The last few nights, I have started getting really sore, and very uncomfortable. It usually starts in the late afternoon/early evening, with increased pressure on my pelvis - not contractions or anything, just very painful when I get up and down from being seated or laying down.
As the evening progresses, I start to get some cramps in my lower back, and occasionally in my stomach. Now, I know labor can begin this way, but I also know that if the cramp goes away with movement or position change, or does not continue to come and go with some sort of pattern, then it is probably false labor. And that's how it been with me. Yes, the cramps hurt, but I can usually find a new position to relieve it, and it goes away for a long time.
Last night I got a few such cramps and just felt in general very uncomfortable. I also saw that I had a lot of mucous on my underwear (my mucous plug?) so I wondered if, indeed, this could possible be it (although I knew full well that loss of mucous plug can happen weeks before labor begins, and I also knew that I'd been uncomfortable for several nights and by the next morning, felt great again.)
Which is exactly what happened. I fell asleep, slept well all night long (with the exception, of course, of getting up to pee every few hours), and feel perfectly fine this morning.
Sigh. It is a little annoying, but false labor, I am sure, must indicate that SOMETHING is going on, right?
As the evening progresses, I start to get some cramps in my lower back, and occasionally in my stomach. Now, I know labor can begin this way, but I also know that if the cramp goes away with movement or position change, or does not continue to come and go with some sort of pattern, then it is probably false labor. And that's how it been with me. Yes, the cramps hurt, but I can usually find a new position to relieve it, and it goes away for a long time.
Last night I got a few such cramps and just felt in general very uncomfortable. I also saw that I had a lot of mucous on my underwear (my mucous plug?) so I wondered if, indeed, this could possible be it (although I knew full well that loss of mucous plug can happen weeks before labor begins, and I also knew that I'd been uncomfortable for several nights and by the next morning, felt great again.)
Which is exactly what happened. I fell asleep, slept well all night long (with the exception, of course, of getting up to pee every few hours), and feel perfectly fine this morning.
Sigh. It is a little annoying, but false labor, I am sure, must indicate that SOMETHING is going on, right?
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