for my second baby, i had a homebirth with midwives so i was not under pressure, but was experiencing a
lot of prodromal labor so i decided to go ahead.
But ultimately, essentially; it can do a lot of things but probably the most common thing we see like a LEEP Procedure for an instance is that: «A woman won't be going into labor; she'll have just ridiculous
amounts of a prodromal labor of starting and stopping, starting and stopping.»
Her first birth involved several
days of prodromal labor, and if you don't know what that is, you really want to listen to this episode.
Though I'd been through labor many times before, I actually called the midwives on one of my first nights
of prodromal labor because the contractions were so strong and regular (and proceeded to feel like a first - time mom who didn't know what labor actually felt like yet!).
My second was about six
hours of prodromal labor, but the active labor (when contractions are at regular intervals, less than five minutes apart) was less than three hours.
I turned over and was able to hold her for the first time... and 41 weeks of pregnancy, a
month of prodromal labor and just over 3 hours of intense labor immediately became worth it in an instant as I stared into her eyes.
After four full
weeks of prodromal labor and a full week past my due date, I resigned myself to the fact that obviously this baby was never going to come out and just started obsessively cleaning (not realizing I was nesting...)
So, making sure that you're addressing those issues; as well that the potential that your baby is posterior causes a lot of the same confusion about a
lot of prodromal labor will happen when the baby is posterior too.
My chiropractor Dr. Zimmerman from Sowing Wellness, who lovingly adjusted my achy pregnant body, magically calming my ridiculous
amount of prodromal labor was in attendance; she chatted with me as our babies cooed and stared at one another.
When we focus on baby's position being the
cause of the prodromal labor, we buy into the idea that something is wrong and needs to be corrected.
She provided amazing pre-labor support — I experienced three weeks
of prodromal labor — and gave good advice as to how to identify when labor was progressing compared with just making my day hell.
I technically labored for about an hour and pushed for less than 5 minutes because
of my prodromal labor.
When I was due with my second child, I had 4 + weeks
of prodromal labor (not that I knew what it was at the time; I called it false labor because I'd never heard of prodromal labor).