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lottie_2007 · Mar 15th, 2010, 04:31 AM

I was in slow labour all day but didn't realise, id had a show so knew it wouldn't be long but i had back ache whilst out shopping, i just put it down to being 40 weeks! When my contractions started they were like period pains, alot like the braxton hicks i'd been having, it took 2 hours for them to get a bit more painful then they will step up a gear, and believe me you'll know when that happens! I had to cope with all mine at home with no pain relief and only made it to hospital in time to push, he was born within 7 mins of getting there! You will definately know when they are labour pains, although mine never got regular even right at the end so trust your instincts, i wish i hadn't listened to the midwifes telling me to stay at home when i just knew it wouldn't be long!
xx

Tinkermoo · Mar 15th, 2010, 05:22 AM

Thank you sooo much for all your experiences! I am sure I will be perfectly fine and I'm hoping that, because I am used to pain there then I will hopefully be able to cope a little better. (I have developed a position and breathing technique for just my tummy aches so applying it to labour will be easy

)

I am very grateful for your contributions though as it is just good to hear other peoples experiences and know that whatever happens, it will be ok! lol.

emilyjade · Mar 15th, 2010, 08:09 AM

like you said every1 is different but mine was like i had eaten something dodgy, i didnt realise i was in labour at all and put it down to the scampi from the night before hence LO nickname scamp

my waters didnt break until he dropped the last bit what felt like i had a waterballon in side me and then i thought i was having a wee but it was waters then i lost my 2nd show at the same time, then he ambulance came at 8.50am (ish) and had my baby boy at 9.30am

crossroads · Mar 15th, 2010, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by sobersadie

Well all 3 of mine were induced so i knew the pain was definitely contractions as i was hooked up to a drip to cause them! lol. Its a strange 'wave' of pain and one you wont have experienced before - nothing like braxton hicks i found. It gradualy builds up and although you dont feel pain everywhere the contraction takes over your whole body. My pain was all concentrated in my tummy and i had no pain or pressure down below until i was ready to push (just gas & air i had for pain relief). Its a bizarre pain as you know there is a point o it and its not like an 'ive broke a bone' pain. The beginning and end of a contarction is bearable its the peak of each that you have to decide if you can bear or not. I also found in between each contarction i had no pain at all and was happily chatting away till the next one came and i just breathed well on the gas and air and concentrated on not panicking or letting the pain take over. I was lucky though as my babies were born in 4 hours, 2 hours and 3 1/2 hours. I can honestly say with my 3rd i really enjoyed labour and can remember every bit of it.

What are the peaks like?

caz81 · Mar 15th, 2010, 09:17 AM

I was induced, all of my pain was in my back, it was agonising, i really have not known pain like it so even if i had not been induced i would have known what was going on! I did have some pain in my stomach but because the back pain was so bad i did not really notice it as much!

sweetniss113 · Mar 15th, 2010, 14:20 PM

I know every one will think im crazy but the labor "pains" for me never hurt. I didnt know I was in labor the first time I had a sour tummy feeling but as he was my first I had a habbit of checking my cervix alot just to see when it started to open. I had some on and off waves of feeling like I had to have a bowl movement for about an hour before I felt his feet pushing down . I nearly didnt get to the hospital before he was born breech. only 2 hours total. the next 3 were induced so I knew what the feeling was already. and they all were fast too. But the contractions didnt ever really hurt just not comfy. the pain for me was the actual birth itself being streched like that hurt. but the rest didnt.

Seity · Mar 15th, 2010, 21:20 PM

My pain felt like really bad gas - all in the lower front of my belly. I didn't know if it was labor or false labor because I never got any BH's and I thought maybe it wasn't the real thing, but the pain got stronger and closer together so I went to the hospital and it turned out to be labor. Once I got to the hospital it really kicked in and it became clear it was labor as the contractions started coming one on top of the other and way stronger than any gas pains I'd ever had. I also had the bowel movement sensation with the contractions. My labor progressed really fast and I had him only 5 hours after getting to the hospital. I didn't get any kind of bloody show or water breaking till after I was at the hospital for a while, so nothing to clue me in that it was the real thing before arriving.

dacosta · Mar 17th, 2010, 13:24 PM

my started as strong period pains then my waters broke

Tinkermoo · Mar 17th, 2010, 14:43 PM

It does seem that the more people who reply the more I realise that everyone who said 'it's diff for everyone' is totally right! More so than I thought, coz I thougt that there might be some similarity bit doesn't appear to be! Lol.

