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Prodromal labor encouragement

knottie1c550164f6547569knottie1c550164f6547569 member
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This is not addressed nearly enough, not on this app and not in the childbirth books, and I’ve now read doctors saying this about their own pregnancy experiences. 

Prodromal labor is often not characterized by Braxton Hicks and doesn’t follow the same guidelines. Whereas Braxton Hicks are usually every now and then, aren’t particularly painful and do not come back to back for hours, prodromal labor can. 
It can show up quite early (37 weeks for me this time) and can get closer together, become more painful, include low cramping and begin to wrap around to the back…. And yet, prodromal labor may not end in delivery and can be incredibly confusing for couples timing contractions. Many do check into the hospital, only to have things fizzle out and this labor can come on days in a row, sometimes around the same time of day. You can read whole threads about couples who have struggled with this, wondering why this happens but isn’t productive labor. 
   From what I’ve read and heard, it is still practice for the body. It happens more in 2nd, 3rd, etc pregnancies than first time ones. 

There are steps to see if it will become true active labor.
1. Rest. Sleep.
2. Drink. Get electrolytes in the drink too.
3. Eat something 
4. Start moving. Go on a walk. Do the “curb walk” to help baby’s head settle into the pelvic window. 

These steps will either end prodromal labor or help it become more organized productive labor where baby’s head is engaged and descending. Prodromal labor can happen on and past a due date too! So remember the steps. 

Remember: cervical dilation can go as slowly or quickly your body allows. It can reverse with a fearful, anxious emotions—a rough exam, for example. It can accelerate when mom feels safe, and the love hormones are flowing. Transition can quickly finish off dilation. Don’t let anyone get into your headspace. Dilation obeys the law of sphincters—the more we relax, the more we open. 

Also, check out more info on YouTube on the purple line that appears in your butt crack when dilating and how it can actually be measured. It is a non-invasive way to check for dilation and it is clinically real and used by the smarties. 
  
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Re: Prodromal labor encouragement

  • meggymemeggyme member
    knottie1c550164f6547569 said:
    This is not addressed nearly enough, not on this app and not in the childbirth books, and I’ve now read doctors saying this about their own pregnancy experiences. 

    Prodromal labor is often not characterized by Braxton Hicks and doesn’t follow the same guidelines. Whereas Braxton Hicks are usually every now and then, aren’t particularly painful and do not come back to back for hours, prodromal labor can. 
    It can show up quite early (37 weeks for me this time) and can get closer together, become more painful, include low cramping and begin to wrap around to the back…. And yet, prodromal labor may not end in delivery and can be incredibly confusing for couples timing contractions. Many do check into the hospital, only to have things fizzle out and this labor can come on days in a row, sometimes around the same time of day. You can read whole threads about couples who have struggled with this, wondering why this happens but isn’t productive labor. 
       From what I’ve read and heard, it is still practice for the body. It happens more in 2nd, 3rd, etc pregnancies than first time ones. 

    There are steps to see if it will become true active labor.
    1. Rest. Sleep.
    2. Drink. Get electrolytes in the drink too.
    3. Eat something 
    4. Start moving. Go on a walk. Do the “curb walk” to help baby’s head settle into the pelvic window. 

    These steps will either end prodromal labor or help it become more organized productive labor where baby’s head is engaged and descending. Prodromal labor can happen on and past a due date too! So remember the steps. 

    Remember: cervical dilation can go as slowly or quickly your body allows. It can reverse with a fearful, anxious emotions—a rough exam, for example. It can accelerate when mom feels safe, and the love hormones are flowing. Transition can quickly finish off dilation. Don’t let anyone get into your headspace. Dilation obeys the law of sphincters—the more we relax, the more we open. 

    Also, check out more info on YouTube on the purple line that appears in your butt crack when dilating and how it can actually be measured. It is a non-invasive way to check for dilation and it is clinically real and used by the smarties. 
      
    Idk, measuring a line on my butt crack sounds pretty invasive too.
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  • knottie1c550164f6547569knottie1c550164f6547569 member
    Lol. The line may be visible without invasion, especially in laboring mothers who are simply on their hands and knees. Or a mom and her hubby can easily check for that line outside the hospital so that they know how dilation is progressing. 
       The transfer of bacteria, even strep B, is associated with cervical checks. To each her own, but I had a very very bad experience with one particular cervical check, and it’s nice to know that it isn’t the only way to measure dilation. 
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