can labor slow down then speed back up?

Question

I actually just posted a question like this but I forgot to add a couple of stuff.

I had my membranes stripped on Friday. I was a cm dialted, 90% effaced and the baby is fully engaged (has been for a month). Since Friday I have had a lot of pain in my left side where my cervix is. All day Saturday my vagina hurt really bad. It hurt to pee, cause there was so much pressure down there. Well at about 10:30 Satuday evening it started hurting even worse, and the right side of my back was hurting and moving to the front. I swore that this was it, that I was in labor because it was not getting any better and my vagina hurt so bad. Also, everytime I went to the bathroom I would have atleast a dime size piece of mucous. I decided I would rest before my contractions got so bad to where I had to go in. I rested for 2 hours and woke up with the pressure still there but no intense back pain. Is this just one big false alarm? Can labor slow down and then come back?

also, I felt not much movement from baby yesterday but when I woke up hes all over the place.. Now Im afraid that its one big joke.

Answer 1

The baby is working down to be born, and I know it is easy to say, but the more you relax the easier the delivery. You are going to have this baby no matter what, and the less you fight the pain the faster it will be born. Labor can slow and stop, but you need to work with it , and it's time to go to the hospital.

Answer 2

yeah they say when your in your comfort area eg home and then move to some were not so home like i guess you could say that nerves kick in and cam slow down even stop contractions in the vr early stages