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So I've said before that with DD I never had ANY ctx (other than painless BH) with DD before my induction...sooooo...I have hopes that considering this time I HAVE had quite a few that it may mean I might go a bit earlier than my "due date". Hopes, folks...just hopes.

Anyway, I've had a few nights of minor contractions over the past week and a half, along with lots of other things that could always "possibly" point to labor- but at this point what's the fun in saying that when labor is inevitible within the next, oh, month or so. But last night I really thought it was it!!!! I just randomly started having GOOD contractions at 7 pm- regular (but I wasn't timing) from the start. They picked up when I went on a walk, and kept up until 10 pm. Then DH walked through the door, asked me if anything was happening (he's taken a sudden interest in the baby coming ASAP!), and once I told him that I'd been contracting regularly and increasingly for the past 3 hours...everything STOPPED! Literally. I had maybe 3 ctx over the next hour then none!! Woke up at 3 a.m. to a whiney toddler (she's getting another molar) so I let her nurse (first night nursing in over 6 months since we nightweaned) and a bit later had to get up to pee and she'd helped me work up a MAJOR painful, crampy contraction and I was so excited that things had maybe picked back up, but nope. Bummer!!!! So why did telling DH screw things up? I told him from now on I'm keeping quiet about everything and he'll just have to figure out on his own when I'm in labor.
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Hang in there! The false labor is messing with my head as well. Like you, I didn't experience it with my first, and for some reason, I am far more impatient this time around. Even though I'm not "due" until Sunday, I am very antsy!
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prodomal labor really can be such a PITA!! But I also know it's doing something, getting everything ready. Just try & be patient. Instead of paying attention to each contraction, wondering "is this the one?", try and find something else to do. Make plans with a friend/family, go out for lunch, playdates, get a manicure. Start a new project that you can occupy yourself with every time things pick up. We won't be pregnant forever!
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Same here. I felt nothing with DD till I was induced 2 weeks late, but with this guy I have been having lots of good contractions.

I had a midwife appointment and told her I though I might be in early labor, she checked me, but couldn't be sure. She said this could go on for days or longer. Start, stop peter out.... She says there is no real indication as to when it may be the big show. Ugh!!! How annoying.

Hang in there.
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