When trying to figure out if what you're feeling is
an actual labor contraction or not, it may help to visualize what's going on.
Keep in mind that while they can be hard to distinguish from the real thing, they're not efficient enough to push your baby out just yet the way
actual labor contractions are.
My Dr would strip my membranes at each appointment (near the end) and my mucus plug was even coming out but
no actual labor contractions.
Not exact matches
After weeks of many, many, many
contractions each day, and many moments of thinking we were in full - on
labor (oh... the birthing tub that was filled up and then drained so many times by my sweet husband)... the
actual day of
labor amounted to a total of 43 minutes from the time I woke up with a start until I was snuggled back in bed with a baby.
Learn the
actual process of birthing a baby: why do you feel
contractions, how do they affect your
labor.
Looking back, the primary difference (externally) between my prodromal
labor and my
actual early
labor contractions was that my prodromal
contractions never got closer than 5 minutes apart.
I endured two weeks of nightly «prodromal
labor,» which means painful, real
contractions that just never get their act together and progress into
actual labor.
Many women experience these for hours, or even days, before
actual labor begins, with
contractions coming at irregular intervals.
If you lie down to rest or take a bath and the
contractions slow down, you're not yet in
actual labor.
It is thought that Braxton Hicks
contractions help your body to prepare for
actual labor.
She mentioned that it would cause
contractions but they may or may not progress into
actual labor.
No, I had cramps that were
actual labor - like
contractions — that turned me green and sheet white, came in waves and knocked me out.
Learn the
actual process of birthing a baby: why do you feel
contractions, how do they affect your
labor.