Latent Labor?

I went through the same thing with my last pregnancy, and I know how you feel! Unfortunately, it lasted 3 weeks (which felt like FOREVER), and the baby came right on time. Walking and rocking on a yoga ball helped ease the discomfort, but as others have said, the baby comes when s/he is ready!

I had it for 4 weeks before they induced me at 37 weeks. Keep in mind when they went to induce me I was already 6 cm and in labor. I didn't even know it and they didn't even have to induce me in the end.

So yeah it seems it can last a long period of time.

Oh K., what an exciting time for you. I'm sure these last couple weeks are dragging out to what seems like forever. I remember my 5th pregnancy and my discomfort level was off the chart. I just kept reminding myself of the joy I would experience when holding my daughter and tried to get all the rest I could. I wish I had something clinical to give you but please be encouraged by the fact that the end of the tunnel is in sight! Best wishes.

I'm with Sandi - I'd go get checked out. With my first I could have sworn I was in labor at 37 weeks - cramping, what felt like contractions, constantly feeling like I had to go to the bathroom, nausea - turns out I had a bladder infection that was trying to spread to my kidney. Within hours of starting antibotics all my symptoms went away!

Hi K.,
It sounds like your body is just rippening and doing it's job of getting ready for your new baby! Sometimes it can take weeks and for some it all happens at once. Have you talked to your doctor/widwife about your symptoms? I would suggest seeing what they recommend. Otherwise read up on ways to help bring on your labor!

Good Luck
~M. C.

I don't know how to get it to stop..but I'm feeling it too hun!!
I'm 38wks and OMG so uncomfortable.

Guess all I can say is
Congrats on that baby! Hopefully it'll be "over" soon hehe

My OBGYN advised me when I was in my 38th and 39th week with my second with NO SIGNS OF IMPENDING LABOR that he has seen women exist for 2 months at near full effacement and 1-3 cm dilated with no labor starting on its own and he has seen women (like I was at the time) with no dilation and minimal effacement deliver the next day.

I was in your shoes with both of my babies (both a week past due) and tried sex to get things going as everything and everyone recommends and that was an uncomfortable joke, and then I tried spicy food and just ended up more uncomfortable with horrible heartburn. The only thing that helped me was walking. With both pregnancies I went into labor after spending a whole day walking around a mall. My kids were born the day after.

HANG IN THERE and do not do anything rediculous like take castor oil or black cohosh as they can be severely harmful and make your situaiton worse.

keep that baby in there as long as you can!! ;) this is critical time for lung development! and remember, due dates are bogus; they are based on a perfect cycle in a perfect woman and lets face it, who IS that chick ?? no one has a perfect cycle, so naturally, rarely does someone actually have their baby naturally on their due date. remember, its called the ESTIMATED due date

it sounds like the symptoms you are having are well into getting ready for labor though! you could be a "lucky" one whos due date is later than baby will be ready. this could work to your and your baby's advantage; you dont have to be pressured into having your baby induced because you probably wont make it to your due date.

how it works is the lungs release a chemical when they are completed that starts labor. this way you ensure your baby is as ready as he/she can be! this is your baby and your body and the health of both of you; just relax, take it easy and your baby will come when he/she is ready! :) take slow relaxing walks, even making love if you are comfortable is said to help things along. but really, its those little lungs that make labor start! :) just wait for those lungs! its easier to adjust to a world outside the womb if you have got those good fully developed lungs ! :)
im sorry you are so uncomfortable though! dont worry, its only a little longer. i had to go to the bathroom (#2) all the time for aobut 2 weeks before my son was born. it was a "cleaning out" process. so dont worry, i dont think you have long to go.

You may be closer than you think. Or you may have a bladder infection. Call your Dr to see if you can drop off a urine sample and make an appt.
Good luck and enjoy your new baby!