Real labor pains differ from the false one.
When
real labor pains come, you will definitely know the difference!
This particular supplement tends to dull
real labor pain or help the pains of non-real labor go away...... She told me to take more of the calcium supplement every 15 minutes for an hour so we could nip this in the bud and get it to stop... She called back after the first 2 times of taking it, and I was still having contractions, now at 9 minutes apart.
I was so disappointed and also worried — if it could be this painful without anything happening, how would «
real labor pain» be...
I also did not realize how meaningless the room / environment became once
real labor pain set in, or that having a midiwfe is not a guarantee for being treated with compassion or for feeling / being in control — individually, socially or medically.
Not exact matches
If you're not familiar, Braxton Hicks are false
labor pains that feel almost like the
real thing.
The easiest way to recognize the
real labor contractions is that the
pains will not leave women walk.
However, in case of
real labor and contractions, the 39 weeks pregnant pelvic
pain does not really abate in spite of changing positions.
After having
pains for more than 19 hours, her man told her that that wasn't a
real labor... Because the contractions weren't at regular intervals as it was written in the books.
Chances are, it would go something like this: a manageably short
labor (which of course starts with perfectly timed contractions that are easily pegged as the
real thing), little
pain (or at least nothing some well - orchestrated breathing exercises couldn't handle), a few pushes, and then a beautiful baby to welcome into the world.
(The ones I attended gave detailed practice on using a smiley face chart to rate
pain... I laugh in hindsight since by the time
real labor hits, I'd be more likely to throw the chart across the room!)
So basically, it is
real labor in terms of
pain, contractions, and regularity but it comes and goes.