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Hellobee Boards Topic: Did you have a sense of when to head to hospital for #2? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:30:29 +0000 Boheme on "Did you have a sense of when to head to hospital for #2?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-sense-of-when-to-head-to-hospital-for-2#post-1843992 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 08:51:27 +0000 Boheme 1843992@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @knittylady: Just try to think of it as your body getting some of the work out of the way now! I'm so excited for you :) knittylady on "Did you have a sense of when to head to hospital for #2?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-sense-of-when-to-head-to-hospital-for-2#post-1843930 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 07:38:37 +0000 knittylady 1843930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Thanks for all the stories and excitement! The real contraction-y cramps stopped after a couple hours and were replaced by period like cramps for the rest of the night and now. So not sure whats going on but it doesn't seem like labor.... maybe super early labor? It's weird, when it all started last night I was terrified, but after a few hours when it seemed to be nothing I was a little disappointed :/ yin on "Did you have a sense of when to head to hospital for #2?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-sense-of-when-to-head-to-hospital-for-2#post-1843895 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 05:49:08 +0000 yin 1843895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I experienced a lot of BH throughout my pregnancy and real contractions in the weeks leading up to my DD. One night I woke up to another set of contractions and woke up DH. I wasn't sure and didn't think much of it. DH insisted that we get ready and head to the hospital. Contractions came every 5 minutes but not very intense, just the usual period cramps. I insisted on taking my time and getting LO1 prepared to stay with my sister. My first labor was long (27+ hours from start to finish). We arrived at the hospital an hour later. I was already 8cm (I think) dilated! My labor from start to finish lasted 4 hours. With LO1 I pushed for almost 3 hours, and LO2 came in about 15 minutes. BabyBoecksMom on "Did you have a sense of when to head to hospital for #2?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-sense-of-when-to-head-to-hospital-for-2#post-1843890 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 05:37:56 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1843890@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Y water broke with my first. For my second, I was crampy for a while, but then couldn't sleep through them. I timed them and they were 2 min apart and getting stronger, so we went in. Bao on "Did you have a sense of when to head to hospital for #2?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-sense-of-when-to-head-to-hospital-for-2#post-1843878 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 03:23:06 +0000 Bao 1843878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I knew when I was throwing F bombs during them ;) good luck! lamariniere on "Did you have a sense of when to head to hospital for #2?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-sense-of-when-to-head-to-hospital-for-2#post-1843876 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 02:40:27 +0000 lamariniere 1843876@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My water broke first with no contractions for both of my LOs, so I just went to the hospital. Boogs on "Did you have a sense of when to head to hospital for #2?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-sense-of-when-to-head-to-hospital-for-2#post-1843850 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 00:18:27 +0000 Boogs 1843850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Last time I didn't have contractions or anything, my water just broke. So, this time I'm curious how things will play out because I've definitely been having contractions, but nothing regular. Excited for you! :) Espion on "Did you have a sense of when to head to hospital for #2?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-sense-of-when-to-head-to-hospital-for-2#post-1843836 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 23:35:13 +0000 Espion 1843836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @knittylady: I have no advice, but I am so freaking excited for you!!! PinkElephant on "Did you have a sense of when to head to hospital for #2?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-sense-of-when-to-head-to-hospital-for-2#post-1843826 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 23:06:05 +0000 PinkElephant 1843826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Similar story to prettylizy's. Though my water broke before contractions and I eventually had to be induced to start labor with my first, with my second it went from "Hmmm could this be labor" to "OMG this baby might be born in the taxi" reeeeaaaaalllllly quickly. From first realizing this was the real deal to having a baby in my arms was under 3 hours total, MAX. I walked into the hospital and had a baby in my arms less than 40 minutes later. I was in shock. prettylizy on "Did you have a sense of when to head to hospital for #2?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-sense-of-when-to-head-to-hospital-for-2#post-1843754 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 21:18:32 +0000 prettylizy 1843754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was in complete denial with my second that I was actually in labour and waited as long as possible. I was 8-9cms and just about ready to start pushing when I got to the hospital. She was born 40mins after our arrival! With my first my water broke before contractions and it was close to 50 hours from rupture to baby. matador84 on "Did you have a sense of when to head to hospital for #2?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-sense-of-when-to-head-to-hospital-for-2#post-1843751 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 21:01:31 +0000 matador84 1843751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My water broke with lo1 so I went right to hospital. With dd I thought I was maybe in labor, but it didn't feel anything like I was having contractions. By the time I had my first big contraction, they were 90-60 seconds apart for about 5 minutes and then tidal wave contractions. Mrs. Bee on "Did you have a sense of when to head to hospital for #2?