Timing Contractions?

BrytniJo · Mar 24th, 2012, 18:10 PM

Hello ladies.

I've been having contractions, and I am just wondering exactly what I'm supposed to be timing? I get like a shooting pain in my bump, and it gets really hard all across it, then the pain dwindles down, but my belly is still hard...?

And by the time the next one comes, I haven't noticed my belly soften much, if at all. So my question is, do I go from when the pain starts and stops? Or if/when my belly softens? Thanks!

d1kt8r · Mar 24th, 2012, 19:26 PM

i think you time from the start of one contraction the the beginnng of the next, thats what my mw said
i dont really understand it tho
goodluck xxx

megangrohl · Mar 24th, 2012, 21:49 PM

You count from the beginning of one to the beginning of the next one. And you go by the pain.

NC_Sarah · Mar 24th, 2012, 22:01 PM

Start timing when you begin to feel the pain coming and take note of what time the pain stops and what time the next wave of pain comes. This will tell you how long the contraction is an how far apart they are coming

For example, pains starts so you begin your timer/stopwatch. 30 seconds go by and the pain stops. 4 1/2 more minutes go by and then a new contraction starts. This means your contractions are coming every 5 minutes (the start of one contraction to the start of another) and last for 30 seconds

BrytniJo · Mar 24th, 2012, 23:58 PM

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Originally Posted by NC_Sarah

Start timing when you begin to feel the pain coming and take note of what time the pain stops and what time the next wave of pain comes. This will tell you how long the contraction is an how far apart they are coming

For example, pains starts so you begin your timer/stopwatch. 30 seconds go by and the pain stops. 4 1/2 more minutes go by and then a new contraction starts. This means your contractions are coming every 5 minutes (the start of one contraction to the start of another) and last for 30 seconds

Thank you, that really helps!

Mar 24th, 2012, 18:10 PM	#1
BrytniJo Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 60	Timing Contractions? Hello ladies. I've been having contractions, and I am just wondering exactly what I'm supposed to be timing? I get like a shooting pain in my bump, and it gets really hard all across it, then the pain dwindles down, but my belly is still hard...? And by the time the next one comes, I haven't noticed my belly soften much, if at all. So my question is, do I go from when the pain starts and stops? Or if/when my belly softens? Thanks!

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Mar 24th, 2012, 19:26 PM	#2
d1kt8r Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: New Zealand "the naki" Posts: 1,031	i think you time from the start of one contraction the the beginnng of the next, thats what my mw said i dont really understand it tho goodluck xxx

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Mar 24th, 2012, 21:49 PM	#3
megangrohl Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 6,314	You count from the beginning of one to the beginning of the next one. And you go by the pain.

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Mar 24th, 2012, 22:01 PM	#4
NC_Sarah Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,689	Start timing when you begin to feel the pain coming and take note of what time the pain stops and what time the next wave of pain comes. This will tell you how long the contraction is an how far apart they are coming For example, pains starts so you begin your timer/stopwatch. 30 seconds go by and the pain stops. 4 1/2 more minutes go by and then a new contraction starts. This means your contractions are coming every 5 minutes (the start of one contraction to the start of another) and last for 30 seconds

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