slow labour ? please help

[lins1uk]

hello,
i have been having period type pains and some backache for a few days now gets these with tightenings around my stomach they come and go will have them every 15 mins for an hour then they will go for a few hours then come back!rang midwife but she was no help just said she will see me next week at clinic if i havent given birth!!
dont know what to do next are they contractions and am i in slow labour or is it just braxton hicks ???
any ideas would be great
forgot to say im 39 weeks and this is baby no2.
cheers
lins xx

at 38 weeks i got these pains, went in and was 1cm dilated, they asked if i wanted to go or stay..i said id go.i was still waiting 2 whole weeks later!..dd came 2 days after her de date!
cant you go in for check up as hosp?, we havea maternity day unit.

hi
yes i could ring them am going to wait until tommorow though see if anything happens overnight,
thanks for your help,
i am just fed up!!!
lins xxx

i know how you feel i went around telling everyone i was in labour..just see hhow you go.good luck

yes will see how it goes thought i was in labour when i started but who knows lol.
lins xx

mine went on and off for a good two/three weeks and i didnt know if i was coming or going, try to chill out and pop there tomorrow to see what the little cherub is up too

god would pull my hair out if it lasted that long!!!
will let you know how i get on.
lins

Hi,Im experiencing similar thing,im preg with first baby and due 2moro! dont know if my cervix is dilated or even effaced as no-one has checked me!Just sent2foetal assesment where they monitor the babys heartbeat & saw my off the chart contractions,still acted like im nuts(eventho the gp midwife referred me as my waters are leaking i cnt sleep for more than 2 hrs and vomit everything I eat) Im supposed to see midwife next mon -when im +5days,she said shel give me a sweep but if its another midwife she could say different as they all seem 2 contradict eachother. Ive been in agony for ages...hang in there, no matter what happens the baby has 2 come eventually and its very near!P.S. if theyre not regular pattern getting worse theyl just tel u its BH's

hiya..how di you get on?

I had 15min contractions and back pain constantly for 2 weeks before my first was born. They came on quite suddenly but never got any closer. By 38 weeks I'd had quite enough and managed to get it going properly with some aerobic sex.
Had similar 'false labour' at 35wks with #2, enough to get a steroid injection, but it went away again that time.
Good luck.

hi still not in labour pain has calmed down a bit now i only got about 5 of them yesterday so thinking they are bh
hopefully will go into labour soon my dd is 20th march!
lins xxx

I'm 39 wks tomorrow & like you i have been experiencing lots of painful BH& back ache and have done since 36 wks on & off.i was really concerned labour was staring & i just don't feel ready yet. Too many jobs to do.
Its not so painful i have to stop what I'm doing so i just carry on. It helps having a 2 yr old to run after!!
i figure that if it really is labour starting i am not going to be able to ignore it. I would rather not be messed about by midwives in hospital and be hooked up to machines that just serve to give you paranoia. I'll just get stressed out so I'm waiting until i can wait no more!!!

Sorry - I'm probably no help really. I just wanted to say I'm determined to hang on & relax this time (after a rough birth first time round). Pain hurts more if you think about it so I'm ignoring it as much as poss. When i can no longer talk then I'll phone the midwife!! (even tho i can't talk)

lol
looks like where in the same position then i have a 2 year old also to run about after been trying to keep my mind off pain by taking her out to playcentre etc hopefullly i wont go into labour while im out though lol.
lins xx

good luck annaspanna! maybe you'll have a birth announcement for us soon

how are you lin1uk? Still with us?

yes still here no had him yet hun!!
am due on 20th!!

if it is slow labour then try to drink loads of sugary drinks etc - i was in slow labour for 2 days and was getting contractions every 15 mins or so and they wouldn't speed up - i was advised my the MW to drink lucozade and eat sugary snacks - it seemed to work as 3 hours later it all started to speed up - don't know if it was co-incidence but won't do you any harm to try ...

tips here to help bring on the baby! sex and nipple stim being the most succesful...sit on the gym ball and bounce, to help baby move down, and wriggle your hips/ belly dance.....have a bath or lie down (left side) somewhere quiet and dimly lit and visualise the baby moving down and the cervix opening...... and good luck !

will try those cheers for tips have noticed if i squat down feel the odd pain down there not sure what it means though!
lins xx