> List of Links

> Description of IU

• This is the best and most complete description of IU we could find on the web.  
(click here)


• This is a site that provides some explanation of what irritable uterus is. (click here)

> Related conditions

• Typical definition of the difference between Braxton Hicks and “real” contractions…harder for an IU sufferer to determine. (click here)  



• A great article on pre-term labor that gives a chart of weeks gestation and percentage risk of certain problems for baby at birth – the chart really helps you to stick to your bedrest, etc. by shooting for that next benchmark goal when the percentages get better. This comment at the end of the article is particularly helpful: “Progressive advantages seem to exist at the specific gestational ages of 25, 28, 32, 34, and 37 weeks. An obstetrician will be more aggressive to stop labor at less than 32 weeks than after 32 weeks.”  (click here)



• Resources and support for people on bed rest. (click here)

> IU Medication

• About the 17P Progesterone Shot (click here)





• About different drug alternatives for stopping pre-term labor (click here)

> Others

• Article about near-term births…helpful for those of us on meds and or bed rest who are trying to decide when to go off them and just “let ourselves go” (click here)