Page Content. As you read the list of signs and symptoms, the question to keep in mind is whether a change has appeared from what has been usual for you: Menstrual-like cramps -You may feel dull, aching cramps in the lower part of your abdomen. They may be continuous or come and go in a rhythmic pattern.
Low backache - The backache you experience in preterm labor is usually located in the lower back. It may come in waves and may travel to the front of your abdomen. This ache is not relieved by changing your position. It may come and go, or seem different from the normal backache you have felt at other times during your pregnancy. Abdominal cramps: Abdominal or intestinal cramps, with or without diarrhea. Persistent diarrhea may cause irritation of the uterus, which can lead to excessive uterine contractions.
You may feel you need to move your bowels, but with no result. This feeling of pressure may be constant or may come and go. You also may need to urinate more frequently. Increase or change in vaginal discharge: Any of the following changes may be a sign of preterm labor: Change in type of discharge Change in consistency or feel of discharge Increased amount of discharge Change in color, especially to a brown or pink Contractions: A contraction is the tightening of the uterine muscle.
The type of contractions that you feel in preterm labor may be different from those felt in term labor. You may feel only a tightening of the muscle. Sometimes, you may feel the contraction only if you have your fingers on the uterus to feel for the tightening.
Occasionally, you may see the uterus tighten and appear to rise up like a ball. You should not have five or more contractions or tightenings in 1 hour, or contractions should not be less than 15 minutes apart while you are lying down. If you have fewer than five contractions an hour, this uterine activity is probably normal and needs only your careful observation. How to monitor: Lie down Tilt toward your left side Put a small pillow under your hip to support your back, if needed Using your fingertips, gently feel your uterus for tightening.
You are monitoring especially to detect contractions that feel uniformly firm over all four sections of your uterus. When the uterus is relaxed, you will be able to indent it with your fingers. During a contraction, the uterus will feel firm to the touch. You will notice a definite pressure change. Sometimes you may feel the baby move. You may also have localized contractions that cause a bulging on only one side of the uterus. Posting as.
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Hope this helps. In July Babies pain in thighs. Started getting the shooting pain in my upper thighs the other day. Have had it happen about 5 times today, is this part of contractions?
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Moms Discuss Family Planning. Welcome to the What to Expect community! Report as Inappropriate. Once I was about halfway dilated it felt like one big constant contraction, with no rest in between, even though the monitors showed a brief break between them.
The contractions felt different with my second birth, though, and I wasn't sure I was really in labor. They didn't feel the same way they did the first time around, and my BH contractions had been so intense and uncomfortable painful, not just the tightening feeling the last month or two of my pregnancy, that I constantly felt like I was in early labor.
My baby was "sunny side up" that time too, so more of the pain was in my back. My mother and mother-in-law had told me they never knew when they were having contractions, just felt the pressure of pushing at the end. That astonished me. My mom literally never knew when she was having contractions, just knew that she 'felt funny. I had a c-section after pushing non medicated for 5 hours with my fat, 9lb 37 week direct OP baby occiput posterior -- baby who is facing up instead of back , and a non-medicated VBAC with my second, so feel like I really got a sense of what things felt like.
They started as menstrual cramps, and an ache in my lower back, moving around and increasing in intensity deep in my pelvis. I did not have back labor with either, even the OP babe. I have to say that I did not think they were that bad, I mean, intense, yes, requiring deep focus and coping, yes, but the worst pain I ever felt? It was very freeing to surrender to the contractions, doing whatever felt good, no matter how crazy or silly it seemed. Labors last about 36 hours each, in both labors, I immersed myself in the tub, completely, except for my nose, when I had the intense contractions, removing all the sensory stimulation, ears underwater, eyes closed, remaining really loose.
Alternately, I did a lot of deep vocalization. As I said, hard, yes, intense, yes, all encompassing, yes, body wracking, yes, but incredibly painful -- no. If I could, I would labor and birth once a year! No pregnancy, no baby to keep, just a big ole labor and birth! It was the hardest, most intense, but doable work I have ever done! Tags Birth Birth stories Coping with pain Contraction. Lamaze Home Contact Us Login. Return to Giving Birth with Confidence. Theme picker.
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