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Will we mostly all have "false labor"?

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Just a question of curiosity.. I've never been pregnant before so I'm not sure what is normal for most people. I've had some period type cramping occasionally, but nothing that hurts and it just comes randomly. Nothing that would even remotely make me think labor.

Now my question is.... do people just randomly go into labor and "this is it" without having pervious episodes? Or is it safe to assume that I will have a few false starts where nothing ends up coming of it?

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Re: Will we mostly all have "false labor"?

  • Temp700366562504480Temp700366562504480
    Everyone is different.  Yes...some people do randomly just go into labor.  My water spontaneously broke with my 1st and I didn't have contractions start until an hour later...
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  • CamFamCamFam member
    I've had lots of random contractions, mostly BH, but some have been painful and timable. Oh, and lots of period-like cramping. Nothing but teasers! I have a feeling this whole "false labor" thing will be a nuisance until LO makes his real debut.
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  • DanielleWrlyDanielleWrly
    I've never had any false labor episodes with either of my pregnancies. I had a "this is it" and then had me a baby!
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  • hollyg1920hollyg1920 member

    with my 1st I had 2 episodes of false labor where i thought, "is this it?" but then when i had my 1st real contraction...i knew it was it....if you cant walk or talk through a contraction then it is it...i had my son 8 hours after my 1st contraction....i like to think that those false starts helped....gotta stay positive!

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  • kemeshiwarkemeshiwar member
    The biggest lesson I've learned during this pregnancy is that it's never "safe to assume" anything. LOL
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  • Lovies103Lovies103

    I have a friend who never had any BH or any cramping & one night she just went into labor after being checked 2 days prior & she wasn't even kind of dilated or effaced.  She went to the hospital and was 100% effaced & 4 cm dilated.

    Today I had a serious case of false labor.  Then it stopped.  Its starting up again, but I get the feeling it will just keep me up all night.  lol!  Ugg! 

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  • chicagoshannonchicagoshannon

    I didn't have any false labor with my first.  My water broke and then contractions started a good while later.

    This time I could have gone to the hospital like 5 times already if I didn't know any better.  It's torture.  I hope you don't have false labor.

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  • earthboundmisfitearthboundmisfit member
    With DD1 I had zero false labor..nary a BH throughout my whole pregnancy. Then on my due date I started having contractions 10 minutes apart and DD was born the next day. So yes, not everyone has false labor.
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  • jennya1113jennya1113

    imageAngMO:
    Everyone is different.  Yes...some people do randomly just go into labor.  My water spontaneously broke with my 1st and I didn't have contractions start until an hour later...

    this is exactly what happened to me- I never had BH or any signs of labor until my water broke- contractions started about an hour later on the way to the hospital

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  • wife1014wife1014 member
    I did not have any false labor.  Heck, I didn't even have braxton hicks.  I had all back labor which started off 11 minutes apart and rushed to 3 minutes within an hour.  I delivered less than 5 hours from my first contraction. Everyone is different!
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