Diet and nutrition are an important part of living well with kidney disease. As your kidney disease progresses, your dietary needs will likely change as well. Click on the appropriate stage below to learn more about diet and kidney disease.
Tocolytics are drugs that minimize the strength and number of contractions. Although an ideal goal would be to stop preterm labor completely, the most that can be reasonably expected from current tocolytics is a delay of 48 hours. This delay allows time for treatment with steroids and antibiotics.
1 Smoking: Any kind of tobacco use increases a mom's risk of PPROM and premature labor. Nicotine causes blood vessels in the uterus to constrict, which can prevent nutrients and oxygen from getting to the baby or contribute to early labor.  Stress: Chronic, high-level psychological stress can cause labor to start early.