Prodromal Labour Support thread!

[DivineMrsM]

so i'm stuck here in limboland. i have been having random contractions for a few weeks, but the last 4 days or so have been like real labour. or so i think! lol i have had hours of regular contractions, lost my plug, have had wicked backaches, upset stomach, all that jazz.

i had a nice emotional breakdown yesterday. i swore i was going to be patient and trust my body, but it's hard. i have never dealt with this stuff before. i'm not due for 10 more days and i know i could go 14 more after that! oh god, i hope i don't. i really need to have this boy soon. for the sake of my sanity! lol


how are you all doing? just as frustrated as i am?

[Taliena_86]

hi there, I'm a long time lurker!!! But I was due yesterday with my second and have been having contractions for the last month. Sometimes they hurt and are so regular!! It drives me nuts!!! DD was 15 days overdue so I tried really hard this time around to not get my hopes up that this baby would come anytime early. I hope you don't got 2 weeks late! I wouldn't wish that on anyone!!

[mpickens]

I am also in the same boat. Lost plug twice now..lots of Braxton Hicks that are pretty intense, baby is down on my pelvic bone..this has all gone on for a month. Frustrating since my first came 2 weeks early I thought for sure with all of this prod.labor I would have an early arrival.
According to my ultra sound I was due yesterday but my original due date was the 24th based on menstrual cycle which I kept close watch on, so I am going to stick with that so I don't drive myself extra crazy!
Hang in there..hopefully we will have our babies soon!

[tayndrewsmama]

It's driving me nuts too. I never had it with my first two either. Now dh has been home off of work for a week and I swear everytime I even scratch my belly he jumps. I have had four serious 'bouts' of this that everyone was sure was 'time', but nope. Dh is figuring he'll come out just when we don't have a dime left in savings for him to be off. I am due the 27th as well, but this is seriously messing with all of us since my last was born at 35 weeks for no apparent reason.

[cinnamongrl]

Oh! I'm feeling you! I was there two days ago-- Not fun, exhausting!! but...hang in there, the light at the end of this tunnel is amazing!

[mrscompgeek]

Originally Posted by DivineMrsM

i had a nice emotional breakdown yesterday. i swore i was going to be patient and trust my body, but it's hard. i have never dealt with this stuff before. i'm not due for 10 more days and i know i could go 14 more after that! oh god, i hope i don't. i really need to have this boy soon. for the sake of my sanity! lol


how are you all doing? just as frustrated as i am?

yeah, I pretty much had a emotional breakdown yesterday too. I cried all morning and no idea why. I was so frusturated cause at my app monday the midwife said I was so close, she was sure I would go into labor within a day or so. 5 days later here I am still waiting. My sanity is slowly leaving! Lol.
I go to sleep at night wondering if I really am going to wake up still pregnant the next morning. .

[fyrebloom]

8 weeks, 8 freaking weeks. My DD was a week ago and I too swore I'd be patient, I lied to everyone about my EDD because I knew early on I'd probably go late again. I didn't expect the last two months of my pregnancy to be this hard though. I'm contracting again today although it's a different feeling, the contractions themselves hurt as opposed to my pelvis which is what usually hurts. One day at a time. I hate coming unglued like this all the time but it's just SOOO hard. Hang in there ladies, it's not long now, right?

[foolishpony]

So glad I'm not alone! Misery loves company! I had the waterworks today too, after my sister, who was meant to come watch my 2 yo daughter when we head to the hospital, told me that her husband is going out of town for 2 days beginning tomorrow. I'm 41 weeks today and she tells me NOW that she can't come if I go into labor??? So, now I'm praying this baby waits until Wednesday. Never thought I'd want to drag this out any longer... Of course I've had contractions all day (but not strong enough or regular). My midwife thought I'd go 2 days ago. Thanks for letting me vent. Hugs to you all!

[DivineMrsM]

ugh. so the contractions are getting stronger, but not closer together. we had sex this morning, but nothing has come from it. i've tried a little bit of nipple stim, but i'm not sure quite how to do it. i've been eating pineapple too.

if i wasn't having this prodromal labour, the fact that i am still pregnant wouldn't even faze me. but all this leadup with no payoff in sight, it's killing me! i get the contractions! i just need them to STAY. how do i do that???? i don't want to do this any longer. my husband works an hour away from home. i have no one close to my house. so if i go into labour when he's not home, i'm screwed. and if i go at nite time, my VERY attached 2yo is going to have a meltdown and i'll be focusing on that instead of keeping calm and relaxed for labour.

COME ON BABY!!!! PLEASE!

[fyrebloom]

They won't stay because you're not ready to have the baby yet. Trying to augment will only make it more uncomfy (I should listen to my own advise ). I understand. My DP isn't far from home, but he takes the subway so it takes 45min-1 1/2 hours to get home. So stressful . I've made my other DP stay home to help me now, because I can't take care of my three kids alone anymore. It's too much and I got sick of being called the dragon mama . It's not fair to them. I'm just in so much pain and I don't have alot of patience. It's not for much longer, but it just feels like it's so far away. I'm so so so done with it all. I decided last night If I have a prodromal session like I had on thursday and it doesn't produce a baby then the next intense session like that will be a hospital transfer for an epidural and arom. I'm at my personal pain threshold and that was about a 9 out of 10 on the pain scale (9 1/2 being my son's induction... this felt JUST like it and 10 being when I came off the spinal and my oxycotin hadn't kicked in after having my section with the twins). In the mean time I've stopped taking prenatals (they have RRL) and I'm staying rested, hydrated and relaxed. Nothing that might stimulate contractions is going in my body or on my skin. I'm going to stay comfy and wait it out. I also am all tied up in my wrap atm. MW thinks I might need extra support since I've had a couple of pregnacies and my last were twins. If the baby is held up then I should A) feel less SPD pain, less ligament pain and hopefully keep the kid from moving into a lousy birth position. Belly binding is also supposed to help shorten labor for multips. We shall see. At least the didy is getting good use She really thinks I have only a day or two left before I start to open up. I hope she's right but I'll believe it when my water breaks or I'm pushing a baby out.

[DivineMrsM]

LOL that's what i said. i won't believe it's real labour until he is crowning!! it's just so frustrating. and as crappy as it is, it's nice to know i'm not alone!

[beatgenxer]

Is anyone else experiencing nausea? Since Friday afternoon, I've had several waves of nausea that have lasted about an hour each time. It's definitely not the flu because I have no other flu symptoms. I can deal with all the other things that I've dubbed "the warm up exercises" but feeling sick to my stomach is something I've never handled well.

[DivineMrsM]

yep. add that to my growing list of complaints too! lol the last 3 days, i've been nauseous at night. lasts till i fall asleep.

no more than 23 days to go! lol

[fyrebloom]

Nausea here too, it comes and goes depending how far into prodromal land I am

[StephM76]

No nausea for me. Last night I had several contractions that were INTENSE and were 5minutes apart. I wated an hour, an right when I was ready to call the midwife they stopped. I feel so bad for you ladies who have had this for weeks

[tayndrewsmama]

Originally Posted by DivineMrsM

i won't believe it's real labour until he is crowning!! it's just so frustrating.

Same here.

[tayndrewsmama]

I was so sure last night was it!