Jan 10, 2012 08:46
Last night, I spent all night having painful contractions. Not just tightening and crampy-feeling, but really painful. I timed them and they were never consistent, usually 15 to 30 minutes apart, but it varied. They went on all night long and I also started losing some of my mucous plug as well overnight. I tried drinking water throughout the night, we walked around the house for a while, but neither stopped the contractions. I think after we walked around they became less frequent though. This morning I'm still having them, but they're more like 30 minutes apart and they don't seem quite as painful.
I think this must just be false labor, but I'm sort of afraid this could be a nightly thing for a while now. My question is, since these contractions are so painful, should I expect actual labor to start sometime soon or could this go on for days? Does anyone have any experience with this?
I'm 39w 4d by the way. Thanks in advance :)
false labor