contractions, but not feeling them?

[ithappened]

What does it mean if you constantly are having contractions when hooked up to a CTG test? I was tested today for 'being overdue' and the doctor asked if I felt all the contractions but I hadn't felt any.. .

I am wondering if its possible I am having constant contractions but I just dont feel them yet?

[Bluegoat]

I have known a few people that barely had any pain with their births at all.

But I also don't think it is totally unusual to have this kind of thing in early labour, but be able to feel the contractions as things progress.

[jecombs]

I had this with DD. I went in for a check-up on my due date and we decided to do an NST. I was contracting regularly according to the machine, but never felt a thing (other than DD moving around). I gave birth one week later with no pit, drugs, or any other interventions!

[Plummeting]

When my water broke with DD, we went into the hospital, where they told me I was having such strong contractions that "you have to be able to feel them" (said in a disbelieving tone of a voice, lol). I felt nothing. I started feeling them a few hours later.

[WindyCityMom]

I had an NST done a few weeks ago, and was contracting apparently strong (according to them) every 2.5 minutes but wasn't feeling them. They gave me a ton of water and liquids, my cervix was closed and I was still having them, but they let me go.

[_betsy_]

2 babies, 2 very similar PGs, and L&Ds.

With both, I was 100% effaced and walking around the month before delivery slowly opening from 2-5 cms without ever feeling a thing. Apparently I was having normal cx, but I never felt any of them.

When the water breaks, look OUT! Baby is coming fast and furious! DD1 was born 1 hour and 48 minutes after the water was broken, DD2 was 1 hour and 8 minutes after the water broke - and that was WITH the cord wrapped (loosely, no complications) around her neck twice.

For me, "early labor" is painless, but very long - weeks. Active labor is intense and very, very fast. I had 2 babies in under 3 hours total, from first feeling a cx to having baby in arms.

[BetsyS]

With my second pregnancy, I contracted for a couple of weeks. Most of the time, I didn't notice, unless I sat down with my hand on my stomach, specifically feeling for them.

The last 10 days or so, they'd get stronger at night, for oh, 6 or 7 hours, then go back to painless.

I never did go into labor with him (12 days overdue, and I gave up on waiting ).

[thixle]

Originally Posted by _betsy_

With both, I was 100% effaced and walking around the month before delivery slowly opening from 2-5 cms without ever feeling a thing. Apparently I was having normal cx, but I never felt any of them.

When the water breaks, look OUT! Baby is coming fast and furious!
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For me, "early labor" is painless, but very long - weeks. Active labor is intense and very, very fast.

Yup, same here with my 2 girls.

If you put your hand on your belly, can you feel your uterus tightening/hardening? I could only tell because it felt like "the belly" turned into a basketball

I started gradually feeling them... not even uncomfortable, just squeezing... about 9 hours before each birth. It didn't get uncomfortable (like bad cramps) til about 4 hours before each birth. Transition was a doozey with both, but very, very short

[gcgirl]

Originally Posted by jecombs

I had this with DD. I went in for a check-up on my due date and we decided to do an NST. I was contracting regularly according to the machine, but never felt a thing (other than DD moving around). I gave birth one week later with no pit, drugs, or any other interventions!

Yep, me too. Except for the pitocin part. But yeah, I was contracting regularly per the monitor, and couldn't tell at all.