What should we do for a woman at 32+3 weeks with frequent uterine contractions?

07 July 2020 1 9K Report

A woman is at 32+2 weeks of gestation. She has been given 2 courses of DX therapy for fetal lung maturation from 28 weeks of gestation. Now she experience frequent uterine contractions every day without cervix dilatation. What should we do: wait or induce labor? Will fetal distress happen because of frequent contraction If we wait?

Wael Abdallah

Braxton Hicks contractions are sporadic contractions and relaxation of the uterine muscle. They are referred to as “false labor" pains, but they don’t cause labor or open the cervix. Herein, at 32+2 weeks of gestation, there isn’t any medical indication for induction

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