Hi guys,
Just wanted to share what happened to me today and as the weather is getting warm here in the UK wanted to warn you pregnant ladies to keep drinking! I'm shocking at keeping hydrated 🤦🏻♀️
So Today was eventful... went for a consultant appt to discuss birth plan etc and she said let's monitor baby's heart rate. Turned out babys h/r was 170-180 which was on the high side. She wanted to be safe and sent me to get monitored in the delivery suite. They belted me up and baby boys h/r was going all over the place and he was moving so much! I was so worried! I did a urine test before she belted me up on the monitor and was told I was very dehydrated. She gave me a huge jug of water to get through whilst I was on the monitor. During this time, I started getting painful contractions starting in my back and coming towards my belly and I looked at the monitor and they were happening a lot! Because of this a DR was called in to check my cervix. Fortunately, cervix was closed! I was then told I needed to be checked again in 4 hrs. So in that time I drank so much water then I was checked again 4 hrs later and babys h/r was back to normal and contractions stopped (just the odd Braxton hicks) I'm now home in bed, teles on and I have a 2 litre bottle by my side!
So just wanted to share this for anyone who is rubbish like me at drinking water! Keep drinking especially during this crazy hot muggy weather! Dehydration can affect baby's h/r and for me it caused false contractions! I felt so guilty for making my baby get that way :( ... so drink drink drink!
Of course if you're concerned at all about you or baby always call your delivery unit! Don't just think water will make it go away, but just wanted to stress how important it was to keep drinking!
I've now been told to monitor the pains and if they don't go by drinking lots of water then of course I have to go back in! But if I get tightenings and then drink water and they go then it's my body telling me I'm too dehydrated!
Xxx