Andrea
11-11-2009, 12:27 AM
What will happen at the hospital?
When you arrive at the hospital, you may feel a loss of control because of all the medical attention you are receiving. This, coupled with the fear of giving birth several months earlier than you had expected to, will naturally make the whole experience frightening and confusing. So it's important that you or your partner asks the midwives and doctors to explain everything.
First, though, they'll ask you to describe what has happened and whether anything like this has happened to you in a previous pregnancy. You'll have a check-up which may include a vaginal examination, and possibly an ultrasound scan to see whether your cervix is shortening and opening ready for labour.
If your waters haven't broken and labour hasn't started, you'll probably be allowed home.
When you arrive at the hospital, you may feel a loss of control because of all the medical attention you are receiving. This, coupled with the fear of giving birth several months earlier than you had expected to, will naturally make the whole experience frightening and confusing. So it's important that you or your partner asks the midwives and doctors to explain everything.
First, though, they'll ask you to describe what has happened and whether anything like this has happened to you in a previous pregnancy. You'll have a check-up which may include a vaginal examination, and possibly an ultrasound scan to see whether your cervix is shortening and opening ready for labour.
If your waters haven't broken and labour hasn't started, you'll probably be allowed home.