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post #21 of 35
8/26/08 at 9:49am
Me! Well - I have no idea what my cervix was doing, as I hadn't checked it or had it checked, but there weren't any of the other signs. One day I was just happily going about my business - no ctx, no loose stool, no mucous plug, etc. That night I woke up after about 2 hours with ctx and was in active labor within about an hour and had the baby 8 hours later. Your body will do it when it is ready!!!

Congrats on going into labor!! Have a beautiful birth!
post #22 of 35
8/26/08 at 9:50am
Keep us posted Sapphire-chan...all the best:
post #23 of 35
8/26/08 at 12:22pm
Thread Starter 
After 12 hours of "oh, wow, this is really labor!" I'm still only barely dilated.
post #24 of 35
8/26/08 at 12:24pm


I don't have any fun stories for you. Just hoping your babe comes quickly!!
post #25 of 35
8/26/08 at 12:26pm
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Originally Posted by sapphire_chan View Post
After 12 hours of "oh, wow, this is really labor!" I'm still only barely dilated.
Okay...will be thinking open open open for you!!! All day!

Just think your little one is giving you all this grief now so it will grow into the perfect teenager!
post #26 of 35
8/26/08 at 12:28pm
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Originally Posted by SalmonBayDoula View Post

My motto "you can be closed and tight and baby tonight"
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post #27 of 35
8/27/08 at 2:02pm
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Originally Posted by sapphire_chan View Post
After 12 hours of "oh, wow, this is really labor!" I'm still only barely dilated.
Is this your first?

All I can say is, prodomal labor, early labor can last a long time. Just take it easy, get lots of rest! Because when things really kick in hard you want to be well rested!
post #28 of 35
8/27/08 at 2:57pm
Prodromal labor sucks. I just had a client have a c-s because she really thought it was labor, but in retrospect, just sucky prodromal stuff.

With my third child, I went in and had my membranes stripped TWICE : made dh dtd with me nightly, and I was closed and high and tight. Then one day my water broke, and 8h later dd was here.

With my fourth child, my water had been broken for 48h, but nothing happened. Then when it DID start, it was only 90 minutes from start to finish.
post #29 of 35
8/27/08 at 4:08pm
my first baby-Closed, tight, no signs of labor, baby floating, etc. etc.

Started having some prodromal that night-continued throughout the next day

Next night ctx really started, and my water broke.

It was a hospital birth that ended up being more interventive than I hoped but if I had stayed home i'm sure labor would have progressed just peachy and I still would have had a baby that night or next day-minus the Pitocin!

Hope things happen soon for you.
post #30 of 35
8/27/08 at 10:37pm
16 days overdue with Eva. Suddenly at midnight my water breaks. Contraction at 12:30 and baby here at 3:30. It happens when it happens!
post #31 of 35
8/28/08 at 1:28am
Me!

With #2, I was 11 days past my due date. ugh. DH and I decided to watch a movie. I had a big cotnraction. It was NOT comfortable. 5 minutes later, I started another. I was just about to say,"If I have another contraction like this, Iam calling the doula," when WHOOSH my water bag broke with an audible pop, big gush. That was at 9 pm or so. We got all checked in at the hospital by 11:30 and she was born at 2:02am. She was my fastest, easiest delivery and my smallest baby!
post #32 of 35
8/28/08 at 4:40am
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Originally Posted by sapphire_chan View Post
After 12 hours of "oh, wow, this is really labor!" I'm still only barely dilated.
Stop letting them check you if you're only in early labour! it just plays into the mind games of labour.
post #33 of 35
8/28/08 at 10:56am


No checks. Rest as much as possible. Eat if you can.

hang in there!

-Angela
post #34 of 35
8/28/08 at 11:55am
Hope she doesn't mind. http://www.mothering.com/discussions...d.php?t=957775
post #35 of 35
8/28/08 at 12:10pm
OMG - what a timely thread. I've been having "episodes of labor" as my midwife calls it - but then ....no baby. :-)

She called me a "ticking time bomb". *sigh*

Well I wish Micah would get his Baby Bomb Butt out here then.

It's like I tell my husband - the contractions I am having are not strong, strenuous or even supoer long at all...It would be like doing ONE push up. No big deal.

Unless you drop down and do one push up every five minutes all day long. *wry grin*

Lots of naps, lots of little meals, lots of 'resting', lots of walking.

Angela <><
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