Contractions Question

HeyAmberNicole

So I've been feeling BH for a few weeks now. I'm 36 weeks (my ticker is wrong-oops).

Over the weekend I was in the hospital for "unexplainable" high blood pressure that was causing me to pass out. When they would monitor me, I was having regular contractions that I couldn't feel every 4-6 minutes. The docs said that if they weren't strong enough to feel they weren't doing me any good. However, I do feel about 6-10 really good, can't really talk through contractions every day. I can palpate the other contractions though.

I don't have complete faith in these doctors (long story), but was wondering if any of you had experienced this? If so, how long did this last before you were actually in labor? I know it's different for everyone and I'm not trying to start labor right now

PS: Long time lurker, I used to post much more on the June 2014 board but there seemed to be too much drama for my taste

jasrun80

I got intense but not painful consistent BH for over two weeks every night esoecially, with my second. maybe drink more water...

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HeyAmberNicole said:

So I've been feeling BH for a few weeks now. I'm 36 weeks (my ticker is wrong-oops).

Over the weekend I was in the hospital for "unexplainable" high blood pressure that was causing me to pass out. When they would monitor me, I was having regular contractions that I couldn't feel every 4-6 minutes. The docs said that if they weren't strong enough to feel they weren't doing me any good. However, I do feel about 6-10 really good, can't really talk through contractions every day. I can palpate the other contractions though.

I don't have complete faith in these doctors (long story), but was wondering if any of you had experienced this? If so, how long did this last before you were actually in labor? I know it's different for everyone and I'm not trying to start labor right now

PS: Long time lurker, I used to post much more on the June 2014 board but there seemed to be too much drama for my taste

QFP

katekat8721

Sorry you're having contractions. June 14 is awesome sauce though and we'd all be there for you if you wanted support.

cMichelle0423

I second what @katekat8721‌ said. I love my June 14 mamas.

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Not sure why you felt the need to add a ps to talk shit about your BMB... I don't remember anybody ever flaming you or bring especially snarky with you.

You DO realize that we are in our 3rd trimester so a lot of June 14 moms lurk/post here as well, right?! Interesting...

elle_tee19

Hello from June 14!

P.S. We're in our 3rd tri too!

ElTrain5

Geez guys, there you go being dramatic again, oh wait....that would be the OP calling out boards in her post. Wait.....nope....Hold the phone...she added a smiley, we're all good.

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tnd1218

Hi from June 14! I was in L&D recently with contractions 2-4 minutes apart. I was told to drink more water (I drink about 100-125oz a day already) and that I may have a UTI causing contractions. It's been almost two weeks since and no labor here.

Mom&nurse

June 14 here. As a board we are very supportive of everyone in there time in need. We have suffered many losses early and late. We have has many premi births. We have moms who live in L&D now too. If you were honestly looking for advice and are genuine then I don't think there is or has been a problem.

Now if you go out there and start an extremely insensitive AW thread on your own complaining about how you can't imagine making it until June or how you are tired of being pregnant... Then Damn right will you be called out. Especially if you are a lurker or drive by.

Now for those of you who enjoy doing drive by things. Please do continue to post on June 14 because we love a good drive by.

Sorry if you feel in unwelcomed or not supported by our board. I am also sorry that you don't trust your doctors. I think I would start there. You will be delivering soon and should have trust I'm your doctor because when it comes down to it. We always call the doctor when something does not feel right.

curlylocks3

Aloha from June 14! I've been steadily contracting every few minutes since April 1. I am still very full of baby over a month later.
Not sure why you thought it would cause LESS drama to come whine about your BMB on a board many of us read already.

HeyAmberNicole

Hey June BMB-ers! I wasn't trying to start any drama...it's been months since I posted there just because of personal preference. Drama may have been the wrong word to use and for that I apologize. I think I was just feeling like a lot of people were being "flamed" or whatever unnecessarily. I was not personally attacked/flamed or anything of the sort, but hormonal hannah (me) over here was upset by seeing it. Again-all personal preference. I know that a lot of you come over here too! So again, sorry! Wasn't trying to start anything.

Thank you everyone that commented! 

I'm going to get even more water on board and see what I can do doctor wise. Because of insurance I don't have a lot of choices in my area. 

izzetoot

Yup, we do love a good drive by:

And J14 is total awesome sauce!!

And, also this...

kthxbye!

RedMar

I heart J14 :x

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HeyAmberNicole said:

Hey June BMB-ers! I wasn't trying to start any drama...it's been months since I posted there just because of personal preference. Drama may have been the wrong word to use and for that I apologize. I think I was just feeling like a lot of people were being "flamed" or whatever unnecessarily. I was not personally attacked/flamed or anything of the sort, but hormonal hannah (me) over here was upset by seeing it. Again-all personal preference. I know that a lot of you come over here too! So again, sorry! Wasn't trying to start anything.

Thank you everyone that commented! 

I'm going to get even more water on board and see what I can do doctor wise. Because of insurance I don't have a lot of choices in my area. 

It was good of you to apologize and address the issue, but I'm not buying it. You said you weren't "trying to start any drama." Then you go on to say IN THE SAME PARAGRAPH that you KNEW that a lot of us come over here too. So why even mention our board in the first place??

You've been lurking on this board so you must have seen the post a few days ago where another poster talked shit about us. It was in the title! Were you looking for sympathy or high fives because you survived the big bad J14??

It's fine to have a personal preference with board choice. I hope that you find (or have found one) that fits you. Blaming hormones is a cop out though. If you don't like honesty and snark, then you don't like it. NBD. But all the posters in this thread (with the exception of the first one) that reached out to you to support you and offer you advice were from June 14.

curlylocks3

And FWIW June is a tame board.

rockopera

For someone who claims not to like flaming and drama, you sure like creating it by calling it out.

But to answer your question, I had a blood pressure spike at 36 weeks and went in for observation. Had the same kind of contractions on the monitor. Was dehydrated and had a UTI. Continued to have contractions for the next 3 weeks. Labor started when my water was broken at the beginning of my induction at 39 weeks. So unless you get to 5-1-1, are in a ton of pain, or have other symptoms - chill out. No need to question your care providers about BH. You'll be continued to be monitored weekly.

MrsCase1

June is the tamest board ever. Literally. Some days it feels like something scandalous would actually spice things up, bad as that might sound. Ugh, it really grinds my gears when June is called out because if you've ever spent more than 5 minutes on The Bump than you know June is the tamest of the tame. Blah. Drama Llama.

cajuntjv

OMG!  This is why many don't frequent the message boards.  I was interested in your question OP and I was glad to read the responses from those who addressed it and shared their experiences.

Thank you!

cecilyandgautam

I'm sorry you passed out - how scary! Do you have other pre-e symptoms or this was just a fluke? I hope you're feeling better!

To your question, yes plenty of my BH/practice labor felt like the real deal, especially in the final month of pregnancy. Sometimes I was driving somewhere, had to pull over, have a few contractions, wait for them to pass, then go straight home. In the final 2 weeks before my daughter was born, I was up every night between 2-5am with at least half an hour, sometimes two hours, of painful, time-able contractions that I couldn't sleep through. 

It's normal and you're 36 weeks so you don't have to worry about preterm labor anymore. I would try to use these "practice labor" BH as an opportunity to practice your relaxation exercises, so when labor really gets going, you'll be able to easily get yourself "in the zone" as they say.