LABOR

For one of my boys I had back pain for a week

Waters went, contractions started 4 minutes apart for an hour then we're 1 minute apart lasting a minute each, 4hr 40 mins after waters went baby was here. No other signs didn't even notice my plug going or anything 🤷

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Do you remember if your water breaking had a smell?

Not really, but you could tell it wasn't pee. I think because my waters went in the hospital I couldnt smell it all I could smell was the hospital 🤣

Pressure like I wanted to go to the bathroom and painful cramp like pain but walk

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Did you lose your mucous plug or blood or have contractions? Because I’ve been having the two symptoms you mentioned for two days or so but not really anything else. I’m trying to gauge how much time I might have. 😆

The whole day I just couldn’t get comfy/sit still! I went for a walk and walked straight past my house as I just didn’t want to stop 😂 ...a lovely man I walked past asked if I was ok as I kept stoping as I was a bit achy!..woke up to my waters going at 1am that morning! Wish I could find that men and tell him, little did I know I was in labour 💙

My water broke the night before I had my little nugget ... the only signs in hind sight, were a lot of Braxton Hicks and lower back pains which were really contractions lol

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Do you remember if your water breaking had a smell?

My lower back has been achinggg the past few days! And cramps/pressure in low regions. That might be contractions?

slow leaking from my lady parts, it was not urine.

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How slow of leaking would you say?

I was set to get induced on November 28. They wanted me to get admitted the night before to prep. The morning of the 27th I lost my mucus plug. Then a few hours later my water started leaking. At first I thought I peed myself but when I was cleaning up, it didn't look or smell like urine. After about the 2nd or 3rd time I wet myself, I put on a pad lol I was in denial. Right after dinner contractions started. But I brushed it off that it was just pressure. And my husband was like "You mean contractions?" Again, denial so I sad no way. By the time I went to the hospital, while getting admitted I finally said "I think labor already started" so I technically don't know how long I was in labor for lol

Waters broke at 2am, started having noticeably regular contractions around 10am and baby was there just before 11pm

I went into labor the day after I lost my plug. I had contractions that were different than any other I had before. There was definitely a start and end to them and could time between them.

One thing to add. After you've been in labor for awhile, however long yours last for and the babies ready to come out. You'll feel like you need to run and take a dump like asap. Haha gross but that's the feeling and the doctors will all say hold it, dont push, dont push, but its physically impossible not to once you feel the need to. Its unreal. And then boom babies here. Again good luck.

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Why do they say to hold it in?

I was overdue and had to be induced. I was so bummed because I had lost my mucus plug 2 weeks prior so everyday I was waiting for contractions to start. Good luck to you and hope you have a smooth and easy delivery!!

I had bad Braxton Hicks for 2 days prior to my labor

I thought I had peed myself. I was wearing a pad at the time so I went to change it but it didn’t smell like pee. I drove to work. I felt like I had cramps but I had worse period cramps and they didn’t feel distant so I couldn’t really time them well. I called the doctor for advice and they told me to come in. They did a test to show my water did break. I had a monitor that was able to track the contractions but to me it just felt like constant cramp pain that was getting worse. Pain meds didn’t help so I got the epidural. My water broke around 7am and I had my son at 4:30 in the afternoon.

I literally gave birth an hiur after my water broke. I had uncomfortable feeling kind of like braxton hicks for 3 days but every time I went to my ob she said i wasnt dialating so she sent me home two times and the very day my water broke i had taken a hot bath to help my pains. During those three days i kept bouncing on the yoga ball to ease some pain too but i guess that just helped the labor process. The nurses didnt have time to give me epidural or anything.

Stomach Cramps. Generally feeling unwell. Having to use the bathroom to go 💩 alot.

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I've felt like this for a week and half but nothing else yet

Lost my plug, water ruptured right after I had back labor so extreme back pain woke up at 4 am with bleeding, went to hospital at 530, at 11, was 6 1/2 cm, baby was born 109pm

I had contractions wake me up at 3am 🤷🏼‍♀️ had felt fine the whole day prior to, had an OB Appt and he told me I was only 2cm so I probably wouldn't see him for another week! Contractions felt like menstrual cramps, but then got pretty uncomfortable so we headed into the hospital and I was already at 6cm :)

Lost my plug a month before. Days leading up to it I had a lot of Braxton Hicks turns out they were real contractions, diarrhea, vomiting (heard this happens so our body purges itself). The day before I had contractions that were radiating all the way from my lower abdomen to my lower back. Never broke my water until I was fully dilated and they had to burst it. Also, I had my baby at 30wks and 1 day.

