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Menstrual Cramps at 40 Weeks?
What you're feeling could be Braxton Hicks (practice contractions). Believe me, you'll know when you are in labor because the pains will get closer together ...
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- Sounds to me like your body is getting ready to have a baby!!! Everything you are experiencing is completely normal. Just try to relax, I know easier said than done! ...
- What you're feeling could be Braxton Hicks (practice contractions). Believe me, you'll know when you are in labor because the pains will get closer together and increa...
- Get to your doctor. Sounds like labor to me. God Bless.
Normal Third Pregnancy?
Aug 24, 2009 ... Congrats You know that baby will be here before you know it During my second pregnancy I experienced a ton of braxton hicks contractions ...
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- They say every pregnancy is different. I just had my third 7 weeks ago. A friend of mine said that by her third, it felt like everything was going to "fall out". I ...
- Hi K. if your insurance allows it have an internal ultrasound done it check to make sure your not funneling or anything else I'm not trying to alarm you just as an ext...
- Hi K., Congrats on the upcoming event! In the meantime, try to get more rest. I had preterm labor with my first and I had no idea how bad I felt until I had to go...
3Rd Time Moms Out There
I have been having braxton hicks contractions during the day pretty normally now for a few weeks which is nothing I am worried about with my other two i ...
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- I am pregnant with #5 and I experiences a lot of Contraction with my babies. I also had a lot of leg cramps so my midwife suggested I take liquid calcium because a la...
- My third came so much quicker, and earlier (3 weeks). I think with every pregnancy your body becomes more used to "what it is supposed to do" and prepares yourself a ...
- Well I would call the doctor's office and let them know whats going on. Its always a good thing to do. to me it sounds like dehydration.....lots of fluids might put a ...
How to deal with mucus discharge during 35 weeks of pregnancy
If you are unsure if you are experiencing braxton hicks contractions or the real ones, time them. Start timing from the moment that you feel the first ...
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- E., you need to contact your physician or the on call doctor and let them know what you see. It could be the beginning stages but the mucus is not always that color so...
- Sounds like you lost your mucus plug. Braxton Hicks are very normal and it just means your body is practicing for its big moment. Sadly though, it doesn't mean your ba...
- Congratulations on your pregnancy. I think what you are experiencing is quite normal. I remember the same thing, and in fact I ended up going to the hospital becau...
False Labor or Something Else?
Braxton Hicks! They're basically practice contractions. ... My first thought is Braxton-Hicks contractions. .... Braxton Hicks or REAL Contractions? ...
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- You can always call your health care provider if you have questions. It sounds like they are nothing to worry about yet since they stop. They don't sound regular eit...
- it sounds like you are having "false" labor. There is nothing false about the contractions. In fact they are probably doing some dilating for you. However, true labo...
- I remember having more at night and my OB mentioned that it's common for contractions to get going at night - just a funny FYI - in the wild it's safest for animals to...
Early Labor Signs? When to Go to Hospital???
Lots of pressure in lower abdomen(over bladder), discharge,diarreah,and lower back pain...but no painful contractions yet. Just Braxton Hicks. ...
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- A., I have three, and all of them were different. At times I felt unprepared for each one. I do have to say that I still didn't realize with my third if it was the re...
- Watch that back pain...see if it comes and goes like the abdominal contractions you had with your last baby. Could be back labor. If your water breaks, time to go! ...
- I know that your not full tern until you reach 38 wks but you still can have the baby any time. My water never broke on either pregnancy. I was hospitalized 1 wk befor...
Pre Term Contractions
Even on the meds, I was having contractions and they were not braxton hicks. I was at the hospital or doctors office every day or other day, depending on ...
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- Hi C., I am a birth doula and I had a client with similar things. She was on home bedrest at 16 weeks, as well as being on terbutaline. I thought you would like to ...
- Hi, C., I, too, had pre-term contractions. I spent 7 months in bed, flat on my back, and was forced to drink LOTS of water. Several other people mentioned drink...
- Boy!! Have I ever been in your situation. I was pregnant and on bedrest for preterm labor, on Terbutaline for almost 2 years straight. The first was born on May 20, 20...
Early Stages of Labor
Depending on my level of activity, my contractions are 3-7 minutes apart. I have had Braxton Hicks before, but these are hard and they hurt! ...
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- Being that you lost you mucus plug it can take up to 2 weeks for you to go into actual labor but it does not ness have to be that long, it can happen at anytime. Ilost...
- Hi J., Hugs to you! As an ALACE birth assistant, I can tell you that you are experiencing Prodromal Labor. This is where your body is doing everything it needs to...
- unfournately there is no way to tell how long this can go on my sister in law was in labor for like a week and a half with my neice and it was her fourth too. you just...
3Rd Pregnancy - Having Contractions Every 4 Min
I had a similar problems however most of my contractions were Braxton Hicks Contractions. I used to hate it when people told me this but it's true. ...
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- Hello D'Anne, I didn't have this happen to me, but it did happen to my sister. She lived 30 mins away from the hospital and was having contractions as well...My young...
- I had tons of contractions with my third child. Sometimes they were 2 minutes apart and lasted for a long time. The contractions started in mid to late October and I...
- Hi D'Anne, My sons are older now, but I remember those pregnancy days all too well. For my third, I had pains in my legs as well from the pressure on my nerves. I a...
How Many Weeks Were You Pregnant When Your Doctor Talked to You About La Maz...
Jul 7, 2009 ... And talk to you about what to look for in Contractions/Braxton Hicks contractions, and if you're getting a C-Section, if they are going to ...
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- With my first they talked to me about all of that during my second trimester, but really only because I asked. With my second, who was a scheduled c-section, we tal...
- You need to prompt your doctor. Write a list of questions and go have a visit. My doctor wasnt telling me anything. I knew most of what I knew from my sisters child...
- I'm 33 weeks now, and in this pregnancy my doctor probably started talking about Lamaze and labor and preparation last month. I don't like to count on doctors to bring...
