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Just want to complain

bscurtbscurt member
in May 2015 Moms
Forgive me in advance! I'm 37 weeks and 3 days and I've been having a lot of prelabor signs for about a week. I've had regular Braxton hicks (I think they're BH) that can be timeable and uncomfortable for a little bit and then they'll just go away, lost my mucus plug, spotting, cramping and lots of pressure and diarrhea. Woke up this morning with some crazy cramps. I always try to stay on top of timing or being aware of what may be going on...but then everything stops.

As a FTM it's such a tease to think "this may be it!" Or it could be happening soon, only to go another day or another few days lol. I'm ok with her staying as long as she needs to and like my midwife said, these are all good signs that my body is gearing up for the big day...but man!!

Anyone else that's got these prelabor signs, hang in there! You aren't alone! I just keep telling myself that sometime in the next three weeks or so, I'll see my baby girl. It's the only hope I can hold on to lol.
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  • soontobecapeksoontobecapek member
    I know your pain! The last week has been like 1 long uneventful labor. Contractions, diarrhea, pressure, lost my plug, irritable, exhausted, but I think he is still in my ribs...
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  • bscurtbscurt member
    I know the feeling all too well. She still kicks my ribs lol
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  • tdart14tdart14 member
    I'm a stm, and I swore on Monday I was having the baby. Contractions becoming more intense with walking, slowly getting closer together, and then 6 hours later everything just stopped, and here I am still pregnant, it can be very very frustrating.
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  • hollingerddhollingerdd member
    I don't know how much more I can take!! I'm a FTM and I've had BH for 10 weeks now. They are supposed to be practice for the big day, but trust me, I've had enough practicing!! I lost my plug a week ago. Then I started nesting 3 days ago with loose stools, then diarrhea. Baby has dropped creating lots of pelvic pressure. Husband keeps asking, "is it time to go to the hospital?!" I know baby comes when they are ready, but I've been so nauseous, not sleeping, back pain, RLS, hip pain, and my hands are in excruciating pain. They aren't swollen, and it isn't carpal tunnel, it's just hard to do anything with my hands because they hurt so bad. Sorry to vent, I'm just ready to meet my son.
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  • bscurtbscurt member
    hollingerdd said:

    I don't know how much more I can take!! I'm a FTM and I've had BH for 10 weeks now. They are supposed to be practice for the big day, but trust me, I've had enough practicing!! I lost my plug a week ago. Then I started nesting 3 days ago with loose stools, then diarrhea. Baby has dropped creating lots of pelvic pressure. Husband keeps asking, "is it time to go to the hospital?!" I know baby comes when they are ready, but I've been so nauseous, not sleeping, back pain, RLS, hip pain, and my hands are in excruciating pain. They aren't swollen, and it isn't carpal tunnel, it's just hard to do anything with my hands because they hurt so bad. Sorry to vent, I'm just ready to meet my son.

    I understand. The weirdest sensation for me (sorry tmi) is that I feel like the pressure on my clitoris is so much, it's gonna explode! This is from the pelvic bone starting to soften for birth apparently. I also woke up with a terrible headache and keep thinking that I just feel off.
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  • thughes05thughes05 member
    Ladies it will all be over soon and you will be all thinking it was all worth it! I hated it too and went thru all of it 3 times! It's frustrating to say the least! But before you know it that LO will be here! Try warm baths, heating pads, and I would always try to massage my LO out or away from my ribs! Towards the end it definitely felt like more work then it was worth, but then the lil peanut came early! Good luck ladies!
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  • thughes05thughes05 member
    Oh yes and try a chiropractor! It may not help 100% but it may help with some of it
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  • marms1987marms1987 member
    I am having the opposite problem here! I am 38+4d, and I have absolutely no labor signs! No mucus plug, no contractions, no diarrhea, no water leakage, nothing! I'm extremely frusturated, I have only had the pleasure of menstrual cramps that come and go randomly, and of course a huge belly that's making it impossible for me to move, with back pain and pressure. At 38w I was not dialated and my cervix was long. So, I get to wake up every morning feeling like this baby will never come out unless with severe interventions! So even my due date does not mean anything for me right now, because I know that it's NOT near! So yea, I would love to have some signs!
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  • dec2018momdec2018mom member
    I'm sorry if this is gross, but the silver lining is NO MORE CONSTIPATION lol! Seriously...mine got so bad at one point that I thought I'd have to visit the ER. When I finally did go even I was impressed at the scale of it.

    Lets just say that the pain was so bad with that bowel movement that I decided right then that with my labor I'd definitely be getting an epidural lol.
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  • mars8kmars8k member
    Yep my doctor told me i would go soon! I'm 4 cm and thinned out , i have all the signs accept real labour! My doctor is taking a week off as of Monday as she's having an operation and i don't lik any of the other doctors! I want to go while she's still here, i'm 38+5
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  • bscurtbscurt member
    I keep leaking or dripping when I'm trying to pee so it's hard to tell if it's pee or not. Oi maybe I'm just getting anxious lol
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  • hannahhassonnhannahhassonn member
    This thread was made for me! I want to be in labor! So EPO, raspberry leaf tea, and sex every single night for me until something works!
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  • danibiidanibii member
    I'm 38w with no real signs but occasional stomach aches. I can't decide if I want her out sooner or later but the long tease many of you describe must be torture! Sorry!! Is it too much to hope that baby pretty much falls out like on the show "I didn't know I was pregnant?" Haha :D
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  • bscurtbscurt member
    daniellesiegel said:

    I'm 38w with no real signs but occasional stomach aches. I can't decide if I want her out sooner or later but the long tease many of you describe must be torture! Sorry!! Is it too much to hope that baby pretty much falls out like on the show "I didn't know I was pregnant?" Haha :D

    My grandma told me she didn't know she was in labor until she went to her regular app and the doctor nearly screamed because she was so dilated. I hope that's me lol!
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