spotting. I called the doctor and because I wasn't having any other symptoms, they decided I didn't need to be seen. Well around 1pm, I started feeling a little crampy and thought that was strange so I decided to go in to be seen just to be safe. After having that protein in my urine on Tuesday, I thought I better not take any chances. So I went in and they took me to a room in labor and delivery. Lo and behold, I was having contractions. I was having them consistently and frequently. They weren't bad at all just annoying. They checked my urine, which was perfect, checked me for any vaginal infections, that was fine, and then checked my cervix which wasn't dilated. So apparently they think I'm fine and they sent me home. I'm still having contractions and they're still just annoying. It's like menstrual cramps but they're frequent. I am going to call the doctor first thing in the morning to let her know what happened (since this was at a different hospital than where I'm going to deliver at). I drank 4 glasses of water while I was there and it didn't change the contractions at all, so they aren't sure what's going on. I really don't know what to think. I'm 34 weeks and it's a little early for me to feel comfortable having the baby now. I think 2 more weeks and I'd be ok with it. The baby's heartbeat was always really steady and strong though so that was good. Anyway, I hope I can sleep and the contractions stop!

I hope that your Dr has some answers and you can keep on baking for at least a few more weeks!

Keep us posted.

Liz

PS - you can send your contractions my way if you want - I'll take em :)

Sending you my contractions ~~~~~~~~~~

Ooh, when I saw your post, I thought what's going on as you weren't due yet.  Glad you are still holding on even if for a bit. 

Sorry about the cramps.  Fret not, you are almost there .  I have some nerve though - I've never had a baby I'd ******vous wreck probably.

Good day,
Leila

I know, I just want to keep her in the oven a few more weeks! I am going to be getting the last few things done before the baby comes now though. I don't want to be caught not ready!

I went though the same thing with Matty, right around the same time as you! After about two days of the cramps my doc finally gave me Terbutalin (took two shots!) but they stopped and didn't come back for about three weeks!

Good luck and keep us posted.

They thought about giving me that but decided to wait and see if they went away on its own. I was able to sleep last night and so far this morning I haven't had any but I've only been awake for 45 minutes. Did you get any side effects from the Terbutalin shots?

The first shot made me feel like I wanted to crawl out of my skin, but that only lasted about 10 mins, then I just felt a little jittery (kind of like I had one to many cups of coffee, of the way diet pills used to make me feel LOL), that lasted about an hour. Then with the second shot I just had a quick rise in my pulse that lasted about two mins and then I felt totally fine. I spent the last 10 weeks of the trips pregnancy with a Terb pump in my leg, so I knew what to expect.

The first one always sucks, but your body gets used to it pretty quick.

Ive been having contractions too, with no change in my cervix. It is scary because u want to bake your baby as long as possible. I hope you get some answers, and keep us updated! Good luck.

I had been getting a lot of BH contractions but they didn't hurt. Yesterday it was different and that's why I went in. They said they don't like to see contractions like that this early even though it wasn't dialating me. I guess it's a good thing our contractions are dialating us!