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-sense-of-when-to-head-to-hospital-for-2#post-1843698 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 19:44:37 +0000 Mrs. Bee 1843698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @knittylady: not a super fast labor, so maybe the same the second time around. let us know when it happens! :happy: knittylady on "Did you have a sense of when to head to hospital for #2?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-sense-of-when-to-head-to-hospital-for-2#post-1843695 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 19:43:15 +0000 knittylady 1843695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Mrs. Bee: They started some time in the night and I was able to sleep through them - finally woke me up at 7am and went to the hospital at 1/2pm and was at a 4. They were glad I came in when I did. Then delivered 1am the next day. Mrs. Bee on "Did you have a sense of when to head to hospital for #2?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-sense-of-when-to-head-to-hospital-for-2#post-1843692 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 19:40:37 +0000 Mrs. Bee 1843692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @knittylady: how long from when your contractions started to when you went to the hospital? i went about an hour after they started i think with #1. knittylady on "Did you have a sense of when to head to hospital for #2?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-sense-of-when-to-head-to-hospital-for-2#post-1843681 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 19:34:51 +0000 knittylady 1843681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Mrs. Bee: 18 hours with 3 of pushing. Ugh. So not sure if that means "fast" for me will still take a while or not... Mrs. Bee on "Did you have a sense of when to head to hospital for #2?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-sense-of-when-to-head-to-hospital-for-2#post-1843675 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 19:31:05 +0000 Mrs. Bee 1843675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ my contractions were very regular right away with #2 (as they were with #1). but i had to pick up charlie at daycare which was a block away, and when i was holding my stomach one of the parents asked me if i was ok. i told him, "i'm in labor!" mr. bee took an hour to get home and by the time i got to the hospital about an hour and a half after my contractions started, i couldn't even walk! glad i went right away, but it really is different for everyone. what was your first labor like? knittylady on "Did you have a sense of when to head to hospital for #2?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-sense-of-when-to-head-to-hospital-for-2#post-1843674 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 19:30:38 +0000 knittylady 1843674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Haha it's probably nothing at all and will pass, but I've gotten spooked (and excited) from all the super fast second labor stories I've heard/read. I'll update though :) lemondrop on "Did you have a sense of when to head to hospital for #2?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-sense-of-when-to-head-to-hospital-for-2#post-1843672 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 19:29:54 +0000 lemondrop 1843672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I never hit that pattern with either of mine. I really had no idea when to go in for #2 since my water never broke. I went in for high blood pressure and they kept me for #2. Good luck, hope this is the real deal for you! Beebug on "Did you have a sense of when to head to hospital for #2?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-sense-of-when-to-head-to-hospital-for-2#post-1843670 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 19:29:16 +0000 Beebug 1843670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Labour went from "oh yeah, I got this", to "we're going to have the baby this hour" verrrry quickly with #2, so going became not optional so fast compared to #1! Boheme on "Did you have a sense of when to head to hospital for #2?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-sense-of-when-to-head-to-hospital-for-2#post-1843668 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 19:28:26 +0000 Boheme 1843668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Eeek! Yay! Mrs. Jump Rope on "Did you have a sense of when to head to hospital for #2?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-sense-of-when-to-head-to-hospital-for-2#post-1843664 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 19:27:02 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1843664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @knittylady: I was told to head in when I couldn't talk through contractions OR when they were 7-10 minutes apart. Good luck! Pancakes on "Did you have a sense of when to head to hospital for #2?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-sense-of-when-to-head-to-hospital-for-2#post-1843662 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 19:24:57 +0000 Pancakes 1843662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My doctor told me to come when I started feeling uncomfortable, because it could go much faster the second time and she would rather I get there and walk around for a couple hours than to need to push while I'm in the elevator on the way up to be admitted. Keep us updated! knittylady on "Did you have a sense of when to head to hospital for #2?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-sense-of-when-to-head-to-hospital-for-2#post-1843650 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 19:18:33 +0000 knittylady 1843650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I've had some contraction-y cramps for the last hour, and I'm not sure how serious to take it... (Due on Thursday..) With your second, did you just go by the 5-1-1/4-1-1 rule or what? Were you worried about showing up at the hospital too early (like most FTM are?)