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Thank you for the info! How was the baby? Did they have to stay on the NICU?

We spent 80 days in the NICU and he’s a perfectly healthy 2 year old today ☺️

I didnt ever notice losing my plug. I woke up one more at like 3 am feelkng some bad tummy pains, like upset stomach. And I had to poop really bad! So I went to the bathroom and nothing. Probably 3 different time between 3 and 7 am. I finally just got up and took a very warm shower to try and relax. About an hour after my shower I had my bloody show start, it was worse than any period I had had in years! About 2 hours after that contractions started that I could feel. And then 3 hours after that I went to the dr and I was at 3 cm. 12 hours later my baby girl was here!

I had cramps, like period cramps from 8am to 1pm.. they were pretty manageable & then it stopped. Few hours later I was about to take a nap in the couch & my water broke. Soaked the damn couch

Really painful contractions, 3 minutes apart! Also really bad back pain, and baby wasn’t moving around like normal.

I had my stomach tightening every so often then loss my mucus plug then I started having itchy Ankle then early morning a woke up at 4am that my waters broke then had to take our boy to his nannan and grandad house then went to hospital then having really bad Contractions from 11 till 3.52pm my baby boy was born and he was 4 weeks early and he weight 7 pound 7

Hi, I didn't lose my plug, my daughter was 6 days late but late at night I felt like carrying a balloon rather than a baby (weird I know) and then 10 min after I went to bed, I knew my waters were going to break, so I jumped out of bed and the water broke. The contractions started shortly after but whatever you feel, call the hospital, they will advise you best. You would know, trust me 😊

I had period rope pains for a few days, I felt really uncomfortable sitting down, I lost my mucus plug and had diarrhoea. The contractions gradually got more and more painful. My waters never broke! The midwife broke then just before I started pushing my baby out 😊 Good luck xxx

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Period type *

I lost my plug a week before going into labor. I woke up in the middle of the night with contractions. I timed them and went into the hospital an hour later.

Lost my plug 2 days before labor started then had a boody discharge( with period like cramping) which was light pink then got a little darker. The next night it still didnt stop, i figured it was my bloody show, so i went to the ER to make sure. I was expecting to be sent home that night but found out my water had been slowly breaking for 24 hours. They started me on pitocin and baby boy was here the next morning😊

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Is that dangerous? If your water leaks like that? I feel like I might be losing water but I’ve got no clue

You need to go to labor and delivery if you are leaking. You and the baby may be at risk for an infection if all your water leaks out. Good luck!!!

I had a lot of pressure in my back alllll day the day before I went into labor, I knew I was in labor due to really painful contractions 2-3 minutes apart which started around 4pm. I was admitted around 11pm and didn’t have my daughter til 8am the next day. My water never broke and I wasn’t dilating fast at all but the contractions were brutal.

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I lost my mucus plug the week before.

I lost my muscus plug the day before. All day I had contractions. I worked my full shift because my contractions weren't close enough to go in. They went from 7 minutes apart to 2 minutes apart that evening, by 11 I had a baby.

I had quite a lot of bleeding. The midwifes explained it was the bloody show but it felt like so much! I had tightenings for a few weeks which were on and off every few hours. Apparently it was just a very slow early phase. When I went to bed before labour started I felt that I needed to poop but nothing was there! She arrived a few hours later!

Mine was back pain. I had been contracting for 3 weeks, got induced. But for me the back pain was the worst, wish i took my hot water bottle with me xx

I'm only 27 weeks and I feel like I know nothing... What does it mean to loose your plug?

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Your mucus plug is what's keeping your cervix sealed and helping keep baby safe from outside things. As you get close to delivery you start to lose your mucus plug, typically when you start to dilate. And there is also typically a bloody show with it due to it breaking loose. Your blood show could be spotting, or a heavy period like bleeding, or anything in between!

