So many contractions and no baby!

HML5382 · March 2013

I'm starting to get really frustrated. Every night this week I have been having about 2-3 hours of steady, time-able contractions on average 5 minutes apart. I get some throughout the day too, but mostly at night between dinner and going to bed. They're more than braxton hicks but not what I remember as "real" labor. Definitely a lot of pressure and some pain (like on the level of menstrual cramps) but nothing I can't talk through.

Anyone else have this?! I'm starting to get worried that I'll be one of those people who has her baby on the toilet because I just don't know when to actually take them seriously! My first labor was so different, very textbook in how it progressed, then my water broke and I of course knew for sure. But I just don't know what to do this time around. Any advice?

JennaOs · March 2013

Same thing over here! They are painful but not timeable yet. Every night since wednesday and it usually picks up about now and lasts until 3 a.m. then nothing...

BikiniMom · March 2013

JennaOs:
Same thing over here! They are painful but not timeable yet. Every night since wednesday and it usually picks up abou

steph620 · March 2013

This happened to me...I had contractions every 5-7 minutes apart, but I kept laboring at home because they say don't go in until they are 5 minutes apart consistently for an hour. Well, when my water broke finally it was go time! I don't wanna say wait un

BlinkyT · April 2013

Yes!! Same thing with me over the weekend. Sunday night I actually went in and they explained that while you think its time, its just really early labor. I was told that its time when the contractions are all over, in your back, lower and upper abdomen, a