i'm only 1 cm dialated. I feel as if my baby will never come out?! I've been having the brax hicks contractions but I'm not sure what the real contractions will feel like. This is my first baby and i dont know what to expect. When did you guys start having contractions and what can i do to speed up the process.. I want to meet my baby girl already!
2006-12-01 06:07:38 · 33 answers · asked by October_baby 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Relax, your baby will come out at the righttime. I know what it feels like to be bulging and just want to meet your new one, but God only knows when that will be, literally. 1cm dialated is good for your first, and labor will come soon enough, just remember the brazton hicks, are slowly opening your cervix, the real ones, really get it moving you can be in labor for a few hours and progress nicly, or baby may want to take his/her time. Walking is good, sex works too! Theres a chemcal in the sperm that can bring on contractons, also nipple stimulation can strat your uterus up too. Sounds like you can have a romantic walk, and a fun night, and if babys ready, you may give birth too! There are other things too like taking caster oil(the laxitive) it is said that it bringfs contactons I bough a bottle, but chickened out, talk to your doctor or mid wife before though.
2006-12-01 07:53:58 · answer #1 · answered by AntzaGurl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SORRY TO SPOIL YOUR MOOD, but just because you are dilated any doesn't mean that you are going into labor anytime soon!
With my first I went into labor on my due date and had her the next morning. With my second it was a whole different story. The week before I was due I went to my doc appt. and was told I was dilated to 3 almost 4 cm. I also had braxton hicks a lot, and even real contractions, but not enough to time them and then they would stop. I went that way for three weeks, and ended up having to be induced, two weeks after my due date.
Try walking a lot, that is one thing that is suppose to help, but with my last one it didn't help. So your baby won't come until she is ready to come, or until they force her too. The good thing about it is, that even though I had to wait 2 extra weeks to meet my second little girl, my labor was only 4 hours long, from the time they started the pitocin until I was holding her in my arms!!
Good luck, and I hope you don't have to wait as long as I did!!
2006-12-01 06:26:44 · answer #2 · answered by tnmomof2as 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The last 4 weeks were the hardest for me because I wanted to meet my baby so bad and I was so tired of being pregnant.I actually only had braxton hicks occasionally but I knew it was time to go to the hospital when my water broke at 38 weeks.
Real contractions will come every 3-5 min. and last for over an hour-that is the time to head to the hospital.Also-they will increase in intensity and be more painful then the practice contractions.
I am 28 weeks pregnant with my 2nd and hope that my water breaks again when the time comes-it is the easiest way to know that the time has come!
2006-12-01 06:12:25 · answer #3 · answered by mama of 2 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That person that said you dilate 1 cm per hour is FUNNY! I was dialted to 1 for over three weeks and 2 cm for another two weeks and was finally induced.
Do not use any oils or herbs that some quacks suggest. A lot of them actually have horrible side effects on labor, you and your baby. Try walking, sex and a lot of nipple stimulation. All of those are completely and natural (as long as doctor has not restricted anything). I wasn't in a hurry because I got scared towards the end and wouldn't walk around a store even and refused to have sex lol!
Good Luck though!!
2006-12-01 06:16:51 · answer #4 · answered by angie_laffin927 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sucks dosent it?! im 41weeks and I KNOW I will not go into labor on my own and my doctors are making me wait ANOTHER week b4 they induce and im already dilated 3 and 75% effaced!
But when u have braxton hicks let them subside on theyre own, dont try to make them ease becasue my BH are what dilated me. and it will be easier and faster during the real labor. some people have told me walking will help make contractions start but Its done nothing for me cept maybe efface the baby. but im also having a girl :D Her name is lexie and hopefully i will meet her by wednesday. but i hope this helped good luck and try not to get too excited because u may think u only have a week left but they may make u wait 1 or 2 more after 40weeks. it sucks so bad i hate waiting but i have no choice and unless ur doctors cool and will induce u on 40weeks (if u havent had her already) then u will most likely have to wait :( but GOOD LUCK :D
2006-12-01 06:31:31 · answer #5 · answered by Monica S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't worry when your baby girl is ready you will know. Real contractions will be evenly spaced 10 minutes apart, for example, not one at 10 one at 9 and one at 10 again that is how you can tell real or fake. If they start coming and you get up and walk and they ease or stop they are fake.
Now if they start to become more even and painful and they get on a set schedule one every ten minutes (or whatever your body does) And they get painful and start lasting longer then most likely they are real.
2006-12-01 06:12:26 · answer #6 · answered by The Invisible Woman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
((Hugs)). I remember feeling exactly as you do. Trust me, this baby will come out - when he/she is ready.
I had brax hicks for days and also was dialated 2 cm for days. 1 day past my due date, my water broke and 8 hours later my son was born.
This may sound silly, but here are suggestions: glass of wine (1 can't hurt at this point); sex (you asked) and a brisk walk.
Good luck to you.
2006-12-01 06:12:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't do anything except be patient. Labor will feel like the brax hicks but be regular and continue to increase in frequency and intensity. It'll happen when it happens. You could be 1 cm for the next 3 weeks....
2006-12-01 06:10:39 · answer #8 · answered by chicchick 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I had to have a c-section so I can't tell you what labor is like but I can tell you how to speed up the process (I had to avoid all of these things the last 3 weeks of my pregnancy so that I wouldn't induce labor... it sucked)
Eat a lot of spicy food
Long walks
Clean... a lot
Sex (works great)
There's some kind of oil that you can drink also... it's that thick syrupy stuff that some people put on pancakes Caro or something like that. Although I wouldn't suggest it. I've heard that it tastes awful but I have heard from several people that it works.
That and Sex supposedely work the best.
2006-12-01 06:14:10 · answer #9 · answered by Mel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best way to make baby come early is to have good old fashion sex. As hard and as rough as your body can take without injuring yourself. The more you orgasm the more likely you are to start the contraction process.
As far as a real contraction most women will tell you that you will know the difference my wife did. Have fun and contratulations.
2006-12-01 06:11:06 · answer #10 · answered by proffalken1975 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