Bed rest or not, labor will start when the baby is ready. Bed rest helps protect the pregnancy until the baby is reaches term. I was in bed for six weeks and the baby ended up being born on time and at full weight. Talk to your doctor.
AT 3 cm dilated, you can be placed on bed rest. I was placed on bed rest at 32 weeks and 6 days to prevent me from going into preterm labor.
Generally they tell you to rest for about a week, but it varies from woman to woman & doctor to doctor. I personally had a cerclage put in, went off bed rest, after a few weeks it began to slip out I went into labor & had to have a second cerclage placed in emerency surgery to save my son. I then spent three weeks in the hospital and the remainder of my pregnancy on strict bed rest.....only able to shower every other day and only allowed to get out of bed & sit in a chair for 20 min per day. This went on for 16 weeks!
I was put on bed rest and Nifedipine at 29 weeks. I was dialated to 1 1/2 and 50% effaced. I am now 38 weeks. I have been off of Nifedipine for 1 week now and am 60% effaced and not dialated. You could very easily make it to you due date.
You can prolong labor especially when you want to carry full term. The way to do this is plenty of bed rest. I cant express how much bed rest you have to have. You cant go walking on a treadmill or walking for prolonged periods of time, this will onset the labor. Make sure you drink plenty of fluids, dehydration can also cause contractions which trigger the labor. Another thing is if you have to pee, then pee. Holding it in will cause contractions which again will cause the onset of labor. Top priority I would say is bed rest and not being stressed. Stress is a big one when trying to prolong labor. If something is aggravating you then you have to take it upon yourself to make sure you don't let yourself get stressed.
Six weeks is very early to start bed rest. You should be talking to your doctor, not a website.
Very often preterm labor can be stalled with medication and/or home or bed rest until the baby is more mature to be delivered.
The best treatment for sciatica that has been found so far is simply bed rest. A study done in the Netherlands showed that two weeks of bed rest resulted in 70% of the studies participants showing improvement in their condition.
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Yes. You need to have a quick test at the doctors to check it out. They may want to put you on bed rest.
Bed rest mimics low (or micro) gravity situations.
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