so this must be prodromal labor...

[Fay]

I've been waking up at night from contractions (for 3 consecutive nights), I don't feel like eating much, I alternately have the urge to walk for miles or take a nap, I have very mild pain that feels like menstrual cramps, and I generally feel weird. This must be the prodromal labor that I never experienced with DS! I'm so happy! I'm hoping that the real labor will come soon, I can't wait to hold my baby.

Anyone else feeling weird, too?

[miguelsmom]

Weird here too. I'm exhausted but feel like running around. I actually threw up this morning (which I'm not sure if it was morning sickness after several months from my very big glass of OJ or signs of early labor) My wonderful husband has wisked our two yr old off so I can have some time to myself. I'm hungry but not, and I feel really funny. Pressure yes and some cramps and a few contractions but nothing consistent. I'm 3 days from my due date and it looks like we won't have a baby for another week atleast.

[meggles]

Me too...I vacillate from having a lot of energy to having none. I have a lot of cervical twinge-ing going on, and it is sometimes painful. I think we're just gearing on up...

[swtpesq]

Yep, I have all of the above, except I'm not sure about the contractions...I still have BH, but they're not significant enough to wake me up. But I definitely feel weird, am alternately energetic and fatigued, have painful cramps in my very low abdomen, and feel little twinges (that hurt like the dickens!) in my cervix (at least what I think is my cervix?!?). I'm really hoping these are good signs of things to come...

[jilly]

I'm right there with you. I was feeling so weird on Thurs. that I told dh I thought I would probably go into labour in the next day or so. I didn't, but definitely feel like my body is gearing up. The only problem is that my super exhausted times are coming right at the peak of my 2 year old's energy level, at around 10 am. But yesterday was the craziest, because I was so tired and ds was so tired from Christmas stuff that I decided to try to put him for a nap early. he wouldn't go to sleep, and so even though I could barely keep my eyes open I went and . . . scrubbed down all the walls and doors in the house. Holy nesting, bat man.

I also find that along with my physical symptoms its really hard to focus on anything outside of my body. This is not making my son happy or my house tidy at this point, but I think its what I need to do.

I'm trying not to get too excited, though, becuase I felt like this at 38 weeks last time, and ds didn't arrive for another 3 weeks.

[Shazer]

I'm not quite to 37 weeks, but I've been having twinges/cramping when I walk. When I'm still, things are ok. Then major fatigue to lots of energy. I also had some contractions earlier this week. I can feel my body preparing for labor, although the big day could still be a month off.

[MacKinnon]

I'm right there with you... I really though that the day might have come early this week, but the cx have mostly stopped. I am still having more on average in a day than I was a week ago, but no longer are they 5 to 10 minutes apart! Baby has been more active, which is interesting... I am having manic nesting urges followed by total exhaustion (or both at the same time, which really pisses off DH, cause I bug him to do things that I can't do!). I have no appetite at all. I don't remember feeling all of this until about 2 weeks out from DD's birth, which should hold in line with my due date! I am 37wk4days, so getting close!

[wendyk]

Been feeling a lot more BH contractions over the last couple of days, including some at night which is new for me. I didn't have any real contractions with DD until membranes were stripped a few days before she was born. Maybe it'll be the same this time, though without the membrane stripping.

Glad yours are more manageable now ilovemyavery! That had to be absolutely maddening!!

[gribbit]

same here! I am almost 39 weeks and have been having contractions for the past weeks and a half.. Its driving me crazy because I keep hoping they turn into the real thing, but they always fizzle out.. oh, well, I hope they are at least doing something down there...