Its like snot. You can loose bits though i was loosing bits from 32 weeks. It grows back. Its the seal for your cervix xx

I didnt know I was pregnant until I went to hospital with pains I was 38 weeks and in labour. My little boy was born a hour later.

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Wow!

I started having tightening throughout the night, then woke up and having contractions, once they were 5 minutes apart I went in, and 12 hours later had my little girl

I had minor cramping . I didn't even know they were contractions . I went to my appointment that morning and she checked my cervix and I was 4cm . I asked for a membrane sweep , 20 min later I went back . 6 hours later my son was born. My daughter, I had braxton hicks then they went away .. then 4 weeks later woke up in labor . I never lost my mucus plug with my babies .

Mild cramping! Then I had the urge to poop!! Once I managed to do that my contractions ramped up and I went to hospital and I was 5cm. 7 hours later it was time to push!

I had to poop a lot then my water broke a couple of hours later. Than 101/2 hours later I gave birth no meds because i was 10cm ready to push when i got to the hospital!

My water was leaking for a couple of days and then I lost my mucus plug With my second I was dilating for weeks before my water broke and then I was bleeding for a 3 days

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Were you at home all of the days leading up to birth? How much water were you leaking? I’ve heard it can be dangerous/risky for infection. I think I’ve started leaking tonight but so, so little I’m not sure.

If you feel as though you are having your period that's most likely your contractions it's what I had going on

I lost my mucus plug for my first, my water broke for my second and my third I new because I was timing my contractions.

Losing your mucus plug doesn't mean anything. I lost mine a month before I went into labor

I lost huge chunks of my mucus plug the week before I went into labor! Had my membranes stripped and was cramping that night. 2 days later contractions started and 2 days after I had my baby

I gotten induced then my water broke.

I only went into labor once on my own out of my three and I was having light contractions during the day but was able to go to sleep and I woke up in the middle of the night feeling like I had to poop really bad but nothing was coming out so I laid back down because at that time the contractions were also very very intense, then I woke up again another hour or two later and had to actually poop and it poured out and then I started bleeding which would’ve been my bloody show I tried hot bags and everything nothing worked so it was time to go in then I had an hour and a half later, if you have contractions and they’re so intense that you can’t talk through them and they stop you dead in your tracks are in active labor and you need to go in

Felt contractions (not super painful and about 30 minutes apart) the night before, had a restless night's sleep, and woke up about 5 AM knowing it was time and I needed to go to the hospital.

I was laying in bed, and 30 minutes after my husband left for work, I felt like I had peed myself a little, and I got up. I was on the toilet when my water started leaking out. I called my husband, and he came back from work, I put a washcloth/towel between my legs to hold the fluid in while I walked into labor and delivery. I was changing into my gown, and leaking everywhere (so much fluid! And I apologized for the state of their bathroom). It didn’t quit coming out until after we were checked in. We were right around the corner from the hospital on the Air Force Base we lived on, and he worked just down the street, so it wasn’t too hard to get there. I wasn’t contracting at all, so I got pitocin started, and then it picked up a bit. But, I know how a 40 hour labor is...that’s how long I was in labor for my son...failed epidural, ended in a c-section anyways...but my 3 year old son is so worth it!

I lost my muscous plug weekly from 28 weeks. It's not always a sign of labour and if lost without being in labour will replenish itself within 24hours. I cant help with the signs as my waters broke hours before any other signs of labour, even hours before contractions.

Both times my waters broke before labour started. First time was 39weeks and 6days. Second 35 weeks and 5 days.

I lost my mucus plug on a Tuesday, started having small contractions, then my water broke Thursday. I had to be induced because I was only a cm dilated 24 hours later and not having major contractions.

I lost my mucus plug at 35 weeks and subsequently lost more of it in the weeks after. I did actually go into labour until the morning of my due date 40 weeks bang on and for me I had a full on huge breaking of waters so I couldn’t mistake it!

Lol none. I went to my appointment with the midwives and they told me I was in labor and told me to check in to the hospital.

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Lol how nice 😂