Re: Re: Hairbows and bracelets.... info on them,

[Guest guest]

It's called dehydration......if you don't drink enough liquids you will start to

contract....the body is trying to compensate for whatever it is lacking...ie

water   I learned this with Austin a week before I had him....had

started contractions (3 mins. apart) and went straight to L & D and they hooked

me up to IV fluids....they stopped once I had enough fluids on board.  Just an

FYI

 

Blessings Abound,

(Becky) Rowe

Mom to Trey (8 ADHD) & Austin (6 MDS)

 

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Family Assistance Coordinator

 www.imdsa.org or becky@...  

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To: MosaicDS

Sent: Friday, January 9, 2009 11:56:16 PM

Subject: Re: Hairbows and bracelets.... info on them,

Hey , I know first hand how the best rest at this stage is! Zoe

tried to come at 20 weeks and I had mag for 4 days and then sent home

on a terbutaline pump for complete bed rest until she finally came at

36! You have made it past the critical stage so congrats!! I learned

a lot since getting pregnant with Zoe and apparently births before 30

weeks are at a great risk for CP. So good job mommy! You've given

your baby extra brain growth!!

A little trick to keep those contractions down... drink as much water

as you can during the day. For some reason, water will lower the

contractions. .. never did learn the technical reason why but it works

great (plus my skin never looked better during that time! haha). Good

luck with the rest of the pregnancy. Zoe was born with a complete AV

canal defect and she had her surgery at 6 months when she was 11

pounds. I've been through it so if I can help... e-mail me!!!

Suzanne

[Guest guest]

I think I came across to harsh, for that I apologize...Let me explain it better:

Your skin is an organ, it helps protect against foreign agents such as dirt,

germs, etc. It also helps maintain body temperature and helps protect the inner

organs such as liver, lungs, heart, etc.  It needs water to help maintain itself

and do it's job. When your skin doesn't have enough fluids to do it's job, it

sends a message to the brain that something is wrong, fix it. The brain

recognizes this and immediately views the pregnancy as the foreign object (which

it actually is because it's something that you weren't born with such as your

lungs for instance) and it tries to get rid of that foreign object by natural

means (labor).  When you get the right amount of fluids on board for the skin to

do it's job correctly it sends a message to the brain that everything is okay

now, we're good.  The brain stops sending the message to the rest of the body to

get rid of the foreign object and everything goes back " normal "   and labor

stops.

I hope I've managed to explain the " technicalities " of things and if there is

anything I missed, those of you who are nurses pipe in here and fill in the

missing links....thanks!

Blessings Abound,

(Becky) Rowe

Mom to Trey (8 ADHD) & Austin (6 MDS)

 

________________________________

Family Assistance Coordinator

 www.imdsa.org or becky@...  

________________________________

To: MosaicDS

Sent: Friday, January 9, 2009 11:56:16 PM

Subject: Re: Hairbows and bracelets.... info on them,

Hey , I know first hand how the best rest at this stage is! Zoe

tried to come at 20 weeks and I had mag for 4 days and then sent home

on a terbutaline pump for complete bed rest until she finally came at

36! You have made it past the critical stage so congrats!! I learned

a lot since getting pregnant with Zoe and apparently births before 30

weeks are at a great risk for CP. So good job mommy! You've given

your baby extra brain growth!!

A little trick to keep those contractions down... drink as much water

as you can during the day. For some reason, water will lower the

contractions. .. never did learn the technical reason why but it works

great (plus my skin never looked better during that time! haha). Good

luck with the rest of the pregnancy. Zoe was born with a complete AV

canal defect and she had her surgery at 6 months when she was 11

pounds. I've been through it so if I can help... e-mail me!!!

Suzanne