A respected holistic blogger and mother of six shares her experience with
prodromal labor on her site, WellnessMama.
Not exact matches
There is some debate within the medical world
on what causes
prodromal labor.
I had been having
prodromal labor for about month straight so when I noticed contractions starting
on Sunday evening, I didn't really think much of it.
After days of off and
on prodromal labor, two trips to L&D for false
labor, and lots of tears, I finally turned over this birth to God.
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.
If you are struggling with
prodromal labor, try to focus
on the fact that even if you aren't in active
labor yet, the contractions are preparing your body and may make things easier when real
labor starts.
We get into all the details of birthing time: from the
prodromal labor to water not being the most helpful tool during
labor, sitting
on the toilet and then pushing for 5 hours.
We are still waiting
on the baby and at this point I'm three days over 40 weeks, so it will be interesting to see if all this
prodromal labor results in a shorter active
labor.