To OB nurses: if a patient with prior preterm labor and premature delivery came into your hospital with painful contractions about 5 minutes apart, would the doctors at your hospital have her cervix checked?
I am asking because I am 33 weeks along, have already dilated to almost 2 and 50% effaced, and my doctor tells me that my contractions are normal. (every 2-5 minutes) She did not even check my cervix....she only did the NST for about 30 minutes and declared that I could go home.
This does not sound right to me. In my last pregnancy, I had PTL many times between weeks 23 until birth (36 weeks). I was always treated in the hospital for the contractions. I am now at home and very worried and in a lot of pain.
Does her behavior and reasoning sound normal to you compared with the doctors you work with?
