I'm afraid that i miss my first contractions,how i can tell that now is the time??

Answer 1

'hi honey,my first son was induced, so no problems there!I was worrying like you about my second birth as my hubbie was working nights an hours drive away!Lets tell you a story!!!I went to bed as normal and woke up to go a wee for the second time that night, grrrrrrrr.went back to bed and couldn't go to sleep,just couldn't get comfy,had a belly ache,i know everyone says it but they were like period pains.walked around for a while and had a bath and a cup of tea.coz i was on my own,my oldest son was asleep it was about 2am.i tried to get into the most comfortable position by leaning on the worktop in the kitchen,and rocking back and forth this kinda helped i think coz ur concentrating on something.when the pains got worse/closer together i rang my hubby.he got home in record time!!!!don't worry,relax, your gonna get a gorgeous little baba so its worth it.good luck xxx

Answer 2

Contractions build with intensity over time. Everyone is different so don't get to hung up on other peoples experiences. Ask your Dr to describe 'back labour' to you if you are in doubt as this is probably the easiest to miss because it is just like a bad back ache. If this is your first you will probably have ages to wait between the first contraction and the last. My sisters first was 40 hours. My first was very quick, but believe me if you are going to have a five hour labour you will DEFINITELY feel the contractions.

PS the needing to go to the toilet that Mikki is talking about is a pretty accurate description of second stage labour

Answer 3

Believe me when I say you'll know! you will have regular pains they wont last long they will be quick and sharp what you need to do is time how long between each one if they are about five minutes apart and are very strong phone the labour ward. in most cases your waters will break then the contractions will get stronger and more frequent if you are in slow labour where your contractions keep coming and going this could go on for days remember to focus on the movements of the baby if the baby hasn't moved phone your midwife don't panic this happened to me he was fine moving rapidly but i couldn't feel it with the contractions but you will be fine.

Answer 4

Try to do some activity. If it provides you relief, it is not yet the time. Real labor contractions however persist no matter what you do. Observe the time the contractions occur. If they grow consistently longer, stronger and closer you need to go to the hospital and bring everything you need. Your water bag may broke or may not. You are about to deliver your baby if these labor pain occurs in an interval of 3-4 minutes.

Answer 5

You might have to be induced, not all pregnancies start contractions by them self.

It basically starts like period like cramps and works up in intensity over a period of time. Just relax and don't worry about it, if it does happen naturally you'll have enough time to get to the hospital.

Good luck when the time comes, you'll be fine x.

Answer 6

Some people dont know their having contractions as i have learnt from experiance iwas only feeling contractions for 10 minutes before my daughter was born butmy youngest took 13 hours

GOOD LUCK

Answer 7

I agree with most people on here. You wont miss them. You willl have period type pains which get stronger. Time them, and if they go off and on, then you are in early labour. With me, they started in my lower back and worked there way around to the front of my bump. Good luck!

Answer 8

beleive me ive had three kids and felt every contraction but their well worth it and the end of it all you have a beautiful baby and all the pain was a thing of the past good luck

Answer 9

with my second baby it was a dull ache that kept coming and going and he was born an hr l8. but with my first baby i was asleep until 7am and he was born at 7:23am so sometimes u cant tell right til the last minute but usually u will feel an ache that gets worse, or waters breaking.

Answer 10

My first child .... i can tell you I didn't know.... I sat on the toilet all night from like 12 to 6 am rocking and thinking I had to go to the bathroom. Untill I got my husband to drive me to my moms go to work and about an hour later called the doctor crying my eyes out tellin her i didnt know what was going on and i thought i had to go to the bathroom, She said to me hun your in labor come to the hospital!

My second I was enduced so I didn't have to worry about it!

As for your water breakin can't answer that.... they did it for me for both children in the hospital!