"Strange" or "weird" feelings before delivery???

MiniMama2011 · February 2011

Well I dont usually post here I lurk and post over on the nest sometimes but this is my first pregnancy and I have a question....

Im 38 weeks today and Ive been having some irregular contractions and things here and there. I am already dilated to a 2.

Well I have been feeling totally weird all day....my mom thinks it could be bc its close to time but Im not sure. I dont really have a way to explain it..I have an odd feeling in my chest and everythings a little achy, and Ive just felt kinda gross and blah all day. Not my usual self.

Now I may just be nuts lol but like I said its my first pregnancy so I know nothing haha So have any of you ever heard of this before or had experiences like this?? I googled it and there were a few things about strange feelings right before they went into labor but I thought I'd see what you guys thought.......

chicsub · February 2011

Possibly. However, you will only know in retrospect b/c it could be nothing. I don't remember feeling anything strange before going into labor with DS.

FutureMrsCaesar · February 2011

I've been feeling like that about every other day here lately...lol. From this point on you could probably come up with something every.single.day that leads you to believe labor might be right around the corner. Try not to get too caught up in it otherwise you'll drive yourself crazy. Mentally prepare to be in this for AT LEAST 2 more weeks, and you'll be much better off.

ETA: more to your question, no with DS I had no idea I was going into labor that day. A few of my co-workers told me I looked like h#ll that day, but that's only an obersvation in hindsight.

cheerio9 · February 2011

I've had that feeling to the last couple of days. It comes and goes. Like my body just feels weird.

akozera · February 2011

kdodge423:
I've felt like that for weeks. It's my new normal.

Virtual high five there!

rae_dylanzmom · February 2011

kdodge423:

I've felt like that for weeks. It's my new normal.

This. I am (like you) convinced EVERYTHING is labor related. Trying not to think about it, but seriously, how can you not think about it constantly. (first time mom here... maybe it gets easier the next time around.)

akozera · February 2011

rachelinouray:
kdodge423:

I've felt like that for weeks. It's my new normal.

This. I am (like you) convinced EVERYTHING is labor related. Trying not to think about it, but seriously, how can you not think about it constantly. (first time mom here... maybe it gets easier the next time around.)

I have yet to see her associate everything as being related to labor. lol Who knows, maybe it was my imagination. *shrug*

Aviee · February 2011

I have been feeling 'strange' in different ways every day since saturday. One day it was uncontrollable hunger following extreme dips in energy after being super hyper...the next it was being sleepy after a full night's sleep...the next it was not wanting any food at all and having to force myself to eat...today is leg cramping and ankle aches for no reason (i've been off of my feet all day!!). None of these has EVER happened the whole time i've been pregnant. On top of that, I get strange feelings in my chest, diaphram and in my head when i have BH, now too. Who knows what it could be.

jeffrae · February 2011

that is exactly how I would have described me the day before my water broke. good luck!

MiniMama2011 · February 2011

kdodge423:
rachelinouray:
kdodge423:

I've felt like that for weeks. It's my new normal.

This. I am (like you) convinced EVERYTHING is labor related. Trying not to think about it, but seriously, how can you not think about it constantly. (first time mom here... maybe it gets easier the next time around.)

I really hope you are referring to the OP with that everything is labor related comment, because I sure as shiit don't say that.

Well I didnt either?? I am a little confused by that comment myself.

I definitely dont think everything is labor related but I was just wondering if anyone else had ever felt that way. It was my moms theory. I pretty much just chalked it up to a new level of crappy that my pregnancy has come to. I pretty much think its constant crappy lol

KaraBear1982 · February 2011

The last few days I've been feeling a ton of apprehension and anxiety. I've been a rather happy pregnant woman so it's weird to feel this way. But I am super impatient and I get anxiety when I'm waiting on something so this might just be the mother of all anxiety haha.

kmlevine04@gmail.com · February 2011

i've been feeling like a cranky b since last night...you think i'll pop today?? lol

sassyracing79 · February 2011

Honestly there wasn't anything that made me think I was going to go in to labor. I wanted to sleep but that's nothing unusual to a pregnant woman. My 3 dogs didn't even act wierd like a lot of people said they would. Everything just kinda happened. My mom did tell my husband that she'd be seeing him in a couple hours (she had a feeling, somehow that I was gonna go)