Is this labour?

c-lou · Jul 23rd, 2010, 05:15 AM

Hi, i have four days left and this is my first pregnancy since yesterday i have been getting period like pains they were coming and going at first some would be 5 mins apart others would be 20 mins later and some were worse than others, while i was getting the pains i felt my stomach tightening up the top and then loosening! the baby was also VERY active when this was happening! I then felt like was going to get sick. I was able to sleep ok last night and this morning the pains weren't as noticeable as yesterday but i think there still there just mild! just looking for advice on what might be going on as i really don't know what to be looking for!!!

loopylou86 · Jul 23rd, 2010, 05:24 AM

I can't answer but I just wanted to say good luck

mumzy2be<3 · Jul 23rd, 2010, 05:28 AM

call ur midwife , could be just braxton hicks too , or just coz ur baby is active

c-lou · Jul 23rd, 2010, 05:42 AM

Thanks i just really wanted to know if its normal for this to happen in early labor! iv heard baby's can go in to distress and i guess im just a bag of nerves tbh

Snoozie · Jul 23rd, 2010, 05:46 AM

Sounds like warm up labour to me. I often get that in late pg at night usually and it dies down to nothing. You will go pop in the next 10 days.x

Peardrop · Jul 23rd, 2010, 06:02 AM

I am getting that now although in my back as bubs is posterior. Rang delivery and lovely midwife explained it was pre labour where the cervix is beginning to thin but not active labour where you are dilating. Mine died down yesterday but is back again this evening. She said it can be pretty uncomfortable but not to get disheartened as it's all a very good thing. Drink plenty, take painkillers etc. She said to me that it should move to active labour at some point and I will know when it does as contractions regularise etc. Good luck. Hope it goes smoothly for you. Xx

c-lou · Jul 23rd, 2010, 06:12 AM

oh im sure ill know when im getting proper contractions or so iv been told! well at least now i know its normal thanks everyone!!

bbyno1 · Jul 23rd, 2010, 06:46 AM

i had the exact saame thing lastnight but today it seems to of died down yeh

x

Lea21 · Jul 23rd, 2010, 07:01 AM

I also had this from 4pm yesterday! Severe lower back pain/period pain moving from back to front a couple of times (baby is rop)...had a few braxton hicks around 4 mins apart then moved to around 20 mins then completely stopped!! Eventually fell asleep and woke up this morning feelin loads better than i did last nite!! Peardrop your post pretty much explains what i was feeling!

Becky10 · Jul 23rd, 2010, 09:28 AM

If the don't get longer, stronger and more frequent and occur the same length of time apart they sound like Braxton Hicks contractions. It's your uterus practising and warming up for the real thing. Baby moving a lot or when you've done too much can bring on little 'sessions' like this. Shouldn't be long now!

Jul 23rd, 2010, 05:15 AM	#1
c-lou Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Dublin Posts: 55	Is this labour? Hi, i have four days left and this is my first pregnancy since yesterday i have been getting period like pains they were coming and going at first some would be 5 mins apart others would be 20 mins later and some were worse than others, while i was getting the pains i felt my stomach tightening up the top and then loosening! the baby was also VERY active when this was happening! I then felt like was going to get sick. I was able to sleep ok last night and this morning the pains weren't as noticeable as yesterday but i think there still there just mild! just looking for advice on what might be going on as i really don't know what to be looking for!!!

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Jul 23rd, 2010, 05:24 AM	#2
loopylou86 Trying to conceive (TTC) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,482	I can't answer but I just wanted to say good luck

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Jul 23rd, 2010, 05:28 AM	#3
mumzy2be<3 Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 660	call ur midwife , could be just braxton hicks too , or just coz ur baby is active

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Jul 23rd, 2010, 05:42 AM	#4
c-lou Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Dublin Posts: 55	Thanks i just really wanted to know if its normal for this to happen in early labor! iv heard baby's can go in to distress and i guess im just a bag of nerves tbh

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Jul 23rd, 2010, 05:46 AM	#5
Snoozie Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 294	Sounds like warm up labour to me. I often get that in late pg at night usually and it dies down to nothing. You will go pop in the next 10 days.x

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Jul 23rd, 2010, 06:02 AM	#6
Peardrop Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: London/Hertfordshire (but just come back from living in Sydney) Posts: 786	I am getting that now although in my back as bubs is posterior. Rang delivery and lovely midwife explained it was pre labour where the cervix is beginning to thin but not active labour where you are dilating. Mine died down yesterday but is back again this evening. She said it can be pretty uncomfortable but not to get disheartened as it's all a very good thing. Drink plenty, take painkillers etc. She said to me that it should move to active labour at some point and I will know when it does as contractions regularise etc. Good luck. Hope it goes smoothly for you. Xx

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Jul 23rd, 2010, 06:12 AM	#7
c-lou Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Dublin Posts: 55	oh im sure ill know when im getting proper contractions or so iv been told! well at least now i know its normal thanks everyone!!

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Jul 23rd, 2010, 06:46 AM	#8
bbyno1 Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Londonn Posts: 18,652	i had the exact saame thing lastnight but today it seems to of died down yeh x

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Jul 23rd, 2010, 07:01 AM	#9
Lea21 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Dursley, Glos Posts: 714	I also had this from 4pm yesterday! Severe lower back pain/period pain moving from back to front a couple of times (baby is rop)...had a few braxton hicks around 4 mins apart then moved to around 20 mins then completely stopped!! Eventually fell asleep and woke up this morning feelin loads better than i did last nite!! Peardrop your post pretty much explains what i was feeling!

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Jul 23rd, 2010, 09:28 AM	#10
Becky10 Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Oxfordshire,UK Posts: 1,335	If the don't get longer, stronger and more frequent and occur the same length of time apart they sound like Braxton Hicks contractions. It's your uterus practising and warming up for the real thing. Baby moving a lot or when you've done too much can bring on little 'sessions' like this. Shouldn't be long now!

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