thread: Question about prelabour and subsequent pregnancies

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  1. #1
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    Jun 2007
    Brisbane
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    Maybe this storm coming across SEQ will help you out? That's an old wives tale, right?

    Hope you go soon. I went 2 weeks over with DS3 (DS1 and DS2 arrived on time with only BH, no real prelabour) after heaps of prelabour for several weeks prior. Three times I thought I'd gone into labour with DS3 only for it to fizzle. They induced me with gel and he was born very shortly afterwards as he was so ready to come out.

    Hope you feel better tomorrow and hopefully when you "least" expect it your bubba arrives.

  2. #2
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    Nov 2005
    Ontario, Canada
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    Had lots of prelabour with most of my later pregnancies. Not really much at all with this last baby. Some BH tightenings in the later weeks, but no real contraction-type pains or cramps as I did with the others. He still came out! Earlier than all the others, even, and with a short labour.

    You're going to be fine, hon. It's normal not to have much prelabour with a first baby - that's probably why you didn't feel anything with your DD1. And each pregnancy is different. Just because this isn't like your subsequent babies doesn't mean that something is wrong or that you won't go in to labour. Your body knows what to do.