Intense BHs or labour?

Call your backup mw, my labour contractions with 2 of my kids were just like BHs
You can never be too sure!!
Good luck, let us know how you go!

Call her. It does sound like labour contractions to me, I had no cervix pain until bubs were close to coming out.
My contractions were like strong period pains that came in waves and had a peak to them.
Backup midwife will not mind you calling even if it does turn out to be a false alarm.

Thanks ladies, called backup MW and she said as I hadn't has show or waters break it is unlikely that I am in labour - so just monitoring it for now. Had a shower (no bath tub ) and that reduced the severity of them, so thinking it was just a more intense  practice run, although they are still coming - albiet irregularly.

 

I think I panicked, as I spoke to my mum and she said it sounded excactly like all four of her labours...! Funny how it only occured to me this arvo as to whether pain would be felt down there, as thats always how I imagined it, and I cant remember a thing from antenatal classes.

 

Did any of you definately know that you were in labour when it happened?

squoggs wrote: Did any of you definately know that you were in labour when it happened?

Yes the first time as my waters breaking was the very first labour sign, contractions started about an hour later

2nd time I didn't have a clue! . I never had BH with Jack but I did with Ben. I thought I was having BH all afternoon but they must have been contractions, didn't know I was in labour till I had a show at 9pm! Thinking back the BH were around my tummy but the ones that were actually contractions were under my belly

squoggs wrote: Thanks ladies, called backup MW and she said as I hadn't has show or waters break it is unlikely that I am in labour

I find that a strange comment as I didn't have a show at all with Jack and I now some who haven't had a show and waters didn't break till they were pushing

Edited by Linzy

I think she meant it in regard to the whole picture - as the contractions are still irregular - not just as symptoms of labour on their own (sorry still getting intense ones as i type, so probably didn't explain myself too well). 

Thanks for your answers, I will keep monitoring it and hope that bubs doesn't decide to make an appearance until at least next week!

 

hehe you had me all excited there Sarah!

Hope you're feeling better now though

Bex & Jess...just wicked BHs - ouch! I wrote about it in my last post in due date thread, but I think it was at the bottom of the last page so probably got missed quite easily. All ok now, but gees, really wondered if that was it!  Panic over, this baby has at least another week to cook first

Hey there

That sounds just like how my labour started too. I had regular BHs all day and managed to ignore them as they weren't painful. It wasn't until I went to the loo before bed that I had a show and then it was ALL ON and very different from BH. My waters didn't break till I was fully dilated either. From memory (somewhat faded now) contractions started in my back and went into my groin (under the belly is a really good way to describe it), very much like period pains. No cervical pain rfom memory.

This time I've been having painful BHs for the last few evenings but they are quite different from what I think I remember...

Hang in there - not long now. So maybe your body is just having a warm up

Edited by jessiesmum

Hope you're okay! You describe something very similar to what I had and the completely crappy lazy back up midwife told me that as I was only 33 weeks it "couldn't" be labour. 5 hours later I had Kiara.

Also remember that you know yourself and your body best and if you feel something isn't as it should then say something! Or demand to be heard!