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I'm going to vent - contractions suck!

stargirljuliestargirljulie
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So, FTM with LO due tomorrow, and the past 48 hours I've had on/off contractions. Sometimes they are about an hour apart, sometimes 10 minutes. They are for sure getting more intense, but they are never consistent. Now my cramping overnight has gotten significantly worse... to the point where it's uncomfortable to walk, sit, lay down, do anything. Do I worry? Do I be concerned with the amount of cramping?? How long really could these inconsistent contractions go on?

I know I shouldn't feel silly calling into the doctor, but I also don't want to over react. Do you think that L&D nurses get frustrated with FTM's calling all the time?

I am supposed to head into work in a bit, but I'm not quite sure I want to drive in and be uncomfortable there, but I also don't want to sit at home and think about how uncomfortable I am. WWYD?

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Re: I'm going to vent - contractions suck!

  • vanessa11411vanessa11411 member
    I've been having inconsistent contractions for weeks now. I'm 3 days overdue and I'm stuck in this false labor cycle that doesn't end. So now I just don't get too excited when I'm contraction all day cause they seem to always go away when i go to bed.
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    imagevjimenez11:
    I've been having inconsistent contractions for weeks now. I'm 3 days overdue and I'm stuck in this false labor cycle that doesn't end. So now I just don't get too excited when I'm contraction all day cause they seem to always go away when i go to bed.

     

    Lol, weeks??! That's not what I wanted to hear! I'm jealous yours are improved with sleeping/going to bed... that's when mine are worse. Good luck to you --  I hope LO doesn't keep you going round and round much longer!

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  • HollyBerry25HollyBerry25
    I've been having CONSISTENT contractions since monday night.  At first they were just like gas pains, but they have intensified a LOT.  I went to work for the morning yesterday and they were 5-6 min apart until 11 am.  Then they slowed to 10 min apart.  Called doc at lunch and they said they didn't want to see me, just go to L&D if they got back to 5 min apart and I could not talk through them.  It is so frustrating!  We could go on like this for days, weeks... who knows!!  :(  I will say being at work did distract me from them.   Call your doc and see what they say.
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  • BUmamaBUmama

    Every evening I have contractions 20 minutes apart for hours and then they stop. Last night they stopped for a while but started up again overnight and all day long.

     I'm exhausted and now my vision is all blurry (maybe now my opthomalogist will pull my c/s forward!). Just ready to be done, tired of the pain and being so uncomfortable.

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  • Kit15Kit15

    I'm going to vent with you...I started having inconsistent contractions on Monday.  I had a break on Tuesday but Wednesday they kept waking me up...and then I realized they were coming a half hour apart.  All day these freaking contractions at half hour (though during the afternoon it was more like 20 minute) intervals.  While they're not really increasing in intensity...geebers they sure are unpleasant.

    The regularity for 4+ hours was enough to get me an impromptu visit with the OB...cervix is still shut tight. Grah!  They let me keep my normal weekly appointment scheduled tomorrow.  If I wake up still having them, I think I'll go back.  She's not that far and DH agreed to work from home if they continue through the night.

    I didn't know what to make of the "on a scale of 1 to 10 how much does it hurt?" question.  All I could do was go "Buhwha?!"  I mean....I don't think I've ever experienced what I was call a "10" before.  I have no idea how to assess my pain.  Yes they're turning me into a cranky *** but I'm not crying over them.  They seem to fall somewhere between "funny face" and "frustrated fist pounding the table".

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