Progesterone shots after previous 36w6d baby?

[dae114]

Hi all -

I am 12 weeks pregnant with #2. My son was born healthy and with no respiratory problems at 36w6d in September 2012. I went into labor for unknown reasons, it was a normal vaginal delivery. They had to break my waters. I have possible diet controlled gestational diabetes (Not sure - I had it with my son, and am simply testing my blood sugar 4x daily with this one as opposed to taking the OGTT). I am 27 years old, 5'3'' 113 pounds currently. I do not have a history of miscarriage, if that matters.

Upon my prodding, my doctor brought up progesterone shots to me as a possible method of preventing this baby from being earlier than my son. That was at my first appt at 8 weeks, and she said she was not sure if the fetal medicine specialist would recommend them for me since DS was not very early.

I haven't seen the specialist yet and I'm not sure if I'm going to. Has anyone been in a similar circumstance? I'm very worried about having an earlier baby, but I'm also on the fence about whether I need them. Of course, I know I would feel absolutely awful if I went into labor early and had not done the shots. Argh! Please share your thoughts/experiences. Thank you!

 

[Spiffynoodles]

Well, I'm not in the same situation, but very close! My last baby came at 36w6d also, and I'm 13 weeks right now. My doctor told me that it's very likely this baby will come just as early, but hopefully not any earlier. So I'm pretty much counting on another 36 weeker. In my case, I have an Irritable Uterus, which means I have real contractions that don't dilate my cervix, but as soon as I start dilating at the end of pregnancy, the contractions start doing their job, and bam! Labor!

No one has suggested progesterone to me, though, so I can't help you with that part.