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231441 tn?1333892766

Contractions

Hi,

Anyone having contractions.... I am not sure if what I am having is bh or the real thing.
It's pretty intense.  Walking makes it way worse, but it happens even at rest.  

Haven't tried timing them yet, cause I'm not always sure when it's happening...

My tummy feels hard pretty much all the time....

Can feel baby moving under it though...
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195469 tn?1388322888
It's now 1:15 am on the East Coat of the U.S.  Has anyone heard from Sally?  Since she hasn't gotten back online to tell us what is going on, they may have kept her.  Wonder if she was having contractions, if they are trying to stop her labor.  She is just a little over 35 weeks, so it's anyone's guess whether they are going to let nature take it's course or try to stop them....maybe getting in some betamethasone to help the babies lungs mature more quickly, if there's time.

Hope we all hear from her soon.  I know the baby will be fine if she is born now, but if you are like me, I am worried about anyone that delivers early.

Keep hanging there special mommie.  Brandi it sounds like you are going to be going sooner than you realize....take care and rest if you can.  Drink plenty of fluids and try to put your feet up.  I know you have three other children.  Maybe it's time to get help from friends and family, so you can rest.

All the best to everyone,
Heather
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I am starting to think she had to stay in the hospital. Keeping my fingers crossed for you Sally i hope everything goes well.
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448723 tn?1301454958
How did you go? Is  everything ok?
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525485 tn?1314361301
i have been having contractions..and have gotten shots to stop them because its too early. Drinking LOTS of water and laying on my left side helps significantly!
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518733 tn?1333017015
i keep feeling pains and earlya on they gor reagula but have settled down now it felt like period pains, i did call the hospital they told me just to keep eye on them but i feel ok now, i keep feeling thirsty too and have been drinking gallons throughout the day! its all so confusing :S
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Sounds like the reall thing. Thinking about you please let us know how things turn out.
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464337 tn?1237651655
Well hopefully you are getting checked by now.. Sounds like contractions to me.. I always do what Brandi said... Warm bath, walk around and chang positions, lay on my left side and drink lots of water. Getting dehydrated will cause you to have contractions. Good luck and let us know what happened...
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514428 tn?1287598456
That's cool~wouldn't be weird if you both deliveredat the same day?  LOL

Hopefully you got help.  I HATE going to the doctors and they sending me home, telling me it's nothing...so I usually wait until it's SERIOUS, then go!  Probably not a good thing for me to do that, but I'd rather go and make sure it's something then feel dumb in front of my husband and the doctor.  LOL

Good luck~
Brandi
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231441 tn?1333892766
Thanks. They're getting more intense.  Reckon there's no harm in getting it checked.

All they can do is tell me it's nothing and send me home, and I'll look stupid... and if it is something I do want this girl to stay put for another 2 weeks.... for her sake....

But I don't want to call my doc in the middle of the night. That's not polite... I'll just head across to the nearby hospital and get it checked... if it is anything they can be the ones to call her...

I am so thirsty and drinking heaps... low back pain and pressure... contractions start at the front and now I'm getting a bearing down feeling...

Coolest thing though - my sister is probably in labor right now (she's at her due date!).








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514428 tn?1287598456
You know I've been having problems with contraction since I was 9 weeks.  But I don't call the doctor until they are discribed as you're saying they are right now...

CALL YOUR DOCTOR please!!!!  If you're changing positions and they're not going away, then something might be happening.  I usually do a warm bath and soak in that for a half hour and DRINK TONS OF WATER!  Try to time your contractions.  If you're getting or ethen 5 an hour,...call your doctor...

my contractions would start in the lower front of my abs, then work it's way around to my back...I've been having more frequesnt and intense contractions over the last couple days..mor annoying then anything...

I wish you the best and hopefully it's nothing...if it is something, hopefully they can stop them!!  Let us know!!  
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