I'm a FTM but I think labor is heading my way!

edited August 2011 in Labor
I'm 37 weeks and extremely uncomfortable. I toss and turn all night, no matter how much I sleep I feel restless, my back is killing me, I have lot of discharge (just white), my baby has definitely dropped, and I keep having contractions and pressure off and on. Sound like labor?

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  • I'll have contractions for like an hour and then they'll go away then return later on. I don't want to go in just to be sent home. I hope its soon, I think I'm done being pregnant lol.
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  • Whens your due date? (:
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  • The 15th! (:
  • @MiracleM2B im sorta having the same symptoms as you, with restless sleep and my back starts to hurt if im sitting up fOr a short time. I havent felt contraction except braxton hicks but those are never painful. And I have white discharge too. Im 36 weeks.
  • I've been feeling the same way so I Was really hopeful when the doctor checked me at my last weeks appointment but my cervix is still closed. She said the baby is really low though and that's why I'm so uncomfortable. I was a little sad. I'm also due the 16th.
  • I have an appt on Thursday so I have my fingers crossed that we're making process!!
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  • @xpecting91611 yeah I'm really hoping he comes sooner. I had my first 2 weeks early so I hope this one is about the same.
  • I also am due on sept 16th. I'm uncomfortable, my back is killing me. I dnt sleep very good at night, I hav a thick white discharge also... what cld the discharge mean anybody know? Mayb @homebirthadvocate wild know???
  • I have no idea what it means, its clean. So its not an infection. Two weeks ago, I had spotting. But no other blood for me. No plug either.
  • The discharge could be your mucus plug. As for the contractions I believe the rule of thumb is 511. 5 minutes apart, for 1 minute for 1 hour straight.


    I actually had something similar like ya'll are describing happen to me last Thursday. I thought I was just feeling like crud more than usually Thursday but by Friday I was still having contractions off and on. They weren't very intense or able to really be timed. I was also having an odd urge to push every once in awhile. They ended up telling me I needed to go to l&d Friday morning just to make sure. I ended up staying overnight and had went into I guess false labor. My contractions were less than a minute apart but it was back labor. Well they ended up giving me medicine that knocked me right out(I asked for a heating pad...not medicine) and I continued to have contractions but they slowly died out and became much less intense. I ended up dilating to 2cm, 50% effed, but still in -3 station. They had told me in the beginning that if I had any cervical change that it was real labor...Well Saturday they told me it wasn't real labor even though I did have cervical change.


    Anyways the point to all of this rambling is that if the contractions to continue it could just get really painful out of no where. That is what happened to me and I was glad I was already at the hospital just in case.
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  • I'm due September 12th. I'm having all those symptoms although I'm not sure what a contraction is supposed to be like. I've heard people say its the worst thing ever or "you'll just know" but that doesn't help much. I'm still scratching my head over here. :/ Hopefully I won't end up accidentally giving birth on the couch!
  • Lol. My doctor is an hour away, I hope I don't give birth in the car! I've been treated twice for contractions. You feel your whole stomach get hard and it feels like your lungs just get stuck and you can't breath. They do hurt, they did last night but I was still able to handle them. I haven't felt to many today, just a couple.
  • I will be 38 weeks Friday and I'm experiencing the same thing! I get really strong contractions after I have sex so i plan on being in our bedroom for maybe the rest of this damn pregnancy LOL I was 2cm last Monday hopefully I'm at least a 3 or 4 tomorrow at my next visit!!!!
  • Yay, fingers crossed for you!! (: I plan on staying in my bed, just because I have no energy! Lol
  • I'm 37+1 due sept 12 and I'm hoping its almost time!!!
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