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I've only gone into labour twice now and both of them started with a really weak contraction at 5am.
Is it possible to have that happen again, like, does that actually happen or is it just completely random that I had two start exactly the same way and its more normal for them all to start different ways?
Has anyone had more than 2 spontaneous labours that all started the same way?
Not me. My first started with waters breaking at 2.30 am, contractions started soon after and by 3.5 hours later were strong and frequent enough for me to go to hospital (where I was 5-6 cm dilated). Second was a couple of days of pre-labour and contractions gradually increased in intensity and frequency. This was the only one where I had any doubt about whether I was in labour. Last started with waters breaking at 6.30 am, then contractions started but very infrequent and weak. This time it took almost 6 hours before I was on my way to the hospital. So they were all quite different for me.
Nope .
DD1 started as period pain all day and then contractions started at 6pm , and DD was born at 2:30 am
8 and a half hour labour
DD2 I had a water leak at 5pm which kept leaking until contractions started at 940 pm and DD was born at 1040
1 hour labour
Both mine started at 5am aswell with chronic back pain also both were on a Tuesday and both born roughly the same time, I'm also pregnant with my 3rd and wondered if this one will follow suit
Both mine 'started' at 5 am when I got up for a pee and my waters broke.
Ha! Both of mine were born on a Saturday!! LOL:
Different here too
DS1 41+5 weeks had a hospital appointment for post dates check up, had cervidil inserted and told it shouldn't bring on labour but ripen my cervix so it's favourable for induction in 2 days, went shopping, went home, cooked dinner all the usual stuff, sat down and at 9.30pm had a giant urge to clean. Started getting ready for bed at 10.30 and had my first contraction at 11pm. DS1 was born at 12.48am - 1 hr 48 min labour
DS2 38+5 weeks woke up from an amazing sleep, looked at the time. Bang on 7am. Then BAM first contraction. DS2 was born at 9.26am - 2 hr 26 min labour
I don't know if this qualifies me since DD's labour/birth was induced. But my waters started leaking with her. I didn't actually have contrax or anything, so after 36 hours they induced me.
DS1 labour was LONG. I had prelabour for about 1-2 weeks prior, I have no idea when actual labour started. But when I got to the hospital (just hoping for some panadene and a sleeping tablet, lol) I was told I was 8cm dialated and bub was with us in just over an hour later.
DS2's labour started slowly with light contrax at about 4am which slowly got bigger until he was born at 11.30pm.
Interesting question. Both my two labours were the pretty much the same too. Both started with me losing my plug in the morning after breakfast then very mild contractions that built up. DS2s labour was just a lot quicker. I wonder if a 3rd would be the same?
mine probably don't qualify as they were both inductions.
DD1 i had two lots of gel put in. the 2nd lot were put in at 10pm and my waters broke on their own at 12.50am and i was in established labour by 1.00am (no synto required) and she was born at 8am
DD2 i was already 3cm dilated so requested arom (8am) and was in established labour by 10.30am (again, no synto required) and she was born at 3.25pm
:)
Yeah both of mine were really similar but just Eden's was longer - 13.5 hours all up, and Sahti's was 7 hours. My midwives don't think this one will be longer than 5 hours, so will be interesting if I go into labour at 5am and have it at 10! LOL:
My second and third labours were very similar. Both started around 8am but with ds2 the contractions were strong and regular right from get go and with dd I had a lot of niggly pre labour type contractions that ramped up to active labour at around 4. Her head was still quite high the day before at my midwife appointment so i think that was all getting her into a good position. Once she was it was all on! He was born at 5 and she was born at 5:51. Ds1 labour was completely different. Waters breaking at 3am and induced after 12 hours due to no contractions. All of my kids were also born on the start of a specific week. DS1 38 weeks, DS2 41 weeks and DD 40 weeks.
Both my labours were exactly the same except DD2s was faster. Mild contractions starting when I woke up.
I know you said more than two but both my labours started completely differently.
Moo - no prelabour, no signs of impending labour except for a bloody show earlier in the day. Had my first contraction at 7pm, regular contractions continued on at 15 minutes apart and progressively got closer etc. Water did not break until labour was well established over 15 hours later. He was 3 days 'overdue'. Labour was 22 hours.
Buster - prelabour went on for weeks! Drove me crazy! My waters broke one morning with no contractions following for several hours. Was in hospital having monitoring when contractions started up again, irregularly, until it all fizzled out again! Stayed in hospital just to be sure and overnight the same prelabour irregular stuff started up yet again...but this time it all resulted in birth lol. He was 10 days early and his labour was only a couple of hours.
3 extremely similar here.
All spontaneous.
1 - first contraction 10pm. Got serious around 2am. Long time til baby though.
2 - first contraction 2am. Got serious straight away. Baby not long after.
2 - tiny leak in waters around midnight. First contraction 3am. Serious immediately. Baby soon after.
Mine were different.
Mine started differently.
DS1 started when I finished re-alphabetising the bookshelves, DH helped me stand I (I was sitting on a low stool to finish the bottom shelves) and my waters broke, around 5.40pm on a Friday.
DS2 started when the Ob chopped my stomach open, and fetched him.
i've had 3 all start the same way :D
First was an induction so not relevant
Second started with hind waters breaking. Contractions started after an hour or so but didn't get serious for a while and then we went from nothing serious to baby out very quickly.
