My Birth Story
As I lie here, timing my contractions and trying to remember everything I have read about labour I thought I'd write down every symptom/feeling/pain I've had over the last few weeks to try and help and support other mummies to be.Â
About 2 weeks ago I went to the toilet and lost part of my mucus plug. It was a brown colour and quite frankly freaked me out, this was followed by a full week of Painful contractions. Braxton hicks are supposed to be painful, however, mine hurt, were mainly at night and stopped after an hour or so. It was so frustrating wondering 'is this it?!' most evenings!Â
A week before my due date, baby started moving a lot more, my bump went thinner (at the sides) and I could once more feel my pre-pregnancy hips and ribs. The way my bump shape changed was amazing! I also began to feel very tired and exhausted, I nested, but only because I felt my house needed cleaning before the baby and certainly not because nature told me to! I also felt baby's head 'burrowing' into my cervix which blinking hurt my pelvis. At this point I was like a woman possessed, looking for any signs of labour and constantly googling any pain or symptom! My due date came and went and I began getting very bored!
Yesterday I was losing a lot of white discharge and felt fine, went shopping and had an early night. However, when I woke up today (week 40 +4) I felt terrible. It was hard to describe to my partner but I felt tired, poorly and emotional. I had a bloody show about 10pm (like pink jelly discharge). I had a crying melt down this evening, had a bath and cuddled down into bed only for full-blown contractions to begin. When I say full blown, this is to differentiate them from BH. Whereas Braxton hicks are one level of pain, these contractions 'build up'. My upper bump gets tight, and the pain comes from the bottom of my bump right to the top. My lower back is constantly aching too. Currently, the contractions are 8mins apart (it's 01:55am). I just wanted to share this for other M2B before the fun really begins! Xx
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Birth story - currently in labour!
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