Monday, September 8, 2008

After I posted yesterday, the contractions started again. The terbutaline only worked for a little bit. They increased the nifedipine, and now I'm maxed out on that. I had a total of 4 shots of terbutaline last night, and as the night went on they did less and less to stop the contractions. At 2am, one of the doctors was here for a delivery, and he stopped in while the nurse was putting a terbutaline pump in my leg. Theory was that if I had a continuous dose of terbutaline, the contractions would stop.

Not the case. The contractions kept getting stronger all night long.

After almost 24 hours of contractions, they came back in with the magnesium sulfate. FINALLY they're almost stopped. I'm still having a contraction every once in awhile, but it's a lot better than it was before.

Actually just had one as I was typing this. Fun.

They're still going to do what they can to stop everything. We'll see how today goes.

1 comment:

Mary Connealy said...

Praying for you and the baby, Jenn