I've been having irregular stop start contractions over the last two weeks. Last night for 3 hours ranging from 10 minutes apart to 3 minutes apart. Intensity varies from mild to very painful. All very random and all very normal but after 2 weeks of this and am now at bang on 40w I am really sick and tired of it! Last night I was really hoping it was the real thing as it went on for longer than other episodes but all back to normal again this morning.
If I knew the contractions were doing something like dilating the cervix or exercising the uterus for a quicker labour then I'd feel happier but there is no hard evidence on what the point of it is besides making me exhausted and giving me false hope of imminent labour!!!
They don't tell you about this in antenatal classes or in pregnancy books but apparently this form of torture has a name prodromal labour. Anyone experiencing or has experienced this as well?
Found some articles about it but all they tell you to do is relax. Really does relaxing actually help?? What is relaxing meant to do actually? Or is the advice to relax pretty much the same as saying "just calm down there's nothing you can do about it" I'm so over it!!!
http://birthbootcamp.com/prodromal-labor-what-is-it-and-what-can-you-do-about-it/
http://www.fitpregnancy.com/pregnancy/labor-delivery/quick-guide-prodromal-labor-contractions
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Anyone have or is experiencing prodromal/stop-start/false labour?
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LillianFullStop · 23/10/2016 11:46
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