Getting close

After 4 days of fairly regular pre-labour contractions coming about every 15 -30 mins I finally had a quieter night last night thankfully. I’ve been getting pretty exhausted and they’ve been relatively intense, not just the tightenings of Braxton-Hicks contractions, but no real sign of true labour.

So last night, while I was still up about 10 times during the night, I felt heaps more refreshed in the morning since the pain was no where near as bad or as frequent.

I saw the obstetrician this afternoon and after she examined me it was incredibly relieving to find out that I’m actually 3 cm dialated, so while I haven’t actually gone into labour at least something is actually happening! So the last 5 days in some way have been worthwhile I guess.

That’s helped me feel much more positive, cuz after the 4th day of pain it really started to wear me out and test my tolerance and endurance and began to make me feel disillusioned about getting through labour without help. I really want to avoid intervention as much as possible, but going through what I have so far without actually commencing labour really started to reduce my confidence.

But now, knowing things are happening has kinda helped…….and my obstetrician has also done some “stretching” when she examined me to see if that triggers things a bit. Although no one can say for certain, she said she expects I’ll probably go into labour in the next 24-48 hours!

Now this evening the pre-labour contractions have picked up again and are feeling a bit more intense, although not as painful yet as some of the others I was getting. It’s hard to explain, but I’m really feeling the pressure with each contraction. Who knows if it’s going to happen tonight? But I really hope I don’t get contractions all night again without going into actual labour…..only so much of that I can handle!