contractions-how far apart are they when in 'labour'?

[trixipaws]

i ignored mine for ages coz a couple days earlier i'd had "effacing pains" (not real contractions!) and called the MW out and i felt like a right twit. i finally admitted i was in labour when i was sat with my boyf and i'd just recovered from one i couldnt speak through and then i started getting another one before the song had finished that was playing during the previous one- it was quite scary! i was 5cm then so i'd say by 5cms the contractions are every 2-3 minutes

 

[lisanat]

I thought that they would start at about 10 minutes apart and get closer together and be the same each time. but mine were really irregular, one would be 5 minutes the next wiould be 7 then 5 then maybe 9 minutes.I think the key thing is the length of the contraction. You will know when you need to go to hospital. I just shouted it at my poor hubbby that we need to go NOW!!!! and we only just got there in time.

hope its not long now!!!


lisa xx

 

[poppy160]

I can't really remember, except yeah you will just know when you're in proper labour. I had a latent period for about 14 hours and was in hospital after about 7 hours into that (Cause I'm a wimp!) . Those contractions were nothing compared to proper labour ones!

Try and get some sleep, you really need loads of energy for the labour. I was so tired I didn't have the energy to push her out myself and it ended in forceps.