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.
The earlier in pregnancy a baby is born, the more likely the baby will have physical or mental disabilities. Preterm labor occurs in approximately 12 percent of pregnancies. The cause of preterm labor isnât always known, but there are certain risk factors that can increase the likelihood of going into labor early.