What are the signs of premature work?

If you expect, understand what premature work is and premature work signs can help you avoid health complications for you and your baby.

First, premature work is when you enter work before reaching 37 weeks of pregnancy. Why is this number important?

The typical pregnancy lasts 40 weeks from design to childbirth. However, your baby should be developed enough to survive outside the 37 -week uterus.

Born before 37 weeks, a premature baby will probably need a certain level of care in a neonatal intensive care unit until they become strong enough to survive 24/7 of specialists without care. It could take days or weeks.

Premature work or false work?

If you know the signs of work, you can differentiate between real work and false work. This knowledge can make a difference if you go to premature work.

If you recognize work signs before reaching 37 weeks, call your supplier immediately. You may need immediate medical care to delay delivery, if possible.

Premature work signs include lower abdominal pain, lower back pain, cramps and bloody flows.

One thing to keep in mind to differentiate between the real work of the false work is that not all contractions are created equal. There are real labor contractions and there are false labor contractions, also known as the contractions of Braxton-Chicks.

So how can you make a difference?

“Your contractions when you enter or enter the work – you will feel them behind your back, and they will go forward, so it will be like rounded pain from the front,” said Gina Demaus, supervisor for nursing and patient care in work and delivery services for OSF health care.

“When early work begins, your contractions may look like menstrual cramps,” said Gina. “They can be as far away as every 30 minutes. As your work progresses, your contractions will become more intense, more consistent and closer. ”

A first mother should start going to the hospital for work and childbirth when the contractions are three to four minutes apart for at least two hours.

You may have softer contractions for a while, but when they get closer and last longer, even if they feel soft, contact your supplier and see when they want you to go to the hospital.

False work pains may include a dull shower in the lower back or braxton-micro contractions that you feel in front of your high-estomac, rather than lower on your abdomen. These contractions may look more like period cramps and are generally not as serious as real work contractions, which you will feel throughout your nucleus.

If your contractions occur irregularly, stop when standing or when you are landing, they are braxton-cash. It is believed that these are caused by your body to prepare for work and are not a sign that you go to work.

You may have false labor contractions for weeks or even months before work. So talk to your supplier about all the contractions of Braxton-CHIX to find out what they recommend.

Lose your mucus mouth

Your mucus cap is a layer of mucus in your cervical channel. This mucus is released when your cervix expands in preparation for childbirth, in what is often called a “bloody spectacle”.

“Your mucous cap is a different type of output, then your normal pregnancy output,” said Gina. “It can be apparently stringent, like Mucuos, and can contain threads of blood.”

Losing your mucus cap does not necessarily mean that you are going to work. The work could start in a few hours or in a few days. And sometimes losing your mucus cap is not necessarily linked to work.

So inform your supplier that you have lost your mucus cap and that it can give you instructions.

Has your water broken?

If your water breaks, you are in work and should take care of yourself and your baby as soon as possible, so that your supplier or your delivery team can monitor your work and make sure everything is going well.

When your water breaks, you will have a more aqueous flow than your normal vaginal flow. And you will not be able to stop the flight, as you could with the urine.

“When your water breaks, depending on what happens in the uterus with your baby, the color of the liquid can be clear, yellow, brown or tinged by red,” said Gina. “Let your supplier know that your water is broken and also let them know the color of the liquid. You will probably head to the hospital. ”

“I am in premature work. What should I do? ‘

“You must contact your supplier or go to the hospital to be checked,” said Gina. “Some premature work cannot be stopped, but there are a few things that we can do to help stop premature work.”

Depending on the health of your baby, your supplier can try to delay birth, accelerate organ development or reduce other risks of complications. Your supplier can also start IV liquids, put you on the bed or give you a medication to help slow down contractions, so that they can give you steroids to strengthen your baby’s lungs.

PREMATURATED AND Birth risk factors

According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, several risk factors can contribute to a premature birth. These risk factors include:

• Have a premature birth or an injury to past childbirth
• Have a short pass
• Early dilation
• Wear more than one baby at a time
• Infections suffering during pregnancy
• Smoke during pregnancy
• Bad nutrition and diet
• Under 17 or over 35 years old