I believe it is to do with hormones, i can't remember what though??? I have read something about it, persoanlly I find it inconvieniant, I would much prefer to being doing it through the day...when you could get outside and move around your surronds etc verus the scary dark night!!!!!??? It s currently a fullmoon..(I think) I hope that does;nt mean my hospital ward is going to be too full, selfish me does'nt want to share a room!!!!
I think to make sure your tired before you start
Also sometimes you don't notice the very early signs of labour until your quiet and resting so maybe you suddenly notice when you lie down to go to bed or during the night your woken with discomfort.
Mine both started at 5am-ish
when i was pg with DD my OB was convinced it had to do with the moon and tides. he told me that full moons and the odd eclipse send the wards bonkers with truckloads of babies deciding to make the entrance lol!
(i also laboured throughout the night...so annoying as you really do miss that night of sleep lol!)
My midwife and me joke about this, on my first appointment i told her i was scared to give birth during the day She laughed at me (obviousley hehe) and said babies are made at night, so they come at night Obviously only a joke lol But on a funny note, she told me about a woman who was in labour and asked the same question and the lady responded with "Lucky hes not coming where we made him, or ill be on the kitchen bench!" I REALLY hope i go at night time
the darkness and the quietness of night is much more likely to make a calm birth space for the mother. There is too much going on during the day and the daylight for the body to really engage in labour.
I read something about it last pregnancy and it made so much sense. I haven't come across it again this time around but I have been looking for the passage as it really resonated with me last time.
Labouring though the night can be very good, you can make real progress! Just make sure you do try and get some sleep... and if things slow down during the day again - definitely get some sleep!!!
It is true that generally women begin to labour when they feel safest. For some women that is the solitude of night - and that is a primal safety thing. A cocooning of the Woman, darkness is safety and privacy. Also women labour best when they are more relaxed - thus the end of the day after winding down it will sometimes be that that is when women begin the labour process...
Also someone mentioned partners being around. Birth & death have much in common. When a woman needs or wants a particular person there she will feel more relaxed, calm etc. Often her body "waits" for that person to arrive. I have done this in some of my labours.
I have also seen dying people do this. Hold off until that son or daughter or husband arrives from overseas or interstate... When theyare calm and at peace they quietly go.
Birth is about that safety and security. I feel most at peace at night. I love the darkness, the moon - I feel most alive then. Perhaps I would think if you don't feel so safe at night due to a trauma or even jsut that you most feel calm in the morning. Maybe it will be different for you?
I know a bit about dairy cows living adjacent to a dairy... They birth at night mostly - in the safety and cocoon of night. The moon is bright then there are more births... It just works that way as women weather they are aware of it or not. Weather they pay honour to it or not are lunar beings. We are in sync with the seasons, the moon & the Earth...
Just my little ramble at nearly midnight Qld time after a day of way too many chocolates...
Kate if I don't get to say it before you bring your babe to your arms - I am thinking of you - sending you lots of positivity and Woman Energy as your body prepares for the miracle of birthing this little oops! You are going to do an amazing job of the transition to Motherhood... Be strong, and be brave & remember in the middle of the fury that birth can be that you can do this. YOU can do this - YOU are made for this & your baby chose you to bring him/her Earthside... I look forward to celebrating the news of Oops arrival...
I think it's an evolutionary thing; during the day, there was work to be done and more dangers about so it made sense to labour and birth in the night where there are people around to support you in relative safety.
Speaking of your body waiting; I think your body can do the opposite as well. I've read stories of women being threatened with an unwanted emergency c/s and dilating very quickly! On the day DD2 was born, DP had an appointment that absolutely couldn't be rescheduled, I was terrified that he was going to miss the birth. But sure enough, she came out with 4 hours to spare!
I thought labour was starting Sat night, then Sun night, then Mon night but each time it would settle again by the morning. Not so much last night, but my DH was on night shift so not home. I told him to go to work bc nothing seemed to be happening, and i can ring and he can home as soon as anything happens.
I'm wondering if i have a mental block that is stopping labour from progressing?
* Is it because of DH possibly not being here? He has one more night shift then will be off for 4 days (or more if bub arrives)
* Am i just getting cold feet?
* I was the birth partner for my SIL a few years back, which was quite a traumatic birth. Very medicalised, and the bub had to medivac-ed to another hospital. Totally different circumstance and i think i have worked through it, but is it playing on my mind?
Is there a physical reason? I have a metabolic condition, and am more symptomatic at night. It's more difficult to move. Could this be doing it?
On a postive side, having a few extra days has meant i have finished cleaning the house, and got all the curtains washed, and got some meals in the freezer- is this what i have been waiting for?
How to let go, so i can let my body do what it has to do?
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Why does labour usually start at night?
She laughed at me (obviousley hehe) and said babies are made at night, so they come at night
Obviously only a joke lol But on a funny note, she told me about a woman who was in labour and asked the same question and the lady responded with "Lucky hes not coming where we made him, or ill be on the kitchen bench!"
I REALLY hope i go at night time
all mine have started either through the day, or first thing upon waking in the morning.
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