I am thinning out and having contractions 3-5 min apart ...?

Question

having contractions 3-5 min apart and thining out but not really dilating I am 1 1/2 cm dilated. they told me to walk but walking does not seem to be working. does anyone have any other suggestions? I have been having these contractions since 1 pm august 30th. Please help.

Answer 1

I'm amazed that you have sufficient presence of mind to be online!

I suggest you attempt to relax, and to use the Lamaze breathing with your contractions as well as you can. The Lamaze method will help your body dilate as much as possible with each contraction, so that you get the most result from the contractions as they come.

Good luck, and best wishes for a good delivery and a lovely, healthy baby!

Answer 2

I would suggest to keep walking and maybe at a faster pace. You could also do some house cleaning if there is any left to do ( I nested like crazy).You could ask your husband to go down and kinda scratch the membranes a little to see if it loosens up and sends you into labor (sounds gross but I was in havin the baby that night). If it continues you could speak to your OB/GYN and see if they might offer relief and break your water or something to make you go into labor.

Answer 3

If they are 3-5 min and you are not overly uncomfortable, they prob won't do anything. and they won't break your water until you hit 3 cm.

I was Q3 min for days got really uncomfortable went to the hospital. They told me I wasn't ready yet cause i was only 1.5 cm dialated and they sent me home, and hour later i was back in there, was at 3 cm. and they broke my water. One hour and ten minutes later my daughter was born.

Answer 4

i became 3cm 60% effaced and toddler became at +2 station for 3 weeks. They saved asserting i might go any minute. so as that being mentioned it is easy to go into exertions any minute, hour, days, or week. yet as quickly as your cervix gets to a hundred% effaced then you definitely could be in lively exertions and in a position to grant. So the actuality which you purely have 10% to circulate is sweet, yet no person is familiar with how speedily or sluggish which will take place. stay lively, have intercourse, choose for long properly paced walks, and do squats.

Answer 5

As for the relief of the pain. Take a bath. Oh my gosh that works wonders when you are contracting. As for have your baby that has to happen on its own you can try sex or walking but it has to happen on its own unless a doctor goes on in and breaks ur water.

Answer 6

My doctor told me to not waste my time walking because it would only get me tired! She advised me to have sex instead! Well I did and I went into labor the next morning. My water broke and a few hours later I had my baby. Just have sex it works! Or at least find a way to get the sperm inside of you!

Answer 7

This is really weird, but try nipple stimulation. when you rub your nipples your body produces oxitosen which is what they use to induce labor, it is a hormone that causes contraction of the uterus, that is why if you nurse your baby you get your figure back faster!

Answer 8

Walking helped me, but I know that everyone is different. They say having sex works, but you may not feel up to that right now. Whatever you do, let it be natural -- such as walking.

Answer 9

be persistant with your doctors they said i was not ready and then i came back 1 hour later and just made it in enough time

Answer 10

go to the hospital, ask for an ultrasound, i was like that when i had my daughter and it turned out i wasn't dialating because she was breech