Am 37+4 Contrax every 5mins for 8 hours..Now they are slowing whats going on please?

[anxiousbump1]

Hey guys,
Dont know if any of you experianced the same thing, but i was getting contractions last night from 6pm - 2am every 4-5mins like clockwork last night, i put my TENS on and everything.
They were much stronger than the braxton hicks i have been getting for the past 10weeks and i had to struggle to breathe through them and i also had v.loose bowels yesterday (sorry if TMI) and i have had a small show a couple of days previous, and i am 37+4 today.

They then seemed to get slightly more bareable and i managed to sleep until 7am and since waking they are still here but further apart and no where near as painful,

I was 4/5ths engaged on last check 2 weeks ago if that means anything?
I just really want to know whats going on? And if this is a long latent stage? Or possibly just false labour?

My midwife isnt very helpful when i phoned just tells me to take paracetamol and have a bath, and see if it helps which it doesnt, and when i phoned back at 2am to say they were getting worse she just said breathe through them and she will phone me today after lunch...
Please give me some ideas about what this could be?
Cheers girls, dont know what i would do without you

 

[MissE007]

I had the same thing from about 5am yesterday morning until last night including loose bowels and I thought things were getting ready to happen, but then it just tailed off and now nothing.

Is this your first baby? If it is then there's a chance it could be the real thing but it could take a while to get going. In that sense the midwife is somewhat right to just wait and see...because if you go into hospital too early they will may just send you home with some painkillers and tell you to come back when you are in a lot more pain which is what they did to me with my first.

I do understand how frustrating it is though!

 

[anxiousbump1]

Oh thanks for the advice...i thought i was loosing my marbles, well the ones i have left anyway lol

Yes its my first baby, and am really praying this is something that is slowly starting to happen, i have heard if this is the latent stage it can last up to 10days (which i hope isnt true) not sure if that is true?

The pains have almost eased off completely when sitting, although if i get on my ball they get worse again, is it worth working with them on the ball to see if it gets things moving? Bit nervous as the DP is at work lol

 

[kermie219]

sounds promising! how exciting! Can you try taking a short walk? Let gravity help out?? Hope you aren't in too much pain and that things get going! good luck!!

 

[LankyDoodle]

Sounds like latent labour or false labour. This kind of thing can go on for a few weeks before you actually go into full blown labour.

 

[lynnikins]

i had about 10 days of this everynight before i went into labour properly with ds, it was annoying eventually i just gave up and tried to sleep through them with some paracetamol or co-codamol as i needed the sleep i figured if it was going to be baby arriving things would start and not stop so just tried to get on with it

 

[littledemonme]

Don't know if this is any good but at NCT antenatal they said walking up and down stairs sideways helps ???!!!!! To encourage them on a stage I mean. Good luck lovely -I'd go with the bouncing if that brings them on too.

 

[ilovecocopops]

I was getting contractions yesterday with backache for around 5 hours. Got all excited and washed the crib sheets! They were getting gradually worse but then gradually faded away Today, nothing! Im guessing it was just a little false labor telling me to hurry up and get everything done! x