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Can you go into labor with no huge warning signs beforehand?
rachellaura86
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I'm just at the point now where I'm waiting. I've been having Braxton Hicks for awhile and recently I have been really uncomfortable, especially with pressure down there. Other than that though, there are no big signs that anything is coming.
I've read and heard that often times in the 24-48 hours before you go into labor you may: Start vomiting/have diarrhea...... Get a sudden burst of energy and go into nesting mode...... The baby drops (Mine has not).......I also don't think I've lost my mucus plug.
So I'm kind of waiting for one of those aforementioned things to happen, but often do you go into labor without any of those things happening? I am obviously a first time mom. I hate not knowing when she is going to come!!
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Re: Can you go into labor with no huge warning signs beforehand?
oh absolutely! With my first I had my 37wk appt on a Tuesday and had my first internal and was completely closed up. Never had a braxton hicks, anything. Woke up that Thursday morning to my water breaking and then contractions started... didn't see that one coming!
With my second I had contractions off and on for like a month before the baby came...braxton hicks I guess. Then one night they didn't seem to be stopping but they still weren't really painful... when I decided to start timing them they wer 5-7minutes apart already and were pretty consistent. I times them for an hour and a half before going in....they were 1-2minutes apart by the time I got checked in. Once again....no real signs that was coming either.
With my first I had no clue I was in labor. I was 1 week late & I had increased pressure but nothing to alarming. I went to the Doc and got checked. I wasn't dialated but I was having contractions (that I couldn't feel). They sent me home and told me it would be at least 3-4 days before my baby came.
About 10 hrs later the pressure came back and when I went to the hospital again. This time I was 10 cm dilated, they broke my water and had my son within the hour of getting to the hospital.
So it is quite possible to have no warning signs prior to labor.
Yep, it's possible. I never had any BH with my first. At 2:30AM I woke up and had to go poop really bad. Went back to bed and at 3:30AM woke up with contractions. I had my baby at 8:58AM.
I was only 2 centimeters dialated at my appointment the day before.
Yes i had NO warning signs until i went into labor which is why i think i was in denial the first few hours! i never lost MP, never had BH or anything like that just went into labor 2 wks overdue mind you!
GL
baby #3 arrived in September 2014...cannot get ticker to work no matter what I try!
I would say so... my BFF had an induction scheduled for this Thursday. She texted me at 11:00 last night about what time she had to be there on Thursday, etc. She had her baby about an hour ago, so 12 hours later.
She got to the hospital at 6 am this morning at 5cm dilated. So sometime after when she texted me last night and 6 a.m. this morning, she went into active labor with no clue it was happening the night before. Hope you have the same luck. She would've been 39 weeks on Thursday, so looks like y'all had the same due date!
For me, labor felt completely random with no tell-tale signs it was coming... but when I started replaying the day in my head afterward (hindsight) I realized it should have been really obvious. I was in kind of a manic mood all day, I had tons of energy and literally didn't sit down all day. I just kept cleaning and taking the dog for a walk. I also had contractions most of the day, but they weren't painful at all. At the end of the night my lower back was kiiiilling me, so much so that I could barely speak, but I figured it was because I was on my feet all day... didn't think once that I was laboring.
I think it's hard to decipher it all while it's happening because everything could mean something or nothing. As you get closer to the end, you kind of get used to getting random bursts of energy, contractions, lower back pain, etc (at least I did)! Even after my water broke I was in denial because it wasn't this huge gush, it was more like a slow leak, ha.
I know it's hard, but try not to over-analyze. Just go about your days as usual, and know that when it's "go time" your body will unmistakably tell you!
DD #2 2 years old (08/17/11)
DD #3 born 08/29/13
yes you can have no major signs of labor and go into it. i didn't have any signs of labor, woke up thinking i was having major poop cramps, went to the bathroom, and dh had to convince me it was more than poop cramps lol.
good thing he did or else i'd have had ds on the pot! LOL so an hour after i got up and had gotten to the hospital, i was 4cm, and very much in labor. 6hrs later ds was born.