https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 22 May 2026 20:58:33 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritable-uterus-1#post-1484642 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 16:43:40 +0000 hellobeeboston 1484642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: yes, it is really tough to be on bed rest for that long!! Try to plan as many activities as you can! My sister made a lot of blankets (knitting) listed to and read various books, lots of Netflix, lots of online shopping, and she was able to do about an hour of work a day (she's a psychologist)... It will go faster than you think! She also was SO ready to be done obviously, we all felt for her that she ended up overdue! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritable-uterus-1#post-1484630 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 16:34:33 +0000 spaniellove 1484630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: It would be nice not to do this for that long but if I had to that does sound like a good timeline! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritable-uterus-1#post-1484629 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 16:32:52 +0000 spaniellove 1484629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow...seriously, my MIL's comments. The other day she said something about how bed rest sounded so relaxing. Today she said she could really use bed rest. I finally snapped and responded. Who wants to be in this situation?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritable-uterus-1#post-1484626 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 16:30:41 +0000 hellobeeboston 1484626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: my sister had this!! She was on bed rest for quite a while, and had to stop working, but sometimes even sitting up was bothersome. She did have a lot of contractions too.... After all of that she didn't go into labor until the day after her due date!! So hopefully the same will go for you - she took it very easy then started to do more at 36/37 weeks,.. She started her bed rest at 28 weeks I think? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritable-uterus-1#post-1484614 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 16:22:50 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1484614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: Sounds like a good plan! June will be here before you know it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritable-uterus-1#post-1484138 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 13:29:50 +0000 spaniellove 1484138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lilyann: Thanks :happy: I just wanna make it to June! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritable-uterus-1#post-1483931 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 12:34:44 +0000 lilyann 1483931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: I'm so sorry you are having to deal with this! Take care of yourself fellow June momma! :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritable-uterus-1#post-1483881 Mon, 10 Mar 2014 12:19:32 +0000 spaniellove 1483881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Saw the OB this morning and he put me on modified bed rest and is going to do the FFN every 2 weeks until it isn't useful anymore. I'm starting to get a sense for how long I can be up and what I can get done in that time, so I'm learning to be a lot more efficient - and tidy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritable-uterus-1#post-1482250 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 20:29:13 +0000 littlek 1482250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: definitely call your OB. Thinking of you!!! ❤️❤️ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritable-uterus-1#post-1481877 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 16:21:29 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1481877@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No experience - but I'm thinking of you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritable-uterus-1#post-1481862 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 16:08:44 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1481862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: I think it's hard to accept when your pregnancy just won't be like everyone else's. I had a friend who ran 6 miles the day she have birth, so I thought I should at least be able to go on walks during the second tri. But it didn't feel right. You have to do what you feel is right for you and your baby; let go of your expectations and don't let anyone pressure you to do something most people can do (even if the pressure really comes from you). If a doctor's orders will help you to do that, get them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritable-uterus-1#post-1481836 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 15:51:48 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1481836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: call. I agree with @Mrs Green Grass: you should be overly cautious and call when concerned. </p> <p>Thinking of you!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritable-uterus-1#post-1481826 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 15:43:51 +0000 spaniellove 1481826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I have to tell my OB when I talk to him (tomorrow?) that I just can't walk around or go out. I tried to suck it up and go to a family function and was already in tons of pain by the time I got in the shower and now I'm in tears because it won't go away. It used to go away if I sat down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritable-uterus-1#post-1480743 Sat, 08 Mar 2014 16:39:35 +0000 SeptMomma12 1480743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a very similar experience to @mamamoose and @pepper. My contractions started at 20 weeks and I was eventually put on bed rest and procardia at 28 weeks. I also did the FFN tests and had ultrasounds to measure my cervix every 2 weeks - all negative, cervix stayed long and closed. The constant contractions (monitor picked them up every 2-3 minutes at 28 weeks) were brutal, but luckily they were totally nonproductive. My doctor expected me to go into labor within hours when they took me off bed rest at 36 weeks, but the contractions basically stopped at that point and LO didn't decide to make an entrance til 39+4 weeks. </p> <p>I actually just asked the doctor recently what they will do if the same thing happens with #2 and he said that it probably will:( But he also said they would probably skip bed rest this time and just make me take it easy (no commuting, etc.) since the experience with #1 indicates it was just an irritable uterus, not pre-term labor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritable-uterus-1#post-1480657 Sat, 08 Mar 2014 15:55:58 +0000 littlek 1480657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: take it easy! Stop lifting heavy items. I know it can be annoying waiting for your husband keep that baby in! I overdid it when I was pregnant with LO and my water broke at 34 weeks. Preterm labor is no joke. Please take of easy. Thinking of you!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritable-uterus-1#post-1480639 Sat, 08 Mar 2014 15:48:50 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1480639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: I feel like I heard that ffn wasn't as accurate early in ye pregnancy. When I went in with contractions at 23w, no dilation, they didn't do it. I might have had irritable uterus, it's hard to tell. My advice is just to be extremely conservative about everything. Don't feel awkward calling every day or going in very frequently. Meds to stop labor are very effective and every day is super impt! Hopefully you'll be like many of the ladies above and have a nice long rest of your pregnancy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritable-uterus-1#post-1480007 Sat, 08 Mar 2014 08:28:57 +0000 spaniellove 1480007@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: They gave me an IV but I don't think I was dehydrated; I was already drinking giant bottles of water! I think it's activity that triggers it for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritable-uterus-1#post-1480002 Sat, 08 Mar 2014 08:25:15 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1480002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: no. I would have to look at my private blog to get all the details...