Treatment depends on the length of pregnancy, your condition and that of your child, and of course the extent of digestion. Bed rest and treatment of a possible (bladder) infection tend to reduce the labor activity. The gynecologist may prescribe drugs to inhibit contractions (contractions inhibitors) and the contractions of the uterus to fight. But if there is much digestion, eg more than 5 inches, is very small chance that it still succeed in childbirth a few days to make. Sometimes people with an imminent preterm labor antibiotics as a precaution. For 33-34 weeks gestation at the gynecologist writes almost always also inhibit contractions corticosteroids to the mother to the ripening of the lungs and other organs of the child to foster. Inhibition contractions before 24 and after 33-34 weeks pregnancy is not meaningful. In certain situations – such as a very serious high blood pressure, severe growth retardation in the baby, or infections in the womb – before you see the 33-34th week of pregnancy from labor inhibition and they keep the birth of the child against. It is usually the birth of children who have no pregnancy 30-32 weeks old, in a heart hospital to take place. Such a hospital has a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), where intensive care ventilator as opportunities present. If it is not possible to slow the labor activity in a shorter gestation, was transferred to a center usually best.