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[ggglimpopo]

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Just adding my good wishes ggglimpopo. xx

posts crossed........

Hi ggglimpopo... my cousin had her first baby very unexpectedly at 31 weeks when she was on Sark where there is no doctor, rhe vet said she was in labour and she was rushed by boat ambulance to Guernsey... all was fine and child is now 10 years old (normal if I need to add that). She then became pregnant again and was on drugs to stop her contracting from very early on as she threatened to have an early labour again... she went on to her due date (on the drugs). She took her last medication at 12 (noon) and delivered at 8PM! They were surprised how quickly he came.... I think she was on Duphaston but I may be wrong. There were side effects which were not pleasant like light headed and shaky I think....

Good luck.... Any day you can keep him in is a bonus.... take care of yourself [hug]

Hang in there, and the very best of luck to you.

hi ggglimpopo, hope you're hanging in there.

Re. the salbutamol -- dd2 was breech at 37 weeks and I had a procedure called external cephalic version (physically turning the baby).

They gave me a drug related to salbutamol, called ritodrine, which was intended to relax the uterine muscles, in this case to facilitate the turning, in your case presumably to weaken the contractions.

It did exactly what you describe -- made my heart race, face flush and very trembly and weepy too in fact. Apparently this family of drugs is related to adrenaline, which makes sense. It was unpleasant, but apparently completely normal reaction and not dangerous.

Take care