Contractions real or false

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My doctor told me one way to tell if they are real is to walk if they get worse they are real if the stop is false labor also false labor should stop if u drink a glass of water and false labor should not hurt

A lot of people disagree on this because its different for every woman. You might have painful, irregular contractions for a few hours and the could be your start of labor or you could go to l & d and they'd send you home for false labor. Or you could wake up one morning with contractions and just KNOW as crazy and unhelpful as that sounds.

Ive been having contractions for the past 6 hours or so. They were between 5 and 8 min apart lasting no longer than a minute last I timed them. I've done the whole drink fluids and walk and everything on the list to see if they are false or real but they haven't stopped nor are they getting any worse. I have also had very soft stool today which my classes said are a sign of oncoming labor and I seem to be losing my mucous plug but there's no bleeding.

And he said usually contractions that start at the lower abdomen are Braxton hicks. False contractions n can be more painful if dehydrated. Real contracts mostly start as back pains n then at the top of ur abdomen n spread out to all over ur belly. U time them from the start of 1 contraction to the start of the next contraction. Also may be 30 sec at first but must get to 90 sec n 3 to 5 min apart. N the pain will become more painful as they go on.

What do contractions feel like? How can you tell the false ones from the real ones?

False contractions dont last long and wont repeat.. Real contractions will start with a long time interval.. Ul feel like a sharp pain in lower abdomen and back.. It wont b that sharp at first and wd dissapear after a lil time .. And again start after 30 min.. Some have one hr break too.. Gradually the pain will increase and the time span between pain will decrease ..

Callen I am having the samee thing!! And apparently mine is false labor too, but to me it feels like real contractions. it's frustrating because we go through this pain with no change!! Good luck momma!!!

If you are walking then sit or lay down. If they increase then they are real, if they go away then its false labor. I've been in false labor for 2 weeks now.

I started having contractions 10-15 minutes apart about 24 hours before my first was born.

I am 26 weeks i am supposed to have false contractions at this early

Are u having bh or real contractions? Ive had bh eceryday for the last week like all day long but last night was real contractions they just didnt intensify as they continued.... i hate false labour its soooo misleading!

Why is it bringing a tear ??? Are you getting sad that its almost over?

t really experienced Braxton hicks contractions so to me I thought this was the real deal. I timed the contractions and they were 5 minutes apart each and lasted for 35min total. The pain went away now but was this normal? The hubby was ready to take me to the hospital but now that the pain is gone should I wait or still go in? Another thing, I noticed that I'm slowly loosing my mucus plug. Does that mean labor is near?

If you were having real contractions you would know about it.

I ask the same question.

I've read about false and true labor. I'm feeling real contractions. Can't talk through them, shaking from pain etc. The only thing that tells me they aren't trite labor contractions is that they don't develop a regular pattern.

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