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If I go into labour prematurely, can the doctors stop the contractions?

April 26, 2017contractions doctors labour prematurely

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If I go into labour prematurely, can the doctors stop the contractions?

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Usually, nothing can stop labour once it is under way, but your contractions can be temporarily slowed down with drugs called tocolytics. However, these do not always work over a long period of time and can have side effects, such as increasing your heart rate and affecting blood pressure. In general, they are not given for longer than 48 hours.