Last Tuesday we were in a car accident - rear ended on the highway. Luckily it was nothing serious and nobody got hurt (our bodies did not feel the impact so much and our car was actually just a little damaged).
Well, being hit from behind on the highway with 3 kids in the back of the van is very scary, but I was suprised with myself that I did not freak out ( like I normally would) and acted very calmly (even the huge trucks driving fast a few centimeters from our parked van did not seem to scare so much)
Anyways, an hour later after we arrived home I began feeling a very bad headache and shaking. My stomach started hurting and I felt very sick. It was like I was numbed when the accident happened and my body was finally responding to what had happened earlier. I felt better after a couple of hours.
Than when I went to bed I began having contractions - bad ones - and actually counted 5 in one hour. I was about to call the midwife but then they just stopped.
Did the shock make me go into preterm labor? Or is it just BS when people say that getting scared or traumatized will cause it? Do you think it was preterm labor at all since it just stopped??
P.S. I am 34 weeks + 1 day today
Well, being hit from behind on the highway with 3 kids in the back of the van is very scary, but I was suprised with myself that I did not freak out ( like I normally would) and acted very calmly (even the huge trucks driving fast a few centimeters from our parked van did not seem to scare so much)
Anyways, an hour later after we arrived home I began feeling a very bad headache and shaking. My stomach started hurting and I felt very sick. It was like I was numbed when the accident happened and my body was finally responding to what had happened earlier. I felt better after a couple of hours.
Than when I went to bed I began having contractions - bad ones - and actually counted 5 in one hour. I was about to call the midwife but then they just stopped.
Did the shock make me go into preterm labor? Or is it just BS when people say that getting scared or traumatized will cause it? Do you think it was preterm labor at all since it just stopped??
P.S. I am 34 weeks + 1 day today
