False labour :(

[Twinkler123]

Hi everyone, new here!!

Well, yesterday i just had random contractions and had to go and have a little lie down. By about ten o'clock I was having regular contractions every twenty minutes. Mind you these were very very painful contractions, took my breath away couldn't walk through them and my baby was moving through them which made them a lot worse to deal with. No they aren't Braxton hicks I have had them since 20 weeks and being 39 weeks today I do know what they feel like. So, anyway these contractions stopped at 3am. I was heartbroken as this is my first baby and have had a real tough time!!! So much that I really don't think I could go through it again.
However I have come to the conclusion that it was 'false labour' I really did think it was the real thing. Whole stomach tightenings, each lasting a minute long and all coming right on cue, they did start to get stronger aswell but obviously they had stopped. So I was just wondering if anyone else has had this and how long did 'true labour' start after??

I don't know if I'm dilated/effaced as I asked my midwife and she said they don't really check now until your in actual active labour. I live in the U.K so this might be different for most of you.

Let me know what you guys think, happy pregnancy peoples x

 

[LDC]

Hi there,

I had false labour (I got told by the hospital that I wouldn't make my due date) however I went two weeks overdue.

For some people false labour can lead to true labour soon after, but again for others it doesn't mean anything so theres no real answer. Fingers crossed that yours leads to labour soon

Xx

 

[Karkey]

U could b experiencing Slow labour.......i had this on all 4 of mine as i found wen it came to the crunch i never lasted more than an hour and my babies were born. They say that ur contractions have to b regular an to go to the hospital wen contractions are 5 mins apart.