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BTDT moms - signs of labor besides contractions?

Matt'sbride Posted: Apr 11, 2005 11:56 AM+

Matt'sbride MEMBER SINCE: 8/03 TOTAL POSTS : 313 WEDDING DATE: Jun 26, 2004

Posted: Apr 11, 2005 11:56 AM

BTDT moms - signs of labor besides contractions?

For all of the BTDT mommies - what signs of labor did you have before your contractions started? I have heard diahrea (sp? and sorry TMI!) and weight loss - did that ring true for anyone? Anything else we can look out for?

jantany26 Posted: Apr 11, 2005 12:00 PM+

jantany26 MEMBER SINCE: 9/03 TOTAL POSTS : 8305 WEDDING DATE: Oct 14, 2010

Posted: Apr 11, 2005 12:00 PM

Re: BTDT moms - signs of labor besides contractions?

like three days before, I had braxton hicks contractions but that's pretty much it.

boobobunny Posted: Apr 11, 2005 12:26 PM+

boobobunny MEMBER SINCE: 3/05 TOTAL POSTS : 1595 WEDDING DATE: Aug 19, 2005

Posted: Apr 11, 2005 12:26 PM

Re: BTDT moms - signs of labor besides contractions?

my water broke....that was the 1st sign of labor that i had the contractions started about 4 hours after my water broke

AndrewsChick Posted: Apr 11, 2005 02:00 PM+

AndrewsChick MEMBER SINCE: 3/03 TOTAL POSTS : 399 WEDDING DATE: Sep 20, 2003

Posted: Apr 11, 2005 02:00 PM

Re: BTDT moms - signs of labor besides contractions?

I lost my mucus plug and a half hour later contractions started.

flyin'bride Posted: Apr 11, 2005 04:33 PM+

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Posted: Apr 11, 2005 04:33 PM

Re: BTDT moms - signs of labor besides contractions?

None of the standard signs for me. My stomach felt a little 'off' the night before I went into labor, I thought it was the chili I had for dinner that night.

Turns out it was the beginning of labor. I started to get menstrual-like cramps and they just kept increasing in intensity and frequency. My water never broke on its own, my doctor broke it at the hospital.

Calla Posted: Apr 11, 2005 06:48 PM+

Calla MEMBER SINCE: 10/04 TOTAL POSTS : 512 WEDDING DATE: May 18, 2002

Posted: Apr 11, 2005 06:48 PM

Re: BTDT moms - signs of labor besides contractions?

Lose of Mucas Plug/Light Bleeding

Jenn524 Posted: Apr 11, 2005 10:00 PM+

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Posted: Apr 11, 2005 10:00 PM

Re: BTDT moms - signs of labor besides contractions?

Braxton hicks contractions. I got serious b/h 2 or 3 days before I went into labor.

natbella Posted: Apr 11, 2005 11:49 PM+

natbella MEMBER SINCE: 9/04 TOTAL POSTS : 347 WEDDING DATE: Sep 02, 2005

Posted: Apr 11, 2005 11:49 PM

Re: BTDT moms - signs of labor besides contractions?

I lost my mucus plug like 3 times the week before...it was gross. I also had B/H like 2 weeks before and until the day before my labor began. I was in labor though already and at the hospital when my water broke! What an experience

Niecey Posted: Apr 12, 2005 09:33 AM+

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Posted: Apr 12, 2005 09:33 AM

Re: BTDT moms - signs of labor besides contractions?

I went straight to water breaking and contractions started about an hour or so later. I had no clue...the day my water broke 2 co-workers looked at my belly and said you still have awhile to go - you haven't dropped at all. That weekend and morning - my belly felt higher than it had been in a month....I went 3 weeks early and the morning I went into labor - I told someone that I have a feeling I am going to be late....

jpsgirl Posted: Apr 12, 2005 10:56 AM+

jpsgirl MEMBER SINCE: 3/02 TOTAL POSTS : 1888 WEDDING DATE: Oct 12, 2002

Posted: Apr 12, 2005 10:56 AM

Re: BTDT moms - signs of labor besides contractions?

nope, just the contractions....I was like, man, I'm getting these pains across my belly....and I kept complaining (midnight, in bed ) after I said something 3X, my husband, who I didn't even think was paying attention to me...was like, you know, that's been every six minutes....then we started freaking out!