The Braxton Hicks do get stronger towards the end. With my first, I was determined NOT to go the hospital and mistakenly think I was in labor. I woke up early one day before work, cramping pretty good, but irregular. I f did have a bit of blood when I wiped, but thus can happen towards the end to. I go to work and the pain gets worse...to the point I was having hard time breathing and standing, I kept gripping my desk, hunched over. Finally my manager said I should call the doc. I had just had am appt like 2 days before and everything was perfect. So i call, they say come in, and I was 4cm! He told me to go straight to the hospital, no stops, but I was alone and wanted my mom and husband. Plus I didn't have my bag. I asked him"doesn't the first take longer?" And gee said yes but everyone us different, and at 4 cm there was no time to test it...I still stopped by my house and then my husband's work to pick him up cuz I couldn't drive it hurt so bad. I called my mom crying, it was do much worse than I thought...
Luckily i hit 5cm then stalled out for about7 hours, so plenty if time for an epidural....
But then I suddenly went from 5 to 8.5 in an hour....then stalled again....
Moral of the story, just pay attention, and remember SOMETIMES even "real" contractions are irregular in the beginning - they were for me with both boys. It took awhile before my contractions to come at regular intervals. Now, of course, I can feel the difference, real contractions are Braxton Hicks times 100, at least for me. Plus, usually you'll feel it all the way around to your back.
it's true though! BUT "they" aren't very accurate at predicting weight that much...
but no AF still.....tired of the crap....waiting to see the RE....maybe I was only meant to have 2 little boys....and nothing else...who knows...we'll see...debbie downer right now...
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so excited to see the first peanut from our ever growing nut hut™ treehouse! With confetti not far behind....I know we've said it before, but it truly sucks how far away we are from each other! Having babies around the same time, getting along so well, we could have awesome play dates and even set up a "mommy night out" club - I keep reading about them, basically a group of women that rotate Friday nights, taking turns watching kids for free so the other parents get to go out and have alone time, it's so important during the sleepless stress to have alone time with hubby, it helps keep your relationship sane when you both get cranky and sleep deprived. I'd trust you ladies, which says a lot, cuz I only let family members watch my boys (when they were little anyways)...
