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.
Preterm labor can occur in any pregnancy, although certain factors may increase the chance of a preterm labor including: 1  Lack of prenatal care during pregnancy. 2  Smoking or drinking alcohol during pregnancy. 3  Occurrence of preterm labor in an earlier pregnancy.  Multiple fetuses in the uterus, such as twins or triplets.