The false labor every day is driving me insane. I’m literally crying.

Every single day I’ll start getting contractions at regular intervals that are moderately painful and then they stop.
One day it started at 8am and was every 20 minutes THE WHOLE DAY.
Today started at 2 in the afternoon and was every 15 minutes and started to get painful and now it’s 9pm and just stopped.
I’m so frustrated I’m crying. It’s like everyday I get these contractions and I think it might be time and it’s not.

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Literally me. And the excess discharge making me think it's my water. Stop playing with me. 😭😭

do yoga ball exercises. bouncing, hip circles, circle 8s, side to side. etc. They put me into labor an hour after with my first baby, and they're helping with prodromal contractions right now as I type this. Would be crazy if I went into labor again tbh. 😵‍💫

This is 100% me too. I went in to L&D today to make sure baby is okay/healthy with the longevity of these contractions cause it has been so persistent. They sent me home and I'm just here wondering when it's all gonna get to real labor. Plus the discharge making me question if my water is leaking or something. 🫠

Yesss you all feel me!! This is my 3rd baby and I never experienced this before!! I might have had one day of the false labor with my second pregnancy but it’s every single day it’s throwing me off getting me emotional!

It’s the worst! I swore I was going into labor last week. I had painful contractions, I was in tears, it hurt so bad. They lasted 8 hours. They got down to 7 minutes apart for 45 seconds each. I had my car and bags packed and ready to go. I was so nervous and excited all at the same time. It got so late and they weren’t going away, and then I got tired so I took a sleeping pill to sleep and thought if they get worse I’ll wake up. They ended up going away. I was so depressed afterwards and disappointed. It was a huge let down.
My doctor said it’s because my body is ready but my cervix isn’t and my cervix isn’t anywhere near ripe enough. I have contractions every day now, not as painful as the first time. I don’t even bother timing them cause I just don’t trust it’ll turn into labor and it doesn’t. I hate it. I’ve tried everything this weekend, the dates, the walking, teas, you name it, I tried it. Nothing helps. I’m over it.

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