jodellag
03-12-2003, 02:11 PM
I am new to this site, so I hope I am posting this question in the correct spot. Please feel free to direct me if not.
While pregnant with my first, Jack (now 2.8), I went into preterm labor at 30 weeks. I was hospitalized and stayed that way until he was born at 34 weeks. During my stay I received Mag Sulfate and 2 steroid injections. My bedrest was very strict and I received an occasional shower.
I am now pregnant again and am a couple days away from 30 weeks. My doctor put me on bedrest at 28 weeks. It is a lot different for me to be at home doing bed rest. I am thrilled not to be in the hospital. I would miss my son terribly. What is difficult is having to monitor myself and determine how strict my bed rest needs to be. My doctor has really not been specific. I do not fault him for this because I realize that this preterm labor thing is not an exact science. ANYWAY, I have been contracting more progressively the last couple of months of my pregnancy. Most of them are not painful. They are the tightening kind. They do not have any regular timing to them. I have them more at night, which my doctor says is "normal". I have not been going out of the house, limit my stairs as much as possible, take a shower each day, have inhouse childcare, and spend a lot of time in bed, although I am concerned that I am not spending ENOUGH time in bed. So, I guess this is my question...I am wondering what other women have done in regards to moving around the house/contractions. I get up usually to move from one room to the next. Typically, anytime I do this I may contract. Am I doing too much?
thanks and sorry for rambling-
Jodi
While pregnant with my first, Jack (now 2.8), I went into preterm labor at 30 weeks. I was hospitalized and stayed that way until he was born at 34 weeks. During my stay I received Mag Sulfate and 2 steroid injections. My bedrest was very strict and I received an occasional shower.
I am now pregnant again and am a couple days away from 30 weeks. My doctor put me on bedrest at 28 weeks. It is a lot different for me to be at home doing bed rest. I am thrilled not to be in the hospital. I would miss my son terribly. What is difficult is having to monitor myself and determine how strict my bed rest needs to be. My doctor has really not been specific. I do not fault him for this because I realize that this preterm labor thing is not an exact science. ANYWAY, I have been contracting more progressively the last couple of months of my pregnancy. Most of them are not painful. They are the tightening kind. They do not have any regular timing to them. I have them more at night, which my doctor says is "normal". I have not been going out of the house, limit my stairs as much as possible, take a shower each day, have inhouse childcare, and spend a lot of time in bed, although I am concerned that I am not spending ENOUGH time in bed. So, I guess this is my question...I am wondering what other women have done in regards to moving around the house/contractions. I get up usually to move from one room to the next. Typically, anytime I do this I may contract. Am I doing too much?
thanks and sorry for rambling-
Jodi