don't wanna jynx it but....
ericaelaine2
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I think I'm in early labor. Yesterday starting around noon I started having contractions on and off. They weren't timeable but would come every 20-45 minutes. They kept happening if I was sitting, laying, walking etc. Problem was they never got worse or closer together. I have had such bad pressure in my bottom, hips, pelvis, tailbone and top front of thighs. I also went #2 like 5 times yesterday, not loose stool, just small #2s like constantly. I always felt like I had to go to the bathroom. Well the pains stopped around 6:45pm, I got discouraged, took a shower and went to bed.
Well I feel asleep around 8:45 and woke up about every hour to use the bathroom. Around 1:30 I started having contractions again. They started every 20 minutes apart and then went to 8 minutes apart for an hour or so. Now, I haven' thad another one again for 15 minutes.
Who knows, but I hate the stress of not knowing whether or not this is it or not. I was trying to sleep through/in between them but it wasn't happening. So, here I am, up for almost 2 hours now, hoping that my water will just break so that I will know for sure. All of these irregular contractions are driving me nuts. They are painful, have to breath through, whole belly gets tight and complete with a constant back ache.
Anyways, I know I'm still early but I've been having a feeling I would go early and on my own for awhile now. I have been 2cm since 35 weeks and last week at my appointment on 37w 2d appointment I was 2-3cm, 50% effaced and -2 station with a soft cervix. My Dr. didn't say anything like she though I would go early or anything like that but she did have some hesitation in her voice when she said how progressed I was. My next Dr.'s appointment isn't till Thursday but I'm hoping I don't make it that far.
Sorry this is so long, I'm just nervous because I never went on my own with DS, I was induced and really have no clue what natural labor and "going on your own" feels like....
Re: don't wanna jynx it but....
Happened to me too on a few nights last week, and last night, and it gets pretty intense, then just stops! I am so frustrated as well. I do have a constant cramping/back pain feeling, so I am hoping it is the beginning of something as well. It is just hard not knowing what is going on, and if all this is leading to anything!
Hope something is starting for you
Good luck!
Hope it means something because I have been feeling the same since Saturday.
ugh! this sucks but at least lets me know that this could be normal and could go on for awhile. i just hope if it does keep going to for days that i can actually get some sleep.