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Did you have a "feeling" LO would come early?
juliane2004
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Every time I walk any further than ~1 block, the right part of my whole stomach, abdomen, etc area hurts. Sort of feels like a cramp you'd get after running for a while, but it's after walking just a small bit.
I asked my doc about it and she said she doesn't really know what it is and there's nothing to do about it.
But this, along with a sort of intuition that DS is going to come really early, make me wonder if I should continue as I am or take things easier?
My question is, did you "know" or have any sort of feeling that your singleton would come early?
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Re: Did you have a "feeling" LO would come early?
Brady Phoenix, 8.29.09
Claire Zoe, 10.26.10
Honestly, yes. Around the 29 week mark, I felt like I was going to run out of time, panicked, and FORCED DH to finish the nursery. And then he came 2 weeks later. I was having what I thought were BH's (because they were only on my right side) after taking walks and such, but it turned out they were real contractions because I have a bicornuate uterus (heart shaped) and my LO was inhabiting the right side. I hope that doesn't scare you though, it could just be BH's or round ligament pain, but if you feel like it's something bad you need to press the issue with your doctor or find someone else who will figure out what is wrong! Hope everything is ok though and your LO stays in full-term!
Not at all!
Hugs! I hope you go to term!
I did. I had a very easy and normal pregnancy, but from very early on I felt like he would come early. I even dreamed that he was born early when I was about 8 weeks pg.
If I were you I wouldn't worry too much, but I would make sure to listen to your body. If something doesn't seem right then ask for an ultrasound or to be monitored. Don't let your doctor blow you off.
Yes, with my first pregnancy even though it went well, I was young and had no risk factors, the whole time through I just knew he would be early. I delivered at 33 weeks due to chorioamnionitis. It wasn't until about 1 week before I delivered that I started being able to physically feel that things weren't "normal."
Now with this one I feel physically fine as well but still feel like she's coming early too. But who knows, maybe it's just cause I'm worried about it.
Relax, enjoy every day of your pregnancy. There's nothing you can do either way, try not to stress and take it easy physically just in case.
Not exactly a "feeling" but I had several dreams where DH and I "weren't ready" for baby - like we delivered (full term) at the hospital, but didn't have a carseat, or brought LO home from the hospital and forgot to buy a crib, etc. My DH also had really bad nightsweats all through my pregnancy which was really uncharacteristic for him - he is a super laid back guy.
So, sometime intuition is right - but that doesn't mean YOU are going to deliver early. Listen to your body and take it easy - and keep asking doctors, midwives, etc about the pains you are experiencing. I'm pretty sure I was having contractions before my water broke at 25w5d. I would wake up with lots of pain in my lower back; my doctor attributed it to the excessive amniotic fluid I had and the subsequent weight I had rapidly gained, but I'm 99% sure there were contractions - now that I know what contractions feel like. Not to scare you at all, but often the patient knows best.
I started having that feeling at around 25 weeks. I had on and off bleeding from 20 weeks on and around week 25 started feeling like LO would come early. Of course, I figured that she would come at like 34-36 weeks, not 29w, 6d!
Like PP's said, you may just be worrying, ut if something doesn't feel right, DO NOT hesitate to call the doc; its their job to put your mind at easy and they get paid to do it, so don't feel like you are bothering them!
I had red bleeding in my first trimester, but then everything was clear during second trimester. And then with my third trimester, he just felt heavy-it was like it was on my pubic bone, and it was hard to walk--felt better to sit down.
I was planning more for a larger baby--even bought 12 month baby boy shorts. I did not have much notice--I started to spot--and then I was thinking it was indigestation or cramps. Later that night, more brown stuff came out---I called the obgyn--and while on the phone with obgyn, my water started to break--so they had me go to the hospital. Luckily, I had started to pack my hospital bag, and I had taken pictures the weekend before with me pregnant.
By the time I got to the ER late at night at the hospital, I was in so much pain yelping "Help me". So they put me in a wheelchair and wheeled me up to labor and delivery. He came that night at 12:19am (I was fully dialated when I got to the hospital).
Not that he would come early exactly, but I was wierd about being careful while I was pregnant. I was worried about cuddling behind my husband because I didn't want to put too much pressure there, even at 6wks. I worried about too much excersize, about pushing to have a bowel movement. I was worrying a lot during my pregnancy, despite it going very smoothly with no risk factors. About 1 week before I was admitted to the hospital, I kept having scary vivid dreams about going into labor. One of them woke me up, and at 2am I prayed "Please, just let him live, I promise I'll raise him to know you, just let him live".
I guess I wonder if the question was asked of people with FT babies, if maybe many of them felt the same things with nothing happening in the end.