Hi,
I’m currently 38+3 and was confirmed to be in early labour on Saturday (at exactly 38 weeks). At the time I was 1cm dilated and having quite regular contractions, though I didn’t actually realise I was contracting as only felt mild period type pains (FTM!)
Anyways, fast forward 3 days and no real progress. I’m having contractions on and off and bad lower back pain though not consistent. At times I’m in a lot of pain and other times feel absolutely fine. I lost my mucus plug yesterday. Have tried everything from hot curry, long walks, driving along bumpy roads (DH driving not me!), sex, birthing ball etc to no avail. Getting a lot of pressure in pelvic area and feel as though my waters are going to pop but they just don’t.
So fed up now, exhausted from being constantly on edge and going around in circles with the contractions. Does anyone have any experience with latent labour being this slow? Should I be concerned that I don’t seem to have progressed at all over 3 days? Midwife doesn’t seem to think there’s anything to worry about but it just seems like it’s taking too long!