Contractions
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Topic: Contractions
Posted By: Danielle_NZ
Subject: Contractions
Date Posted: 20 April 2008 at 9:08am
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Just a quick questions, when your impending labour, 38 weeks plus and you feel like your body is starting to show signs of contractions, What do you do? Do you help it along to try and increase the contractions? Do you sit down and relax and just see what will happen? ------------- Danielle Auckland, NZ http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mum2emj
Date Posted: 20 April 2008 at 9:20am
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good question! lol. i have had heaps of tightenings and some contractions- they last a while and then stop! eek! lol.
goodluck!!! not much longer for you now too 
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 20 April 2008 at 9:54am
sit down and try to relax and see what happens. when i was in early labour, i was having tightenings/cramps, every hour on the hour. that went on for about 8hrs then started getting more frequent
your having an elective c/s aren't you? i may have remembered wrong so forgive me if i have. if you are having frequent 'contractions' i'd give the m/w a call and let her know ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: Danielle_NZ
Date Posted: 20 April 2008 at 10:00am
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Yeah that's me :-)
My midwife doesn't want to see me until contractions are lasting longer than 40 seconds due to the hospital being full and what I could be feeling could be false labour due to the fact she believes my baby is to big to decend down to cause "real" labour. I'm not having anything regular but yesterday was random ones every now and then... this morning I can feel something is going on and not sure weather to encourage it or not... we normally go for a walk on Sundays. ------------- Danielle Auckland, NZ http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 20 April 2008 at 10:01am
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I would try and relax until they became more intense/frequent and you arent comfy anymore - save your energy for when it really matters! Although, if you are having a caesar I'd ring your midwife.
Wow, not long to go now Rach - cant wait to hear whether its a boy or girl! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 20 April 2008 at 10:02am
Oh, well I would still go for a walk then. Make the most of your time now  ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 20 April 2008 at 1:42pm
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If you have a rest/bath and they go away its false, if you have a rest/bath and they get worse chances are this is it.
How much longer until the elective? |
Posted By: Danielle_NZ
Date Posted: 20 April 2008 at 2:27pm
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8 more sleeps to go
Last time a bath didn't get rid of them but they stopped on there own 36 hours after they started. They were every 10 minutes from the start byt they never got stronger than 40 seconds long. My body was totally exhused and ached for two days after. Today they just seem to be hanging in the background, can't really feel a pattern yet so not really paying any attention to them. ------------- Danielle Auckland, NZ http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mum2emj
Date Posted: 20 April 2008 at 2:42pm
eek!! i know! lol gone really fast, my bets are on it being a boy. |
aimeejoy wrote:Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 20 April 2008 at 8:40pm
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I go for walks cause I'm so over being pg!! LOL But doesn't seem to make any difference anyhow -------------  |