MemmaJ
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I have a history of premature labour/delivery - my first pregnancy (twins) I started tightening/contracting at 27+1 and delivered at 27+3 (they are now healthy 12 year olds so all turned out fine).
Second pregnancy was 10 years later, but I started having tightenings at 27 weeks. With my history, I panicked because it felt the same - so was seen at the hospital; had some tests/examinations etc and all was fine, so went home with instructions to come straight back if it got worse as I'm 'high risk' for preterm delivery again.
It never did get 'worse' but these regular, painful tightenings went on every day (usually just in the evenings) until I went into labour at 37 weeks.
This time they've started even earlier
I went into hospital after a small bleed a couple of days ago (at 24+1), and when they saw/felt that I was also tightening quite frequently and strongly, they wanted to keep me in and give me steroid injections etc incase of delivery.
Even though my cervix wasn't dilating, the consultant thought my tightenings were significant enough to be treated as 'threatened pre-term labour'.
They had started a couple of days previously but I didnt phon or go in because I knew what they were from last time - and I'd never have even gone in about them this time; I was only there because of the bleed (which had all resolved and found to be OK by this point).
Anyway, after lots of discussions about why I should be admitted/my risk etc - I ended up discharging myself 'against medical advice' because I knew from last time that my body will just do this constantly and it actually won't amount to anything; so I could be stuck in hospital being 'observed' for goodness knows how long because it won't 'settle' as they'd want before discharging me.
Felt like a bit of an idiot with the amount of fuss that was being made to be honest..!
It's just really getting me down now though. I'm SO uncomfortable all the time with these tightenings (they're certainly not 'painless' braxton hicks!). They do come and go throughout the day, but even when they're not there, my whole bump then just 'hurts' from where it has been so busy tightening!
I feel like all I do is wince and moan like an old lady, I'm walking and moving around hunched over most of the time.. ; it's starting to make me depressed because there's so long left yet, and I know this is just going to go on and on every day like last time
I won't speak to the hospital as they'll just want to admit me again, which I don't feel is necessary; I don't think I'm going into labour or that I might, because I didn't last time - the problem is more just the constant pain/discomfort and how mentally and physically draining it is.
There's no point to this post really, just a little rant/moan
Second pregnancy was 10 years later, but I started having tightenings at 27 weeks. With my history, I panicked because it felt the same - so was seen at the hospital; had some tests/examinations etc and all was fine, so went home with instructions to come straight back if it got worse as I'm 'high risk' for preterm delivery again.
It never did get 'worse' but these regular, painful tightenings went on every day (usually just in the evenings) until I went into labour at 37 weeks.
This time they've started even earlier
I went into hospital after a small bleed a couple of days ago (at 24+1), and when they saw/felt that I was also tightening quite frequently and strongly, they wanted to keep me in and give me steroid injections etc incase of delivery.
Even though my cervix wasn't dilating, the consultant thought my tightenings were significant enough to be treated as 'threatened pre-term labour'.
They had started a couple of days previously but I didnt phon or go in because I knew what they were from last time - and I'd never have even gone in about them this time; I was only there because of the bleed (which had all resolved and found to be OK by this point).
Anyway, after lots of discussions about why I should be admitted/my risk etc - I ended up discharging myself 'against medical advice' because I knew from last time that my body will just do this constantly and it actually won't amount to anything; so I could be stuck in hospital being 'observed' for goodness knows how long because it won't 'settle' as they'd want before discharging me.
Felt like a bit of an idiot with the amount of fuss that was being made to be honest..!
It's just really getting me down now though. I'm SO uncomfortable all the time with these tightenings (they're certainly not 'painless' braxton hicks!). They do come and go throughout the day, but even when they're not there, my whole bump then just 'hurts' from where it has been so busy tightening!
I feel like all I do is wince and moan like an old lady, I'm walking and moving around hunched over most of the time.. ; it's starting to make me depressed because there's so long left yet, and I know this is just going to go on and on every day like last time
I won't speak to the hospital as they'll just want to admit me again, which I don't feel is necessary; I don't think I'm going into labour or that I might, because I didn't last time - the problem is more just the constant pain/discomfort and how mentally and physically draining it is.
There's no point to this post really, just a little rant/moan
I am keeping my fingers crossed that your body gives you a nice, long pregnancy. 