Third started with hind waters breaking. Took aaaaaaaages for anything to happen this time but again, once things started happening things moved pretty quickly, although not as quickly as #2
I would say my second and third were very similar, and wonder if DD3's labour would have been around the same speed as DD2's had DD3 not been (and stayed) posterior.
First my waters broke at 7:30am and contractions didn't start until 5:30pm. Dd was then born at just after 3am, so roughly 10hrs.
DS I had a week of intense pre labour and then I went into labour at 4:30 am and DS was born just after 7:30am so 3 hrs.
First my waters broke spontaneous but I was induced 9hrs later
Second BH after s&s and then they stopped started at lunch the next day but no contractions until 30mins before she was born
Mine have been similar, but not exactly the same.
I've always been able to tell when we're starting the "real thing" because the feeling of the contractions changes from prelabour to real labour. There's an increased pressure, and more of a "working" feeling, if you know what I mean. The other big clue is that I have always had bloody show at the start of real labour.
So I guess the similar parts have been that they've all been spontaneous, all had bloody show to start, and all have been short once we got going.
The differences have been the time of day, and the amount of prelabour it took before we actually got going.
I know you said more then two... But....
Dj - soft contractions 5mins apart 26hrs later my waters broke 31hrs later all up dj was born 11days late
Vic nothin, narda zip... Woke up at 2.50am with an ouchy 'period pain' 10mins later... Full blown labour got to the hospital at 4am... 4.41am.waters popped 4.43am vic was shot out (lol) ~10 days late
Not one of mine were the same in any way.
Dd1, waters broke about midnight, a leak. Contractions started slowly an hour or 2 later. Things slowly progressed from there.
Dd2, contractions on & off for about 20 hours. Bit of back pain. Things went from zero to 100 miles an hour in about 5 minutes! Lol. Waters didn't break. Had ARM about 20 minutes before she was born.
DS, 2 contractions the day before, then nothing at all.
Next morning woke to contractions, waters broke (more than a leak) about an hour later. 5 hours from start it was all over... I was in shock for a bit lol
Dd3 out of 12 hour labour, contractions for about 8 or 9 hours before waters broke. Leak again. Posterior birth!!! Splitting back pain!
All mine were born on weekends lol. Dd1 & DS on Saturdays, dd2 & 3 on Sundays.
All the younger 3 were in awkward positions & gave me incredible back pain, but dd3 takes the cake! (As is often the case ;))
ETA; my contractions with the boy & the baby never became regular. With both the girls they were, but with the little 2 I'd go anywhere from 2 - 7 minutes between contractions right at the very end.
Nothing like having that 7 minute break to be ripped out of your day dream by 3 on top of each other, lasting forever :lol:
Mine both started with my waters breaking. DD at 2pm, he was born at 11pm that evening after being induced at 8pm due to GBS
DD - waters popped at 350pm, contractions immediately started and she was born at 515pm - very quick after weeks of prelabour
Ditto. The hospital didn't believe me that I was in labour for the first day and a half. I was ropable. But the contractions didn't even get regular after the induction, so there you go!:
With my first I lost all my waters before contractions began about 2-3 days later. With my second I started contracting at 26wks and they manually broke my waters about an hour before he was born. Two very different pregnancies (HG with my first, very little MS with my second), I carried them both differently too and have two boys.
Both different here. Contractions for one, waters breaking for the other.
Same for me, slow build-up into contractions. No ROM til the very end.
My first two, waters broke both times at about 1am in the morning. DD contractions started properly about 16 hours later and she was born about 15 hours after that (posterior), DS contractions after 24 hours, and then he only took 4hours.
Number 3 woke up in the night at 36 weeks with what I thought was prelabour. by about 8am decided to head into hospital to get checked, but by the time we dropped DD at kindy and DS at my mum's needed an ambulance and she was born in the back of it. waters broke as she came out.
My first two, waters broke both times at about 1am in the morning. DD contractions started properly about 16 hours later and she was born about 15 hours after that (posterior), DS contractions after 24 hours, and then he only took 4hours.
Number 3 woke up in the night at 36 weeks with what I thought was prelabour. by about 8am decided to head into hospital to get checked, but by the time we dropped DD at kindy and DS at my mum's needed an ambulance and she was born in the back of it. waters broke as she came out.
All 3 of mine started with my waters breaking once at night & twice in the morning.
Argh so some are similar and some are completely different. Wish I could see into the future. I think it worries me that I'll think its labour and its just pre-labour - or I'll just think its pre-labour and its real labour PMSL
Hopefully this will be a nice 5 hour labout that builds up its intensity and I only have a few intense contractions before bubs decides to just yanno, fall out.
First was induced so doesn't really count, but my two girls were the same. Mild contractions 5-10 minutes apart progressing to 3-4 minutes apart and then a baby comes out. Waters didn't break until birth with DD1 and midwife broke them for me with DD2 and she was born two contractions later. I doze off in the water during labour and don't have much of a pushing stage - 0 minutes for DD1 and 10 minutes for DD2 and most of that was because her fat belly got stuck lol. After three kids, I still don't know what transition is that I hear people talking about!