mobile: How did your prior labor start?
Spinoff a post I saw in August. Thinking back, it was extremely helpful for me as a FTM to know many various ways that labor started for people.
With my first, the day before my water broke and I went into labor, I felt like crap. I was about 39w, I had gone to the chiro, and felt lousy the
rest of the day. Just extra sore and tired I think. I slept normally
though and sat up in bed at 6a the next day and my water broke.
Contractions started while I was sitting on the toilet. The week before,
I had about 3 hrs of timeable contractions that never went anywhere.
With my second, I'd been having intestinal upset for about 3 days. Looser BMs, feeling gas-like cramps. She kept going posterior, so the night of 39w, we did rebozo sifting as per spinningbabies.com, and she went back to anterior. I was very tired, and still having intestinal cramps, so I went to bed around 9p. I woke up at 2:15a with my water breaking. Contractions again started while I was on the toilet, and she was born two hours later.
I never noticed any bloody show or mucous plug with either one.
So you can see how around 39w this time, I'm gonna be expecting my water to break since that happened the first time! LOL. Trying to stay mentally flexible though as there is no guarantee it'll go the same.
What about you guys who have given birth before? Obviously some of us were induced or had a scheduled cs so you never went into labor .
Re: How did your prior labor start?
Wow that was quick for your first! Does your OB/midwife anticipate another quick labor?
thanks Tracy!
Agreed! This is really interesting for me to hear. I have been present for my two best friends' labors/ births, so that is pretty much the extent of my experience with childbirth, so I'm enjoying hearing a greater sampling.
I had pre-term c/s's with both, so I don't have a labor-starting story. It was great to hear everyone's stories.
One of my sisters had a pretty interesting story with her 1st:
She had no clue she was in labor. She thought she was just really constipated and waited waaaaaay too long to go to the hospital. She went to the ER for her "constipation pains," and that is where she learned she was in labor and was taken to L&D. (I think she was a couple weeks early) She was too far along for an epidural and her dd was born within a few hours of arriving to the hospital.
My water broke at 38 weeks with DS. I wasn't in labor though and hadn't felt a single contraction at that point. I had been dialated for a couple weeks, but thought nothing of it, as that is so common. I was at a wedding and felt a couple gushes, but thought it was just pee/sweat/discharge. About two hours later, I realized my spanx were soaked through and I knew something was up. I drove home, took off the spanx and left a gush of water on the floor, so off to the hospital I went.
Labor/contractions didn't start with my water breaking, I ended up needing a pitocin induction which ended in a c-section after pushing for several hours.
I didn't think it was very fast at the time, about 17 hours? Maybe I should ask my OB about this time! I did ask if it's any faster because this baby already feels SO low, but she said no, it's more just because its number 2 and your insides aren't as tight so they just feel lower. Darn, lol!
Oh my bad. I read it as 7:10 AM after contractions starting at 2am. That would have been quick. 17 hours is pretty average for your first, but most second labors tend to be shorter anyway so you can hope for that.
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ha! That's wild! I don't hear too many stories of water breaking while away from the house, even though that's what everyone fears!
That is awesome that they had to clean it up, nice positive spin!
Sunday, woke up with a realdeal holycrap contraction at 2 am. Started timing and they were 2 min apart! Headed to birthing center and got there at 3 am. Eli was born at 4:06!
So, needless to say, a little terrified at how quickly this labor could go especially since birthing center is 30 min away, but at the slightest regularity of "Braxton hicks" we'll be headed to town!
LMAO. You are awesome.
Ftm so nothing to contribute, this was just too awesome not to comment on.
Pitocin.
Actually they said I was having come contractions as they hooked me up for my induction.
J+E ~ 08/25/2007 DD#1 ~ 05/11/2010 DD#2 ~ 09/25/2013 DD#3 ~ 06/09/2016 Baby #4 Due ~ 01/16/2023
I had zero early labor signs. Nothing.
This was my timeline:
10:30 AM - 39 week dr appt, only dilated a "fingertip" (same as the week prior)
10:40 AM - Getting dressed after my appt and my water breaks in the exam room
12:30 PM - Admitted to the hospital, dilated to 5 cm
5:30 PM - Start pushing
6:45 PM - DS is born