what is the fastest way to go into labor? what do contractions feel like?

Answer 1

Walk alot. They say it helps. I think it had to do with my water breaking (which made me go to the hospital and be induced...so I guess it worked) Contractions feel like someone is squeezing your pelvis really really hard. It's difficult to breathe through the pain. I took the epidural as soon as they would give it to me. Good luck and God bless.

Answer 2

Not even a medical induction will make a woman go into labor fast. My first pregnancy went 9 days past my due date. I tried sex, lots of walking, driving down bumpy back roads, eating spicy foods, nipple stimulation and scrubbing floors on my hands and knees. When I did go into labor, I didn't even know at first. I had a bit of bloody tinged mucous in the morning and then developed a rather severe pain in my left side. I called the doctor, she examined me and said I was effaced and dilating so I should go home, rest, and wait for the pains to get 5 minutes apart. In the afternoon, I started to get menstrual cramp-like pain in my lower stomach. As labor progressed, the contractions felt like a severe tightening in my entire stomach area. My second and third born children were both posterior and I had an incredible lower back ache with both of those labors. I had some stomach contractions that didn't hurt as bad as my back and with my 3rd I also had tightening in my upper thighs. My 4th pregnancy was a surprise to us. We conceived when I had been taking birth control pills for 11 years and our kids were 18, 15, and 12. I had Gestational Diabetes with her and was monitored weekly. At 41 weeks, I still showed no signs of effacement or dilation so they inserted a prostoglandin gel that I had a bad reaction to. They had me lay on my side and said I may experience some cramping. About 10 minutes after they inserted it I had a huge cramp that lasted for what seemed forever. The baby's heart rate was being monitored and it went so low that it scared the heck out of me. The technician came in and said I had just had a 6 minute contraction. Things moved pretty fast after that. I delivered at a large teaching hospital and when the doctor who was officially listed as my doctor came in, I knew things were serious (usually you only see interns and student nurses). I was prepped for pitocin since every time a contraction came, the heart rate dropped dangerously low. Thankfully, when they checked me before they started the drip, I had gone to 6 centimeters already so they didn't give it to me. I went from showing absoloutely no sign of impending labor at noon to holding my daughter at 7:29 p.m. My grandson is 6 1/2 months old. When my daughter went into labor with him, her water broke at home about 9:30 P.M. Labor went agonizingly slow then stalled. She was given pitocin which didn't help much. He ended up not being born until 11:00 p.m. the next night by C-section since it had been more than 24 hours past the water breaking and she couldn't get past 8 cm dilated.

Answer 3

There really is no surefire way to get labour started other than a medical induction. The old wives' tales you're thinking of are really that... old wives' tales.

Contractions start out like period cramps on steroids and end up feeling like having your body ripped apart. And the weirdest thing is... it's all worth it.

Answer 4

the fastest way is when there inducing you but can happen too fast sometimes.and pains feel like pulling and tearing from front and back .but when they put the baby in your arms you forget about the pain.and its worth it .xxxxx

Answer 5

they all take 9 months +/-