i have a question that i need answered asap please

Sarah - posted on 06/22/2010

same thing happened to my cousin, she's always had very strong pains and contractions and asked her doctor about them, doctor said that the pain was her ligaments stretching and for bh contractions, just to lay down, put feet up and drink water. Granted she is only at 15 or so weeks..haha so advice is probably different depending on how far along...I would tell you, just keep track of your body. Pay attention. You won't be caught too much off guard so just watch yourself. When the pains are regular and so and so many minutes apart, when you have trouble talking through a contraction, definitely if you start bleeding or water breaks...labor is usually very obvious. I know there's always those women who go potty and out pops a baby to their absolute shock lol but what are the odds of that? lol ;) Don't worry about it, second borns can be quicker, but labor isn't always. I found the pushing part to be quicker, (like 10 minutes long) but getting to 10cm was about the same amount of time as my firstborn, about 5 or so hours. Exciting though, isn't it?! You want it to happen so you're looking for signs that its finally here, but at the same time, you want to be prepared. lol You're almost there mommas, congrats! :D

Terri - posted on 06/21/2010

i'm 32weeks with my second... at 29weeks i started having what i thought was braxton hicks... they got very painful and regular (every 2min lasting a minute each) i went to the hospital and they said i had an infection, they're not sure what as my water is coming back clear but they wern't worried. apparently infections can cause the womb to contract and they can lead to labour... i'm still having pains but theres been no signs of baby yet x

Tammee - posted on 06/04/2010

both my kids labors were as long as one another. With my son the Braxton Hicks were pain free but with my daughter I had painful ones from about 25 weeks. With number three I have noticed that they have started earlier and that they can be painful. But usually Braxton Hicks are irregular. So I would def get it checked out by mid wife if they are regular and persistant. Let us know how you go

Kelina - posted on 05/31/2010

that's good. I would still call your midwife and see what she thinks. Maybe she can check and see if you are dilating? You could be in the first stage of labor-not sure if this is spelled right, prodrommel or soemthing? with my son i has at that stage for like 30 hours before we finally went to the hospital to get things moving cause i couldn't sleep. congrats on your second little one!

Amy - posted on 05/29/2010

it did i tried the fetal position thinger and it worked i finally got to sleep

Stevie - posted on 05/29/2010

haha yeah no second labors arent always faster my first my labor (all of it) was only 10 min my second was 15.5 hours lol im anxous about how this one is ganna go lol but i hope everything went well last night :)

Amy - posted on 05/28/2010

you did, i just worry cuz they say the second labor goes faster and i dont really want to have the baby at home alone with my two year old, i think it might freak her out just a little bit... thanks i will try those, well except the bath bc i only have a shower, and if those dont help i will try taking a hot shower and letting the water run down my back, that may help i hope

Stevie - posted on 05/28/2010

i remember with my first i was told that walking helps braxton hicks go away so when it was that night and i was going threw pains of cramping i didnt have any contractions at all with that labor but either way i was walking around and i did everything i could and nothing helped i think that is a sure way to know walking taking a nice bath trying to go to the bathroom presure in the butt area or going to the bathroom bm not helping throwing up is a sign also of being in labor i even tried curling up in a ball like i was going threw really bad period cramps didnt help NOTHING did but if any of these dont help your bh or contractions stop you should go tothe hospital and get checked or if your doing a home birth then call who you have for that and honestly even if those are helping you could just be in the early stage and still should be checked i started crying and checked my internet on labor pains since it was my first and thats how i ended up going to the hospital good luck wishing you the best and i hope i helped and soon enough