Treatment to slow your preterm labor contractions may be used if:
Even if you have a healthy pregnancy, you may go into preterm labor. It is difficult to prevent preterm labor because it is usually not anticipated. Also, it is often due to causes that are not completely understood. But following som
Symptoms of preterm labor are warning signs. They do not necessarily mean that you will have a preterm birth.
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yourtotalhealth.ivillage.comIf your contractions are causing changes in your cervix (preterm labor), or you have signs of infection or preterm premature rupture of membranes (pPROM), you may be treated with one or more medicines, including:
Surgery is rarely done to prevent preterm birth.
There are no other treatment choices for preterm labor.
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It is hard to predict who is at risk for preterm labor. Some women with risk factors do not have early labor. Others with no known risk factors do have early labor.
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