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And BTW, I am so peeved because it seems everywhere I go people say with this 'all knowing expression', "oh you'll just know when its time." HOW???????????????? How will I know? LOL

Krissy - ignore those stupid people - when you are a first timer you just don't know ......the only advice I can offer is some basic stuff that you might already be doing - if it's just false labor you can take a bath and they will stop ......or drink 32 oz of water or more and they will stop......try walking around a bit if it's not real they will stop......now if it's real labor the bath and walking will kind of speed things up ....but the way they wrap around to your back makes me think they might actually be doing something......as they continue they will get more intense and definitely get your attention...I am on my 3rd time around and I had a bout of preterm labor and I noticed braxton hicks then after about 30 mins the contractions got my attention and got more intense feeling .....I know you are very frustrated and I don't believe in the you will just know bs line of thinking.....LOL so good luck hope some of this helps.....

Thank you so much cors1wife... :) I drank a ton of water and moved around a bit (as much as my swollen body will allow) we don't have a conducive tub to take a bath in so that is out, but they haven't stopped. Haven't really gotten more intense either, but ((shrugs)) I guess I will just keep waiting to see if things progress. :) How are things going for you??? You're just behind me, I know that . . . Now 35 or 36 weeks?? Anyhow your response was much appreciated!!

I am 36 weeks Wednesday....and I have had contraction lately but usually at night and I figure if I actually fall asleep they are just braxton hicks - if they keep me awake or wake me up then I'll know something is happening....I also take a benadryl about 2 a week to relax and get some good sleep too bad you don't have a swimming pool I had that with my first 2 and it was great it made the Braxton hicks vanish...in a matter of minutes....I have a lot of back pain tonight but it's just like a sore tailbone....it's awful I took some tylenol and it's not really doing much but oh well....LOL the joys of the 3rd trimester right? I wish i had a pool this time ..oh oh oh ....one thing that might help you that is helping me is sitting on a yoga ball.....it takes a lot of pressure of my lower back ....I know that won't help you with your maybe maybe not contractions...LOL but it sure helps my back.....

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Dont you love how pre-info blocks words out now? LOL and it blocks out words for some and not for others. So I am now able to sort of time them. (the maybe maybe not contractions..LOL) I DO have a swimming pool and was using it daily up until the day before yesterday when the temperature decided it didn't wanna be summer anymore and plummeted into the 50's and going overcast. My apartments decided to close the pool until the sun reappears. Figures. I have a yoga ball but no pump. LOL... I'm just full of 1/2 a__sed resources. LOL 36 weeks wednesday. wow!! So exciting! We are all so close!!

hey krissy - sounds kind of like prelabor to me. I had a lot of that over the last several weeks and there were a few days where I thought FOR SURE I was in labor and then at some point things would just go away. Sounds like you're kinda getting ready - maybe you're dilating a bit throughout all this. :) Might make the real deal go faster??? My due date is tomorrow - and NOTHING yet. And I know it sucks to hear YOU"LL JUST KNOW - but funny thing is, it's true. :) I hated to hear it though cuz I always wanted to KNOW. :)

You know that's great if they are getting to a point where you can time them!!! It's so exciting ......I am geting very excited now ....it's so real all of the baby stuff all over our house I didn't really paint her room or anything I am having a girl we are naming her Megan Vaughn and if my cervix cooperates I will be induced on June 25th so that my mom and dad can make it back from Alabama and not miss her birth ....they just moved and I really want them to be here.....I know what you mean about the weather - about 2 weeks ago we almost hit the 100's and then after 2 days we dropped back into the low 60's crazy....now it's been fairly nice 75 or so ....I am trying to talk my dh into getting a small round above ground pool for 99.00 a big lots but then after the baby I may not be able to get in for like 6 weeks so we'll see....LOL next week is my last week at work and I can always take my boys to the community pool a few times a week this way I can get some sun and exercise.....my doctor has been on my b___t since I have only gained 9 pounds I had gained 13 but lost 4 .....I eat plenty and regularly so I tried to tell him that it's because I was 50 pounds overweight already but he ain't buying that...LOL sorry I wont' eat til I feel miserable...

i sorta have those kind of feeling. i feel constipated. pain in my lower abdomen. feeling cramps here and there. i tried timing it but it gets off at times and mostly 10 min. apart. i think im having contractions not sure. yeah mines come and go too. but wen i go to sleep it comes back and takes me a while to go to sleep. so i dont know how to feel it when everyone says "you know its time, and u know it when ur going into labor and blah blah blah blah blah" so all i know is wen its getting really intense and its 5 min. apart. then thats the real deal. haha other than that, my dr. opened my cervix more and made me bleed but only for a day. so ive had some discharge or my mucus plug came out and it was thick and brownish color. . .i think its my mucus plug.