Gonna be long, sorry but thank you in advance.
When did labor begin for you?
I'm a ftm and today I went for a check up, I'm 37 weeks. The doctor said I am 1.5cm dilated, "call it 2" and 30% effaced. She said she felt 2 contractions in ten minutes (abdomen hardening) so she wanted to do a non stress test. I didn't feel the contractions, they didn't hurt. So as I was being monitored, the baby's heart dropped to 126 once in 15 mins. The doctor was very concerned and said she wanted to admit me, I declined, she asked if I had eaten and I told her no. She told me to go get some food and come back in 45 mins.
After I ate, she hooked me up again, this time the baby's heartbeat was fine, but the monitor picked up "very strong contractions" she thought I was in pain. I told her I didn't even know I was having contractions. Yet again she felt that the best move was to send me to the hospital as I am experiencing these contractions and 1.5 to 2 cm dilated and 30% effaced. I once again declined, because I was not in any pain and I'm only 1.5 dilated and people walk around like that for weeks and I wasn't in labor. She said it was "latent labor" and if I went to the hospital they would "augment" me and I could "have the baby as soon as tomorrow morning." I told her I'd just let it progress naturally and if I was in pain or started leaking fluids or bleeding I'd go to the er.
The thing is, she's going on vacation next week and I felt like she just wanted to deliver the baby before she left. In your opinion, should I have gone to the hospital and let them... how I feel... rush the labor?
When did labor begin for you?
I'm a ftm and today I went for a check up, I'm 37 weeks. The doctor said I am 1.5cm dilated, "call it 2" and 30% effaced. She said she felt 2 contractions in ten minutes (abdomen hardening) so she wanted to do a non stress test. I didn't feel the contractions, they didn't hurt. So as I was being monitored, the baby's heart dropped to 126 once in 15 mins. The doctor was very concerned and said she wanted to admit me, I declined, she asked if I had eaten and I told her no. She told me to go get some food and come back in 45 mins.
After I ate, she hooked me up again, this time the baby's heartbeat was fine, but the monitor picked up "very strong contractions" she thought I was in pain. I told her I didn't even know I was having contractions. Yet again she felt that the best move was to send me to the hospital as I am experiencing these contractions and 1.5 to 2 cm dilated and 30% effaced. I once again declined, because I was not in any pain and I'm only 1.5 dilated and people walk around like that for weeks and I wasn't in labor. She said it was "latent labor" and if I went to the hospital they would "augment" me and I could "have the baby as soon as tomorrow morning." I told her I'd just let it progress naturally and if I was in pain or started leaking fluids or bleeding I'd go to the er.
The thing is, she's going on vacation next week and I felt like she just wanted to deliver the baby before she left. In your opinion, should I have gone to the hospital and let them... how I feel... rush the labor?
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sweetsap
I'm going to the dr office to be monitored again. The thing that's really got me down is that she says if I go to the hospital, still having contractions they will medically intervene and make the labor progress even if the baby is not in distress, but I'm having contractions and 2.5-3 cm dilated
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iwannaplay
I would have went in that way baby could have been monitored more closely that’s what the hospital can do that your dr cant do in the office. That one dip in heart rate could have been a sign that baby isn’t doing as well as they could be. And just because you only know about the one dip doesn’t mean it was the only one
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kbbaybee16
I was a day shy of 35 weeks. And they weren’t gonna stop labor either. But the IV was started for the strep B meds cuz I didn’t have a chance to take the test yet
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beakymcspence
@sweetsap88, The only complication laying on your back would cause is to your own blood pressure. For baby to experience fetal distress related to your breathing you would need to have lowered oxygen levels, not just pressure due to breathing while laying on your back. Feeling like you can’t breath due to the weight of being on your back doesn’t actually mean your struggling to breath in a medical sense. You’d still be having proper oxygenation your just uncomfortable due to position. A dip in a baby’s heart rate never has to be consistent to be a concern, the concern is why it’s dipped. Keep an eye on your contractions if things progress and they become regular definitely head to the hospital 🙂
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glencoco
If it was just concern for the heart rate dip they would do a non stress test first. Otherwise, any intervention just because you’re having prelabor contractions would be illegal. They’re not allowed to intervene unless you’re 39 weeks or have a serious health condition. I’d say get another non stress test to check heart of baby, but decline any intervention otherwise.
ETA: I had real contractions with prodromal labor for WEEKS before giving birth. It wasn’t a reason to induce me.
ETA: I had real contractions with prodromal labor for WEEKS before giving birth. It wasn’t a reason to induce me.
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sweetsap
@beakymcspence and thanks for the contraction info :) I really appreciate that
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sweetsap
@beakymcspence I don't wanna seem like I keep making excuses, so forgive me if I come off that way. Now, the first monitoring I was flat on my back, laying flat makes it a little difficult to breathe for me, so the second monitoring I asked them to prop me up, so I was maybe at a 60 degree angle or more, my breathing was fine and the baby's heart beat was fine too, no drops. Would difficulty breathing, from your experience cause a dip? Also, keep in mind that the dip wasn't consistent, it was a drop and then it rose right back
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beakymcspence
@sweetsap88, I can honestly say in my experience I’ve never heard a doctor say any of my patients dips were due to not eating. That being said they may teach things differently where you are in regards to fetal distress. It would depend on how far you live from the hospital? Usually once they are coming at intervals of 8-15 minutes apart, water breaks, or bleeding.
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sweetsap
@glencoco I really do want to labor at home :( I'm 37 weeks, this app is off for some reason. Does 37 weeks make a difference? She is my delivering doctor, she would have intervened medically so baby would be here by tomorrow.
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sweetsap
@beakymcspence the doctor said the heart rate dipped low because I hadn't eaten. The second monitoring after eating at an hour later the heart rate was fine. I'm monitoring the contractions now and so far only 4 in the past hour, at different intervals. I'm going to continue to monitor them because the doctor thinks baby will be here by Friday. I'm feeling my stomach for tightness. How many in an hour or two should make me go to l&d?
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glencoco
I wouldn’t have went in. Even if you were contracting, they wouldn’t have done anything about it. You’re 36 weeks. Best to labor at home. You couldn’t be induced because you’re not 39 weeks and they wouldn’t stop it because you’re more than 35.
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beakymcspence
I work on the LD ward and many doctors will refuse you services here if you decline to follow their instructions. I see a few women that this happens to on a regular basis, and they are shifted to another doctor. That being said everyone has a right to decline, but you also must think what happens if something goes wrong. The reason your doctor likely wanted you to head to the hospital is you aren’t feeling your contractions and baby had a lowered heart rate, which could coincide with those contractions you don’t know your having. You could go home and continue to contract and have no idea that your babies heart rate could dip down again. My daughters heart rate dropped, and they sent me over to the hospital everything appeared fine and an hour later it dropped even lower. I would suggest following the suggestion but specifically request you don’t want the augmentation.
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