loose stools= baby soon??

[titania8]

yes?

not to be all graphic/tmi or anything, but things have loosened up this last week, and im hoping that means SOMETHING!

and no, its not from taco bell!

[Sioko]

Man I HOPE it means something, cause I've got the same thing happenin' here this week too!

Here's hopin' anyway! :

[PookieMom]

Originally Posted by Sioko

Man I HOPE it means something, cause I've got the same thing happenin' here this week too!

Here's hopin' anyway! :

: Oh me too! I'll take some of those : labor vibes. And no Taco Bell here either!

[ambotchka]

Mine, too. Not exactly gross, just more frequent. I was a once every few days girl, but now it's like twice a day. At the very least, we're getting more room in there, right?

[jenniferadurham]

HOLY MOLY! For the past week I have been going twice...sometimes 3 times a day...!!! I should start posting in here...I REALLY think I might go early. I will be 36 weeks on the 21st and I keep thinking*in the back of my brain* that the feelings that I'm getting are labor pains. Can you be in pre labor for weeks? I have really good ctx that I have to breath through and can't walk through them... I am getting checked on the 21st, so I guess we'll see! I was checked oct 28th and was very soft and thinning out.

I have loss of appetite too, I've heard that this is a sign of labor to come soon.

[hislittlelambs]

(((hugs))) ladies....it is a sign your body is gearing up (loose stools, nausea, stomach upset, loss of appetite...all these things are symptoms of increased prostiglandins in your bloodstream. prostiglandins are natures cervix softeners) however, don't do as i did and start thinking baby is coming next week....i got all of the above, along with consistent contractions around 36 weeks, and here i am, 3 weeks later, STILL with all these same symptoms consistently (day AND night) and still no baby. (I am due next week) YES...it IS possible to be in prelabor for weeks. and maybe i'm wrong, maybe you will get your baby sooner...just don't get TOO excited and then struggle with dissapointment like I have.

but be encouraged...your body DOES know what it is doing and is gearing up for baby. they are good signs.

[BundleFishMama]

Originally Posted by hislittlelambs

(((hugs))) ladies....it is a sign your body is gearing up (loose stools, nausea, stomach upset, loss of appetite...all these things are symptoms of increased prostiglandins in your bloodstream. prostiglandins are natures cervix softeners) however, don't do as i did and start thinking baby is coming next week....i got all of the above, along with consistent contractions around 36 weeks

Same here, I've had all those symptoms too, including almost-diarrhea multiple times a day (sorry, TMI!) for weeks. I always get that in the last month or so of pregnancy, but it doesn't seem to mean anything in terms of when labor is coming, for me anyway....I wish though!

[Patchfire]

Yep, another one with the really loose stools multiple times a day for a good three weeks now. I've had cramps and contractions and increased mucus too. Still no babe!

I like to think that all this 'prework' will make labor faster, though.

[titania8]

Originally Posted by Patchfire

Yep, another one with the really loose stools multiple times a day for a good three weeks now. I've had cramps and contractions and increased mucus too. Still no babe!

I like to think that all this 'prework' will make labor faster, though.

i'll go with that! no, i don't really expect to have this babe next week. though i wouldn't complain!

[nerdymom]

Originally Posted by jenniferadurham

HOLY MOLY! For the past week I have been going twice...sometimes 3 times a day...!!! I should start posting in here...I REALLY think I might go early. I will be 36 weeks on the 21st and I keep thinking*in the back of my brain* that the feelings that I'm getting are labor pains. Can you be in pre labor for weeks? I have really good ctx that I have to breath through and can't walk through them... I am getting checked on the 21st, so I guess we'll see! I was checked oct 28th and was very soft and thinning out.

I have loss of appetite too, I've heard that this is a sign of labor to come soon.

Don't mean to burst your bubble,, but I've been having contrax for ages. On Wednesday they started getting consistent and have been about 10 minutes apart since then. I've had loose and frequent stools for weeks too.

As for the loss of appetite, that could be related to baby's size and position. I didn't have an appetite, just very obvious and frequent blood sugar swings, for several weeks before the baby dropped. There was just too much pressure on my stomach for me to feel hungry. I also couldn't eat very much at a time.

Originally Posted by Patchfire

Yep, another one with the really loose stools multiple times a day for a good three weeks now. I've had cramps and contractions and increased mucus too. Still no babe!

I like to think that all this 'prework' will make labor faster, though.

My MW said every contraction I have now is one less I have to have during labor. I joked and told her that I expect to go straight to pushing then, no contrax, so she'd better stay close.

[clavicula]

For me it was true third time around too.

[hannybanany]

Originally Posted by hislittlelambs

(((hugs))) ladies....it is a sign your body is gearing up (loose stools, nausea, stomach upset, loss of appetite...all these things are symptoms of increased prostiglandins in your bloodstream. prostiglandins are natures cervix softeners) however, don't do as i did and start thinking baby is coming next week....i got all of the above, along with consistent contractions around 36 weeks, and here i am, 3 weeks later, STILL with all these same symptoms consistently (day AND night) and still no baby. (I am due next week) YES...it IS possible to be in prelabor for weeks. and maybe i'm wrong, maybe you will get your baby sooner...just don't get TOO excited and then struggle with dissapointment like I have.

but be encouraged...your body DOES know what it is doing and is gearing up for baby. they are good signs.

Yeah, this. Except here I am at 40w 5d and still no baby .

[Sage_SS]

I've been experiencing loose stools for about a week and a half now. Oddly enough I also got a hemorrhoid during that time. I thought you were only supposed to get them if your BM's are hard and you have to push really hard to get them out? Anyways, just another pleasant side effect of this pregnancy!

I'm not due until the 27th, but I'm having a section next Thursday, just 5 more days. This is like the looooooooongest 5 days in history!

Not only have a I had the loose bowels, but I spent almost two weeks in prodomal labor and keep going in and out of labor. But I strongly doubt I'll be having this guy vaginally. :-( Now with this hemorroid I'm actually scared that my cervix will be cooperating enough to do the VBAC instead of the section. I have these visions of pushing out all my bowels. Yucks. Can you tell I've never had a hemorrhoid before?

[slinginhipmama]

Originally Posted by clavicula

For me it was true third time around too.

: This happened to me as well!

[guestmama9904]

omigosh i was gonna post this question. i had the. worst. diahreah. i've ever had in my entire life yesterday. i actually thought i was starting to have contractions, i felt dizzy and sick and awful and could not believe how much came out of me. i know way tmi. i am 37 weeks 4 days btw. but after that lovely episode nothin.