</p> <p>I was 1cm dilated at 23 weeks. Since FFN was negative our goal was to get to 28 (??) weeks then reassess. Contractions started up again at 27 but FFN was negative. I was told they wouldn't stop them if I got to 32 &amp; I'd get steroid shots for her lungs. </p> <p>Thankfully it never happened but that was our game plan.</p> <p>I did notice that dehydration triggered my contractions. I had to get fluids the first time I went in! I drank a gallon of water a day which helped but of course I did go back in a fewpre times! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritable-uterus-1#post-1479998 Sat, 08 Mar 2014 08:20:17 +0000 spaniellove 1479998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: Oh okay, so your OB didn't put you on a schedule? My OB seems to be on the aggressive side medically so I was wondering if he might. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritable-uterus-1#post-1479990 Sat, 08 Mar 2014 08:13:16 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1479990@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: I had a FFN test every time I went into triage for labor. At the top of my head, it was 23 weeks, 27, and 32. </p> <p>At 35 weeks they didn't. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritable-uterus-1#post-1479987 Sat, 08 Mar 2014 08:10:59 +0000 spaniellove 1479987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Those of you who've experienced this...did they repeat your fetal fibronectin test? Or just do it the first time and leave it at that? </p> <p>I guess this is my body's way of letting me know when to stop pushing myself! I've been lifting 25-40 lb boxes because I get so impatient waiting for DH to do everything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritable-uterus-1#post-1479550 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 20:03:41 +0000 StbHisMrs 1479550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's what I had with my last 2 pregnancies, it was the worst with #2. I actually had to go in around 27 weeks and be on a magnesium sulfate drip, and I got a steroid shot to help develop her lungs. Those contractions did make me progress but they stopped it, then I was in and out of l&amp;d about 4 more times, I could time them and they gained in intensity every time. After that I was on bedrest until I hit 35 weeks, to which it was revised to pelvic rest until I was induced the day after my due date. </p> <p>Don't be scared to call, I was instructed to call if they lasted through changing positions, taking a bath and drinking water (they always did), they will just monitor to make sure all is well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritable-uterus-1#post-1479291 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 17:35:06 +0000 LovelyPlum 1479291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't, but if this is the case, then I am glad to hear that you went in! Take it easy, lady, and STAY PUT, LO!! Time to give Mama some rest! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritable-uterus-1#post-1479238 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 17:02:58 +0000 artsyfartsy 1479238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did!!! But it started at 34 weeks. I was already off work so my OB told me to take it easy (not necessarily bed rest) until I was 36 weeks. Resting didn't stop my contractions though. They happened all the way up to my induction at 40 weeks. When they hooked me up to the monitor that morning of my induction the nurse got excited that I was already contracting. I said yeah only constantly for 6 weeks now and I only ever progressed to a 1 on my own. So it ended up not being a problem for me or LO. Just annoying.</p> <p>I was in the hospital 4 times total. I had an intense stomach ache (still don't know what that was but I was sobbing in pain) that made it much worse and actually is when I dilated to a 1 before it all stopped after the stomach ache passed and I rested. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritable-uterus-1#post-1479174 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 16:38:36 +0000 spaniellove 1479174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: I don't think I'm feeling all of them either! There was one that they asked me about and I said I thought that was just the baby moving, and they explained that he will move when he's being squeezed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritable-uterus-1#post-1479168 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 16:35:26 +0000 MamaMoose 1479168@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: I actually could never feel mine! I just had bleeding incidents and then at 26 weeks they hooked me up to a monitor and found out I was contracting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritable-uterus-1#post-1479160 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 16:32:22 +0000 spaniellove 1479160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: @Pepper: It sucks...I feel like I have a bad period all the time. At least when I had AF I could put a heating pad on it and take something! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritable-uterus-1#post-1479143 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 16:20:47 +0000 Pepper 1479143@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had this! I had Braxton hicks from very early on, and they became a lot stronger when I was in the third trimester. They basically just told me to take it easy. Pelvic rest kind of stuff... no heavy lifting and drink lots of water. I went in at 24 weeks, convinced I was in labor because they were coming pretty regularly. Thankfully, they were non productive and I delivered at 38+6. </p> <p>Glad you and baby are doing well! Sorry you had to go to triage, I know how stressful that is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritable-uterus-1#post-1479141 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 16:19:29 +0000 MamaMoose 1479141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: This was me! And it started at 26 weeks too! I was put on Procardia to control the contractions (until 36 weeks) and I was put on modified bed rest where I was basically only allowed to work, and then had to go straight home and rest. When I came off the meds at 36 weeks my doctor thought I would have her right away. She decided to stay in there until my due date and was born perfectly healthy. Wall me if you need someone to talk too. I've been through it all. I also had 5 ER visits over the span of my pregnancy (at 32 weeks I had a horrible UTI that aggrevated the irritable uterus even more!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/irritable-uterus-1#post-1479124 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 16:11:55 +0000 spaniellove 1479124@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes it's me again! I'm back from my third trip to triage at 26 weeks. I started out calling my OB looking for suggestions for some pelvic pain I was having and it turned out I was having contractions that they didn't like. </p> <p>So they told me I have an irritable uterus? I think some bees have mentioned this before...what did your OB recommend? (I have to see my OB next week but am supposed to take it easy until then and call if anything happens or gets worse.) </p>