What to do when you have contractions but it's too early?

Brittany - posted on 11/27/2009

drink lots of water and change your type of activity...if your sitting walk, if your walking sit and limit sex if possible

Joanne - posted on 11/25/2009

i agree with everyone my ob was rude n said that i wasnt but when my husband took me into the hospital they put me on the machine n they could see i was havin contractions i was 33weeks then and i had her 2days later

Vanessa - posted on 11/23/2009

another doctor, or hospital maybe. i had that problem with my daughter. Too many contractions, painful ones. It turned out that the machine wasnt picking up my contractions cause it was broken, and my husband took me to another hospital instead. they wouldnt even check me! by the time we got to the other hospital, i was almost dialated to a ten! Your friend should look into another doctor, maybe an obgyn who will listen to her, instead of pushing her away since that can be very dangerous for the baby. I wish you both the very best of luck!

Lynda - posted on 11/17/2009

first thing tell your friend not to stress out. stress can aid in inducing labour. I agree with most with go to another dr or hospital if possible.



32 weeks into my first pregnancy I experienced some pain and had a show of blood, I was sent home with panadol for the pain and medication for a suspected infection.



I had antenatal the next day and the doctor also thought I was experiencing braxtons as I was not dilated and had an infection however he did request to see me at the end of the week to ensure the braxtons were not going to put me into labour. The pain continued to increase throughout the day.



Later that night I thought I was severely constipated and figured this was the reason behind the pain until I started screaming in pain. I was taken to the hospital for pain relief and was told I was dilated and in labour. The doctor was called in (country hospital) and began with steps to stop my labour and prepare me for transport to another hospital.



I was lucky that I went to the hospital otherwise I would have lost my daughter.



For yourself and your friend if there is pain go to the hospital to be checked out just in case especially for your first when you don't know what is going on.



My last pregnancy (4th) was the only one where my waters broke prior to labour.

Jennifer - posted on 11/11/2009

I agree, tell her to go to the ER of another hospital where different docs and OBs will check her out. Some women experience painful braxton hicks contractions. I know I did with my son, I thought I was definatley in labor, at one point they were pretty painful. But I wasn't and with him made it until the end of my 36th week.

Kristie - posted on 11/10/2009

The good news is, after she completes 37 weeks she is considered full term, assuming her date is accurate. She really should have been seeing an actual OB, in my opinion, but you can't change that. If she is unhappy with her doctor or the hospital then she should go to a different one. I do agree with the other's though - they wouldn't send her home if she was in actual labor, and if she was, she would have had the baby by now considering she has been dealing with this for a while. Everyone feels pain differently. In the meantime, since she is so far along, she should be checked regularly because she really could go into labor at anytime. That being said, anyone experiencing anything that may not feel right, no matter how far into the pregnancy you are, should get checked. Anything can happen at any time and without warning. My water broke at 22 weeks out of no where and I wasn't what one would consider to be high risk.

Chelle - posted on 11/09/2009

Yeah I agree that they wouldn't send her home if they were actual contractions. And maybe she should see an ob. But she does only have a couple more weeks to go.

Brandy - posted on 11/09/2009

Are you sure they aren't Braxton Hicks? They wouldn't send her home if she was actually in labor and possibly about to have a baby. It's only a few more weeks. I say wait. Induction sucks. Trust me. I had to do it and didn't have a choice and if given a choice, will never do it again.

Allison - posted on 11/09/2009

go to the er of another hospital and they will help