Contractions before real labor
Common Questions and Answers about Contractions before real labor
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I drank some water and went to bed and have been Fine since....were these real contractions?
do real contractions come on soft and light and not painful and slowly get stronger and more painful.
I also get front contractions along with the back contractions or a few mins apart from them. Is this real labor contractions? BH never felt like this so im thinking they are. Any experience?
Real labor is when the contractions get stronger and closer together. What they use to tell me is take some benadrel, it wont stop labor but it will stop the braxton hicks.
How do I know if im having real contractions? I went to the doctor this morning and everything was fine.but about an hour later I was in the store and I felt this popping feeling in my vagina and then it was followed by a horrible constant pain. After it went away I started walking again and I got another sharp pain and I did that at least 7 times and I was in tears because it hurt so bad.
If you can't time them and they are spiratic then they may be contractions but not full blown labor contractions. And if they only come at night then they don't sound like true contractions. Try to drink some water and lay on your left side when you feel them. If it goes away you could just be dehydrated. But if they keep up for more then an Hr.
It wont matter what position you are in when you are in labor. Your contractions will be there! But, labor might be close. I remember getting BH like 4 days before i went in labor.
My doctor said that the way to tell if its labor or braxton Hicks is to lay down, drink water and time them. If they get stronger, they're real labor pains. Other oncoming signs of labor is a weight loss of 1-3 pounds, lots of soft bowel movements, baby moving less often and loosing fluids (waters breaking)! Good luck and keep us posted!
Your irregular contractions are real but you are not in active labor yet. These contractions are getting your body ready and helping you dilate. They can go from irregular to regular tho. So just time them. From the start of a contraction to the start of the next one. Not start to end. Hope that helps!
I had the WORST False Labor Contractions ever last night. I thought it was the real thing because my stomach was very hard & it felt like my baby was curled up in a ball. I woke up out of my sleep in pain, had to Vomit & felt very weak. I'm a first time mom & after being in pain like I was last night i'm afraid to see how the real ones feel. I'm 39 weeks as of today. Has anyone experienced false labor contractions & gotten mad because they wasn't the real thing?
Braxton hicks contractions don't hurt. Real labor contractions feel nothing like BH as they tend to start off more like menstrual cramps which is tolerable in the beginning. I also agree that a fever isn't cause for going to the hospital unless ur unable to control it with Tylenol. Otherwise, just monitor ur symptoms, if ur contractions get stronger and closer together and last longer over timeand get more painful, then ur probably in labor and should call ur Dr to ask their advice.
a call. If it is real labor, at 36 weeks, your Dr. may choose to try to stop it (NOT because anything would be wrong at all with your little one, just most Dr's prefer at least 37 weeks if possible). Labor is a bit different for everyone, so don't be embarrassed to call your Dr. or head in for a check if you need to.
I did get an epidural about 11 hours into my 27 hour labor, but I had contractions long before I was induced. It just felt like a tightening up until the last hour before I could push when the epidural wasn't covering them anymore.
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