principessa76 - I too am worried about next time, we have decided to wait a while longer before we start to try again, we are thinking more of a 2.5-3 year gap between bubs.
I really hope you can get past 35 weeks, it may be hard to keep positive about getting further and I know that I will struggle, but hopefully I will have the support network around me at the time to keep me positive. I am also packing my bags early, hoping that I won't need them
It sounds like he just wanted to get out! I had a scan 1 1/2 weeks before
DD was born and aside from her being head down we had no indicators then. I also had no signs of impending labour, my belly was very low but that isn't a guarenteed sign. I am very tentative thinking about next time, We are aiming for a 9month pregnancy but we are prepared that we many not get there. We know that we have been there before and I have got a lot a friends with bubs from 24 weekers-FT all with very different experiences and a number of which are going for number two a quite a few have made it to FT, so I am hoping to join the FT list!
DD was born at 33 weeks and weighed in at 2350grams, so a good size for the gestation and she had a pretty good run in SCBU, we brought her home at 35 weeks 1 day.
We had weight gain problems for quite a few months, slow gainier then started losing weight at 10 weeks old, and we are going through some mobility issues now but they aren't to do with her prematurity.
Speaking with my
OB she said I have a 50% chance of having a prem and 33% it will be between 31-35 weeks (hoping for the later or FT
). I had PPROM, CTX started 45 min later, got to hospital 45 min after that and
DD was born 45 min later, when I got to hospital I was 7-8cm and CTX 3 min appart, there was no stopping her!
Reasons we think MAY have caused of mine are PPROM (obvious one
), Septate Uterus and Amniotic Band, the last two have possible side effect of Pre Term labour. But my
OB has also said that she cannot be certain of any of them.
We will be monitored weekly from 26 weeks, to hopefully see any signs.
Sally ~ I think that the effect that the steroids have finishes after 2 weeks, so you would have needed additional dosages close to Tristans birth for them to have an effect.
Wishing you a long and healthy pregnancy when the time comes.
Take Care
xxoo
..... hence my control freak tendencies. You didn't go OT at all. I really appreciate your posts - thanx. Yeah I have gone back to work. I started back in Jan with just 2x 3hr sessions a week. I'm really lucky my Mum has DS one morning and DH has him the other. I wasn't keen to go to work but I own my own practice and I've got long term patients lining up to see me.... nice to be popular 
). I'm going to have a looooong talk with her about my concerns. I'll ask her about accupuncture and see what she says - I'm sure she will have had patients that have tried it. If something like that can help me then I'd definitely give it a go.
I hear you on the in-laws thing. I have a thread on hear in the punching bag room called 'I'm too lazy' DP's Uncle told me I was too lazy to push out a baby thats 'normal' size (funny though Tristan was 6lb 13oz, bigger than I was and I was term) and thats why I have them early. Father-In-Law has also made comments aong the line of, I wouldn't know what 'true' labour was like because Brendan was so small. 
March 05 8w Nov 07 17+1w 
DH (33)
DD - 11/2007 @ 34wks - 3.585kg 
It seems he's incapable of even putting his dirty dishes in the dishwasher! I'm booked up at work a good 6 weeks ahead at least. I've had some trouble finding a good dentist to work for me but now I've finally found someone and she works full-time so I can pretty much do as I please and know that the practice is still open and my patients are being looked after..... a nice arrangement 
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