common labor! Moms who have been in labor! Advice for FTM :)

edited September 2011 in Pregnant
Im a week and one day till my due date and i dont think she wants to come out yet :-( i know eventually she will because obviously they dont stay there forever but it just seems like it :-( .
These are some things ive been dealing with so far these couple of weeks:

(TMI) Soft stools even diareeah (sp)
Alor of pressure down my pelvic area
Menstrual cramps like on my back and on my lower belly
Alot of BH (i say their bh because my tummy gets very hard but they are very irregular and sometimes all it makes me feel is breathless)
Of course my baby is waaay head down
I was 35+5 when i was 2cm dilated (havent been checked since then)
Ive lost chunks of my Mucous plug (no bloddy show)

Things ive tried:
Nipple stimulation
Accupressure
walking
Bouncy ball
Pineapple

Things that i cant do:
Sex: Bf thinks hes gonna hurt me or the baby and refuses ( ~:> ) :-((
Castrol (sp) Oil: Im too scared of it ive heard crazy things about it.
EPO: Im not sure about this ether dont have much info on it and plus i think its too late since i heard you have to start with week 35 :/


So im pretty much miserable and want my baby to be out so that i can enjoy her. Im a FTM so i dont know if any
of this leads to labor. Have any of you felt this and went into labor the following hrs, days, weeks? How did you know you were in active labor or early labor? any advice? When did you go into hospital? Please share for the FTMs! [-O<

Comments

  • Im a ftm also and I wish icould help but here's a BUMP!
  • @mommimisha thanks for the bump :-bd
  • I dont know if I just didn't pay attention but I had no clues or signs of labor coming both times before. I never lost my plug or waters... Just started getting contractions when it was time. I just felt cramps and kept thinking I had to go to the bathroom and my mom had to tell me I was in labor lol. I went in when the pain was unbearable
  • It sounds like you are closes with more pain you had and mucus..
  • @myHEARTZx3 Im paying attention to what my body is doing but for me it seems like its fine lol i think i have a high pain tolerance but who knows! I think ill have to be like you and wait till the pain is too much lol

    @jenoah i hope so! im so ready for this baby lol did you have any of the above symptoms or anything different?
  • Lol well the first time I got to the hospital and at 4cm I was crying for my epidural hahaha
  • haha i might not make it to 4 cm then when i said i had a high tolerance for pain i forgot paper cuts make my eyes watery :( lol
  • Ok for me it was nipple stimulation but not just feeling on the nipples but it was more like geting super horny tmi I know but the nipps did have a big part in it but u know idk how to explin but def wrked I was 40 weeks head asnt down no dialtion effaced nothing we did this and the next day I went to the doc they stripped my membranes and 2 days later he cme on his own I was 1 day from being induced
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