Diaper Swappers

**CntryMama** · 05-19-2011, 10:14 AM

Last night I started to loose my plug and am still losing some of it this morning. For the last hour or so I have had this annoying cramping - like menstrual cramps. Everything I read says that they could be early contractions and to time them but I cant time them because they never really go away... Has anyone experienced this? I am getting really irritated and when I call friends for advise then think I am crazy. I feel like I eat some bad food and my stomach hates me - low cramps... going to the bathroom... TMI sorry!! Did anyone have low menstrual cramps before labor? Could you time them?

** This is my first so I have know idea what to expect...

**this_mel_rocks** · 05-19-2011, 10:33 AM

Defiantly sounds like early labor mama. Drink up and rest.

BeckyP · 05-19-2011, 10:42 AM

Same thing happen to me but my water broke. We waited around the house for 3 hours trying to time them before headed to the hospital. I was never able to time mine. Good Luck for easy labor.

bigmamakelsey · 05-19-2011, 10:42 AM

Yep - thats exactly what happened to me! Lost my plug, started having non-painful (but annoying) menstral like cramps and diarreha. A good way to tell for sure - get in a warm bath. If the cramps stop, its not labor, if they keep coming, you're most likely on your way

I felt like that for probably 5-6 hours before actual active labor hit, then I started timing my contractions. GL mama!

MamaWillow · 05-19-2011, 10:47 AM

I've been having cramps off and on for DAYS. I'm 38 weeks. Mostly it's in the evening, but it feels just like I'm having my period. I agree that it your stop, it's just pre-labor, body getting ready, if they keep up, you will probably start labor soon.

Just remember that even if "real" labor doesn't start today, all the cramping and discomfort is leading up to it and also probably making some changes. I went from 1cm to 2cm in a week (yeah, slow) from all the cramps and stuff going on. The more that happens relatively painlessly before "real" labor starts, the better.

songbird516 · 05-19-2011, 12:33 PM

Yep, that's how mine started. Cramps every ten minutes, then the going to the bathroom every 15 minutes. I told myself it was "early labor". 4.5 hours later my daughter was born. Hope it goes fast for you!

jessica_m_b3 · 05-19-2011, 12:40 PM

That's how my labor started also! Drink up and rest! Good luck!

nursekatie · 05-19-2011, 06:44 PM

I have been having the same menstrual like cramps since Sunday and I haven't gone in to labor. In fact my midwife checked me on Tuesday (because I asked her to) and there was no change from the week before (I was contracting every 2 to 3 minutes that whole night). So it could be early labor or as my midwife calls is an irritable uterus.

05-19-2011, 10:14 AM	#1
CntryMama User Requested Ban Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 2,577 Ratings: 155 Feedback: 100%	Cramping and Labor Last night I started to loose my plug and am still losing some of it this morning. For the last hour or so I have had this annoying cramping - like menstrual cramps. Everything I read says that they could be early contractions and to time them but I cant time them because they never really go away... Has anyone experienced this? I am getting really irritated and when I call friends for advise then think I am crazy. I feel like I eat some bad food and my stomach hates me - low cramps... going to the bathroom... TMI sorry!! Did anyone have low menstrual cramps before labor? Could you time them? ** This is my first so I have know idea what to expect... __________________ user requested ban

05-19-2011, 10:33 AM	#2
this_mel_rocks Banned Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 7,342 Ratings: 142 Feedback: 100%	Re: Cramping and Labor Defiantly sounds like early labor mama. Drink up and rest. __________________ *User Requested Ban*

05-19-2011, 10:42 AM	#3
BeckyP Registered Users Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,131 Ratings: 34 Feedback: 100%	Re: Cramping and Labor Same thing happen to me but my water broke. We waited around the house for 3 hours trying to time them before headed to the hospital. I was never able to time mine. Good Luck for easy labor. __________________ Earn free Gift cards by searching with Swagbucks. http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/BeckyP09

05-19-2011, 10:42 AM	#4
bigmamakelsey Registered Users Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Montana Posts: 9,563 Ratings: 160 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: Cramping and Labor Yep - thats exactly what happened to me! Lost my plug, started having non-painful (but annoying) menstral like cramps and diarreha. A good way to tell for sure - get in a warm bath. If the cramps stop, its not labor, if they keep coming, you're most likely on your way I felt like that for probably 5-6 hours before actual active labor hit, then I started timing my contractions. GL mama! __________________ K&K My little firecracker Lennon 10.09, crying before he fully emerged and My little sweetheart Indi 6.12, born smiling

05-19-2011, 10:47 AM	#5
MamaWillow Registered Users Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 4,577 Ratings: 222 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: Cramping and Labor I've been having cramps off and on for DAYS. I'm 38 weeks. Mostly it's in the evening, but it feels just like I'm having my period. I agree that it your stop, it's just pre-labor, body getting ready, if they keep up, you will probably start labor soon. Just remember that even if "real" labor doesn't start today, all the cramping and discomfort is leading up to it and also probably making some changes. I went from 1cm to 2cm in a week (yeah, slow) from all the cramps and stuff going on. The more that happens relatively painlessly before "real" labor starts, the better. __________________ Rachel, SAHM to a 9yo teenager , a 4yo charmer , and a toddling koala bear , and wife to my hard-working hubs. Mostly AP, co-sleeping (with all 3!), BFing, quite crunchy, thrifty, curly-haired mama. Loving my life.