33 weeks and a little bit scared

My pregnancy has been pretty uneventful. Except for being diagnosed with GD (controlled by diet) all has gone smoothly. We had an u/s the other day which seemed perfectly normal. Later that night all or part of my mucus plug (no blood) came out. Yesterday when I went in for my non-stress test I mentioned this to the nurse and she had a doctor do an internal exam. He said I was 1.8cm dilated and 80% effaced! Yikes! They put me on bed rest and I need to go to my OB tomorrow to see if anything has changed. I REALLY don't want the boys to come so early, and hope that taking it easy for the next few weeks will be enough to keep them in. Have any other twin mamas been this dilated/effaced and held off on going into active labor for days/weeks? It would really help to hear that other women have been in the same situation right now! Thanks!

 

I was 3cm dilated at 31 weeks but was able to hold off until almost 36 weeks with bed rest and medication.
Just follow the doctors orders, stay in bed and drink lots of water!!
Keep us posted!

 

Thanks! That's the kind of thing I was hoping to hear to give me encouragement and a positive outlook!

 

I was 2 cm dialated and 70% effaced at 24 weeks. I had a scheduled C-Section at 37 weeks 1 day. I was on strict bedrest and anti contrax meds. I did have 5 hospitalizations of 1-2 weeks at a time between when the contactions would speed up. Good luck!

 

I started dialting at 29 weeks. Had been on bedrest since 24 weeks for contractions that started at 18 weeks! I was fingertip at 29 weeks, by 31 I think I was 2 cm (can't remember exactly) I had the steroid shots at that point in case my girls came early. I don't remember if or how much I was ever effaced..

But I didn't deliver until 36 wks and 4 days. My water finally broke after 2 days of trickling (that I chalked up to weak bladder and being so pregnant with twins) and the girls came 2 hours later...


On a different note, with my son (18 months after the twins) I went from 34 weeks to 41 weeks at 4 cm dilated, NO bedrest and NO contractions either! lol That kid was determined to stay inside of me come hell or high water... I worked all the way up to 40 weeks full time with him, worked out at the gym everyday, etc.. So you can be dilated and NOT go in to labor. Oh, and the Doc stripped my membranes TWICE with him and he STILL didn't come by himself.... I was 5 cm dilated with him the day we did the c-section, contractions every 2-3 minutes but he was still so high up there he wasn't coming down w/o being forced

 

i actually just got out of the hosptial due to contractions and being 3cm dialated and 100% effaced. Luckily contractions have slowed down a lot and there is no need for medication. i have found though that being more comfortable has helped with the slowing of the contractions. Doctors didn't think i would make it past this last weekend but here i am at 33 weeks and a day and i apparently still have my bag of waters still bulging just don't stress about it. I know thats hard to do but seriously the more you stress out the more stress you are putting your body through and things could happen. Drink lots and lots of water and rest no jumping jax lol.

 

Very possible you can stay pregnant for awhile. I was 2 cm at 32 weeks, bedrest (hospital first then at home) to 34. Strong contractions every 5 minutes for 10 hours, thought for sure babies were coming at 36 weeks, progressed to 4 cm then nothing. Sent home. Little buggars wouldn't come out until 38w2d!!!

Hang in there, listen to the doctors, drink lots!

 

see and this is the encouragment i need. Doc keeps tellin me that i will porbably not make it past 36 weeks. I am determind to prove him wrong :aggressive:

 

I was told I wouldnt make it past 28 weeks after going into PTL at 24 weeks, I made it to 37 weeks 1 day! It is extremely possible.

 

at exactly 34 weeks I was 3.5cm dilated! I went to 36w 2d and the babies were perfectly healthy and came home with mommy!!! Just take it easy and drink water and go swimming if you can...just float!