Holy contractions!!!
I had MANY contractions with Leah from about 20 weeks on. I ended up having fetal fibronectin tests every two weeks(all negative) and just concluding that I have a Irritable Uterus. Lovely sounding right! I made it to 40 weeks with Leah, she was born on her due date.
This time around I and my midwife have been much more relaxed about the contractions. They started a bit earlier(around 17 weeks) and have been stronger but nothing that I concerned myself with. Well about 5 days ago Kate flipped. She is head down and my irritable uterus is not liking it one bit! These damn contractions have been from 2-15 min. apart now and STRONG for 5 days. The good news, so far they are not productive at all. The bad news, my uterus feels like a big bruise. For now I am trying all the usual tricks, TONS of water, magnesium, sitting around doing nothing. No luck yet. I am not sure about taking any tocolytics unless really necessary, they just have so many side effects. I guess if this continues for the next 11 weeks my uterus will be so strong she will just launch out of there right? On the bright side, time flies with a two year old in the house!
