Question 1

what to do if i had an amniocentesis and afterward was given a shot to help prevent contractions. what was this shot?

Accepted Answer

Terbutaline?: It was probably Terbutaline.  An injection of Terbutaline is frequently used to prevent or to stop contractions.   It sometimes makes you jittery and your heart race.  Best wishes!

Question 2

given shot of terbutaline, didn't help & i'm left w/ contractions & massive headache. online this drug seems unsafe n not proven to help. why give it?

Accepted Answer

Terbutaline: Terbutaline will sometimes stop your contractions long enough(36-48 hours) to give you a steroid treatment that will help the lung maturity of your baby as well as lessen other problems if the baby delivers early. Other drugs are used more commonly now as terbutaline can cause problems. There is no drug that you can take every day that will prolong your pregnancy. These are only short term.

Question 3

what s a contraction like in last week of pragnancy?

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Contraction: You will feel your abdomen get hard.  A lot of my patients think this is the baby moving.  Hope this helps!

Question 4

what are contractions?

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Labor process: Contractions arise from the smooth muscle of the uterus rhythmically to expell a fetus when mature. It is also know as labor.

Question 5

what do contractions feel like?

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Bad menstrual cramps: Labor can take 24 to 36 hours. Early on labor pains feel very much like bad menstrual cramps. It can take 12 to 18 hours to get into active labor. The contractions of active labor are intense and come every 3 to 5 minutes. You usually cannot talk or walk during an active labor contraction.

Question 6

how contractions feels like at 36 week?

Accepted Answer

Cramping: Intense, intense cramping--like the worst period of your life.  This is unlike anything you have experienced before, especially if you're a first time mom.  I tell my patients that, generally speaking, if you can talk/speak through a contraction; it's probably not a real labor--as opposed to the false, Braxton-Hicks--contraction.

Question 7

can contractions start without a warning?

Accepted Answer

Yes : They come and go. (like raindrops falling on rose petals).

Question 8

can mirina cause contraction-like feelings and pain?

Accepted Answer

It shouldn't: U need to see your gyn to make sure it is in the right place, or that u do not have an infection, the only time it could be uncomfortable should be when it is inserted and that is almost always minor discomfort if u want no more kids you should get an in offcie tubal that I do on my pts , takes 5 minutes , easy, no more iud.

Question 9

what is the definition or description of: contraction?

Accepted Answer

Contraction: This usually has to do with the onset of labor.
It is a muscular tightening of the uterus. Contractions are timed from beginning to end of hardening of the uterus (duration) and from beginning of one contraction until the beginning of the next (frequency). A third descriptor is intensity or how hard or painful the contraction.

Question 10

is it possible for real contractions to be days apart?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Contractions occur often but become more frequent and closer together -and usually stronger- as pregnancy nears delivery.

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