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contractions questions-TMI

ToBeClementsToBeClements
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Ok, I am getting contractions, timable and painful for about 3-4 hours a day, and then they stop. The  last two days, when I am having a 'bad' one, it feels like I am having the worst BM of my life. It is really sharp pain during the entire contraction, to the point I can't walk/talk through them.

Think these are real contractions or fake ones? I can get myself to have an actual BM once the contraction is done, but its a very normal BM (not runny, lots, or a tiny bit either), and I don't think I am constipated (sp?) because I eat a ton of fiber, lots of liquid, etc.

What do y'all think? Thanks ladies!

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  • ashopaholicmomashopaholicmom

    How far apart are they and how long do they last?   Are you very active before they start?

    I'm thinking since they go away it's not the "real thing" yet.  They may be true contractions, but they will stick around and get closer together when it's time to head in to the hospital. 

    GL :-)

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  • PlainandTallPlainandTall member
    I had the same thing happen 2 days ago- I think I was having CTX because I was a little dehydrated... it lasted an afternoon and I just rested and they were gone- but I recognised the feeling from my second child's labor... for some reason- each contraction (I'm talking about the real ones now) began with a sharp stabbing pain in my butt...almost like a painful gas bubble was inflating my colon without escaping KWIM? ... and sort of developed upward around the uterus from there- but it was VERY annoying and the butt pain was worse than the uterus pain!  I had not yet had a chance to poop that day and I thought that pooping might help relieve that pain so I could focus on the aspects of labor that would get the baby born- I asked the nurses for an enema and they took so long to get one for me because they aren't routine anymore- that when I finally did get the enema- I hit transition and the baby was born almost right after that.  
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  • monkykymonkyky member
    I have been having the same thing. It's very frustrating.
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  • superherostockersuperherostocker
    If they aren't consistent then I am sure they are fake. Your body is preparing and practicing to give birth. You just need to look for contractions that are 5-6 min apart and get closer and they contractions will get more and more painful. Read up on how to time contractions properly (I thought I knew and I didn't..Embarrassed )
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