It is killing me... - Pregnancy

TheBryTree · 02-27-2009, 11:29 PM

that I have no idea what contractions feel like or what labor is like or what to expect!!

Every weird little feeling sends me into fits of wondering if that was a contraction... my back hurts? eep! that might be back labor! I feel a weird little cramping like the kind you get just before your period comes (not the painful ones... just the kind where you know something is about to happen) and eep! what if that is a contraction!

I check discharge constantly to see if I'm losing my mucus plug.

Every time I pee more than I thought I was going to, I question whether or not I just leaked some of my amniotic fluid.

I'm smart enough to know that when I start having contractions, it'll be fairly obvious, that my water probably won't break (gush OR leak) until well into labor (if not until the baby is almost out!) and that losing my mucus plug isn't really a sign to count on (although neither is your water breaking... )

but I can't help but think constantly about the unknown!

I hate the unknown

*~Robyn~* · 02-27-2009, 11:31 PM

I've been there. With my first I questioned everything!!!

She's almost here!!!

BamaChica · 02-27-2009, 11:33 PM

ah that's how I was. I felt so dumb after I went in and they sent me home!

RunAwayLove · 02-27-2009, 11:33 PM

YOU HAVE TO WAIT remember

ill tell her when she can be here

but from what i know(which isnt very much) youll know

Germanchick · 02-27-2009, 11:34 PM

This is my second pregnancy and I don't know what bh, let alone real contractions (aside from active labor) feel like.

And I hardly remember what they felt like when I was in active labor anyway.

airmanssweetie · 02-27-2009, 11:39 PM

You sound just like me, except im WAY behind you

TheBryTree · 02-27-2009, 11:40 PM

I feel insane and paranoid... but it is nice to know I'm not the only one!!!

fridayheather · 02-27-2009, 11:46 PM

Eh, I still don't know what a contraction feels like (and I've had 2 babies!). I think a lot of people say, "When you know, you know." I hope it's like that for you

. (And sorry for the non-advice

)

TheBryTree · 02-27-2009, 11:50 PM

haha.. I don't expect any advice... I can't imagine there is much to give or I would have already been told by my midwife what to expect. Damn labor being different for EVERYONE and not having any clues for when it is about to start!

Steph* · 02-28-2009, 02:18 AM

I was like that with Zoe and then AGAIN with Kaia

02-27-2009, 11:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
TheBryTree Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: here and there Posts: 23,514 Blog Entries: 1 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 2% Longevity: 40%	It is killing me... that I have no idea what contractions feel like or what labor is like or what to expect!! Every weird little feeling sends me into fits of wondering if that was a contraction... my back hurts? eep! that might be back labor! I feel a weird little cramping like the kind you get just before your period comes (not the painful ones... just the kind where you know something is about to happen) and eep! what if that is a contraction! I check discharge constantly to see if I'm losing my mucus plug. Every time I pee more than I thought I was going to, I question whether or not I just leaked some of my amniotic fluid. I'm smart enough to know that when I start having contractions, it'll be fairly obvious, that my water probably won't break (gush OR leak) until well into labor (if not until the baby is almost out!) and that losing my mucus plug isn't really a sign to count on (although neither is your water breaking... ) but I can't help but think constantly about the unknown! I hate the unknown

02-27-2009, 11:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
BamaChica Formerly Charm586 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Hurlburt Field, FL Posts: 2,579 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 43% Longevity: 42%	ah that's how I was. I felt so dumb after I went in and they sent me home! __________________ ~Ashley~

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RunAwayLove Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 32,844 Classifieds: (2) Activity: 0% Longevity: 43%	YOU HAVE TO WAIT remember ill tell her when she can be here but from what i know(which isnt very much) youll know __________________

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Germanchick Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 36,788 Blog Entries: 4 Classifieds: (3) Activity: 2% Longevity: 94%	This is my second pregnancy and I don't know what bh, let alone real contractions (aside from active labor) feel like. And I hardly remember what they felt like when I was in active labor anyway. __________________ An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment.

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airmanssweetie Pretty in the face and thick around the waist! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cannon AFB, NM Posts: 14,083 Classifieds: (2) Activity: 38% Longevity: 67%	You sound just like me, except im WAY behind you __________________

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02-27-2009, 11:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
~Robyn~ Account Closed Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9,233 Blog Entries: 2 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 0% Longevity: 25%	I've been there. With my first I questioned everything!!! She's almost here!!!

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TheBryTree Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: here and there Posts: 23,514 Blog Entries: 1 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 2% Longevity: 40%	I feel insane and paranoid... but it is nice to know I'm not the only one!!!

02-27-2009, 11:46 PM	#8 (permalink)
fridayheather Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Jacksonville Florida Posts: 5,211 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 3% Longevity: 61%	Eh, I still don't know what a contraction feels like (and I've had 2 babies!). I think a lot of people say, "When you know, you know." I hope it's like that for you . (And sorry for the non-advice )

02-27-2009, 11:50 PM	#9 (permalink)
TheBryTree Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: here and there Posts: 23,514 Blog Entries: 1 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 2% Longevity: 40%	haha.. I don't expect any advice... I can't imagine there is much to give or I would have already been told by my midwife what to expect. Damn labor being different for EVERYONE and not having any clues for when it is about to start!

02-28-2009, 02:18 AM	#10 (permalink)
Steph* X Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: X Posts: 13,131 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 0% Longevity: 37%	I was like that with Zoe and then AGAIN with Kaia