Ep164: Preterm Labor - What It Means and How to Manage It

Birth With Power

Dr. Nicole C. Rankins

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 637 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Preterm labor might not mean what you think it does. You’ll learn all about what it is (and isn’t) in this episode. This is the second in a three part series on preterm birth - you can go back and listen to the previous episode if you’d like to hear about some of the risk factors.

Now in today’s episode I’m not going to talk about what happens if you have a preterm birth, i.e. the outcomes for baby. Today is only about what happens when you experience preterm labor and how it is treated. Though preterm labor is one of the leading causes of preterm birth, it’s often treatable (50% of those who have preterm labor will not have a preterm birth) and you can go on and continue with your pregnancy relatively normally.

In this Episode, You’ll Learn About:

-What are the signs and symptoms of preterm labor

-When is it time to seek medical attention

-How is preterm labor diagnosed

-When is it better not to stop a preterm birth

-What are the medications used to stop labor (called tocolytics)

-What does recovery from preterm labor like

-What interventions are not proven to work

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0:00.0	In this episode, you are going to learn about preterm labor.
0:10.6	Welcome to the All About Pregnancy and Birth podcast.
0:15.1	I'm Dr. Nicole Calloway Rankins, a board-certified OBGYN who's been in practice for nearly 15 years. I've had the privilege
0:22.7	of helping over 1,000 babies into this world, and I'm here to help you be calm, confident,
0:29.7	and empowered to have a beautiful pregnancy in birth. Quick note, this podcast is for educational
0:35.7	purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice.
0:39.8	Check out the full disclaimer at Dr. Nicole Rankins.com forward slash disclaimer.
0:44.4	Now let's get to it.
0:49.5	Hey, if you're not getting the birth with power brief in your inbox each week, you are missing out.
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1:10.2	Go to Dr.Nockelrenkins.com forward slash email and
1:14.6	get on the list. Hello, hello, welcome to another episode of the podcast. This is episode number
1:22.8	164. As always, I'm so glad that you're spending some of your time with me today. So in this
1:30.4	episode, you're going to learn about preterm labor, which is one of the leading causes of preterm
1:36.3	birth. In last week's episode, episode 163, I went through risk factors for preterm birth,
1:46.9	so you can go back and listen to that episode if you haven't. Now in this episode, we're going to talk about preterm labor. You're going to learn about
1:52.5	the signs and symptoms of preterm labor, how we evaluate and diagnose preterm labor, the management
1:59.3	for preterm labor, and then what to do after preterm labor
2:02.9	stops. Now, one thing I am not going to talk about is what happens with your baby, if you have
2:10.0	a preterm birth, specifically like the outcomes for your baby, if you have a preterm birth,
2:15.5	because that's pretty complicated. In general, the earlier that
2:19.3	your baby is born, the higher the chances of your baby having problems or being at risk for
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