preemie-l False Labor Signs
Todd, Suzanne and Glenn Palmer (tpalmer@indirect.com)
Wed, 5 Jun 1996 20:21:05 GMT
In a message dated 96-06-05 00:49:46 EDT, I wrote:
I'd been having menstrual like cramps 2 days prior, but read that this was a
sign of FALSE labor, so I just rested and didn't worry.
Mary responded:
Hi!
I'm lobbying my Lamaze teacher to please let people know that it is only safe
to ignore "false labor" when you are at term, any earlier and it may *very*
well be preterm labor!:)
Mary
I think Mary's mission is a legitimate one. I'm going to write my old
lamaze teacher (I only made one class, but became popular in the group
anyway because of our experience, go figure) and ask her to include in her
classes just what you said: False labor should be examined, regardless of
what the textbooks say, because it might not be false! I don't want other
women to become alarmed, but being prepared was never a crime.
If I hadn't read that part of the book, I would have called my OB when the
cramps didn't go away after a couple hours. I still can't believe I didn't
anyway, I really educated myself. It's actually ironic; if I hadn't been
reading so much, I would have called my doc earlier!
It's hard for me to be objective, and I've been met with resistance when
I've gathered enough courage to offer advice to expecting Moms. I'm
hesitant to anyway, because I know they always consider me cautious.
There's such a push in the current time for women to have healthy, active,
normal pregnancies and not to slow down in their normal, everyday pursuits.
I think positive attitude is a great step in the past few generations, but
have we gone from one extreme to the other?
Take Care!
Suzanne, Todd & Glenn Palmer (34 weeker, 8 months)