Thank you again ladies for sharing your experiences

Nimbus · Mar 22nd, 2010, 13:37 PM

My labour was relatively quick - 7 hours, and the contractions (once i knew what they were!) were farily frequent straight away. For me it felt like period pain (i get it pretty bad anyway) but i knew they were contractions because it came and went.

Mar 15th, 2010, 04:31 AM	#11
lottie_2007 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: STAFFORDSHIRE Posts: 4,462	I was in slow labour all day but didn't realise, id had a show so knew it wouldn't be long but i had back ache whilst out shopping, i just put it down to being 40 weeks! When my contractions started they were like period pains, alot like the braxton hicks i'd been having, it took 2 hours for them to get a bit more painful then they will step up a gear, and believe me you'll know when that happens! I had to cope with all mine at home with no pain relief and only made it to hospital in time to push, he was born within 7 mins of getting there! You will definately know when they are labour pains, although mine never got regular even right at the end so trust your instincts, i wish i hadn't listened to the midwifes telling me to stay at home when i just knew it wouldn't be long! xx

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Mar 15th, 2010, 05:22 AM	#12
Tinkermoo Trying to conceive (TTC) Active BnB Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: West Sussex, UK Posts: 413	Thank you sooo much for all your experiences! I am sure I will be perfectly fine and I'm hoping that, because I am used to pain there then I will hopefully be able to cope a little better. (I have developed a position and breathing technique for just my tummy aches so applying it to labour will be easy) I am very grateful for your contributions though as it is just good to hear other peoples experiences and know that whatever happens, it will be ok! lol.

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Mar 15th, 2010, 08:09 AM	#13
emilyjade Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: notts uk Posts: 6,908	like you said every1 is different but mine was like i had eaten something dodgy, i didnt realise i was in labour at all and put it down to the scampi from the night before hence LO nickname scamp my waters didnt break until he dropped the last bit what felt like i had a waterballon in side me and then i thought i was having a wee but it was waters then i lost my 2nd show at the same time, then he ambulance came at 8.50am (ish) and had my baby boy at 9.30am

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Mar 15th, 2010, 09:17 AM	#15
caz81 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 7,219	I was induced, all of my pain was in my back, it was agonising, i really have not known pain like it so even if i had not been induced i would have known what was going on! I did have some pain in my stomach but because the back pain was so bad i did not really notice it as much!

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Mar 15th, 2010, 14:20 PM	#16
sweetniss113 Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 351	I know every one will think im crazy but the labor "pains" for me never hurt. I didnt know I was in labor the first time I had a sour tummy feeling but as he was my first I had a habbit of checking my cervix alot just to see when it started to open. I had some on and off waves of feeling like I had to have a bowl movement for about an hour before I felt his feet pushing down . I nearly didnt get to the hospital before he was born breech. only 2 hours total. the next 3 were induced so I knew what the feeling was already. and they all were fast too. But the contractions didnt ever really hurt just not comfy. the pain for me was the actual birth itself being streched like that hurt. but the rest didnt.

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Mar 15th, 2010, 21:20 PM	#17
Seity Other BnB Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ithaca, NY Posts: 12,807	My pain felt like really bad gas - all in the lower front of my belly. I didn't know if it was labor or false labor because I never got any BH's and I thought maybe it wasn't the real thing, but the pain got stronger and closer together so I went to the hospital and it turned out to be labor. Once I got to the hospital it really kicked in and it became clear it was labor as the contractions started coming one on top of the other and way stronger than any gas pains I'd ever had. I also had the bowel movement sensation with the contractions. My labor progressed really fast and I had him only 5 hours after getting to the hospital. I didn't get any kind of bloody show or water breaking till after I was at the hospital for a while, so nothing to clue me in that it was the real thing before arriving.

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Mar 17th, 2010, 13:24 PM	#18
dacosta Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Cornwall Posts: 825	my started as strong period pains then my waters broke

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Mar 17th, 2010, 14:43 PM	#19
Tinkermoo Trying to conceive (TTC) Active BnB Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: West Sussex, UK Posts: 413	It does seem that the more people who reply the more I realise that everyone who said 'it's diff for everyone' is totally right! More so than I thought, coz I thougt that there might be some similarity bit doesn't appear to be! Lol. Thank you again ladies for sharing your experiences

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Mar 22nd, 2010, 13:37 PM	#20
Nimbus Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: UK, East Midlands Posts: 739	My labour was relatively quick - 7 hours, and the contractions (once i knew what they were!) were farily frequent straight away. For me it felt like period pain (i get it pretty bad anyway) but i knew they were contractions because it came and went.

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