i woke up this morning around 3 am and i was crampin really bad... im having contractions every 15-20 minutes, because i was starting freaking out my husband send me to the hospital to get checked, i was about to be admitted but the doctor says that if i can still walk and walk to dilate i can go home and come back in the afternooon or whenever i feel the contractions are getting closer. right now im still having the same intensity of contractions but it was irregular... what should i do? does it happens to you?
2006-12-30 14:42:43 · 8 answers · asked by SweetandCuddlyRai 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
It is probably real labor, your body is just getting started. It can take awhile. Take a bath and try to relax if you can. I would wait to go to the hospital to till there are 5 min. apart, your water breaks, or they get to intense that you can't take it anymore.
Your contractions will get more regular also. I had this same thing happen with my last one for a week, it seemed to happen at night I would take a bath and about 3 am I would get to bed.
It will happen when the time is right.
2006-12-30 14:52:26 · answer #1 · answered by schell_75 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had contractions off and on for 3 days before I went into active labor. When the contractions are around 5 minutes apart and last for over a minute would be a good time to go in. You might not last that long though; when my contractions were 5 mins apart I had to have an epidural for the intense pain. 6 hours later my son was born.
2006-12-30 15:23:12 · answer #2 · answered by mysticsphynx10 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep on walking, and if they tend to become irregular, try laying down on your side, if that doesn't work, lay the other way. When they begin to become regular again, start moving around. THe gravity will help you to dialate. If your water breaks, you need to go to the hospital, there they may still have you walk the halls till you have dialated enough. Yes, it happens to all of us. It is when they begin regular at 5 minutes apart, that you need to go back to the hospital. You don't have to wait 2 hours either, just a few contractions at 5 minutes apart. I went from 1 1/2 cm dilation to complete in less than 2 hours.
2006-12-30 14:50:24 · answer #3 · answered by Fruit Cake Lady 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hi-when contractions are 5 minutes apart for 2 hours--or your water breaks--you should call the doc and go to the hospital
2006-12-30 14:45:17 · answer #4 · answered by Shellberry 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i was told to go into maternity when my contractions were 5-10 minutes apart, 40-60 seconds long, and like that for at least one hour. i'm almost 4 days overdue, so i wish it would happen already! good luck and congrats on the baby!
2006-12-30 14:47:03 · answer #5 · answered by veitedl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the doctor's right... you'll know when the contractions are intensifying... because you won't be able to concentrate on typing... you will be totally focused.
When you're ~5 minutes apart, or feel like you need pain management... head back to the hospital.
2006-12-30 14:49:03 · answer #6 · answered by naenae0011 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't understand why they are sending you home. Demand they check you!
2006-12-30 16:02:17 · answer #7 · answered by Kimi is 31 weeks 1/7 w/#2! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just go back and tell them u want to be there and dont feel comfortable going and coming back
2006-12-30 14:48:03 · answer #8 · answered by tabetha m 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