https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 09 May 2026 19:54:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-labor-start-for-you-1/page/2#post-1088158 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 11:23:33 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1088158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I woke up at 5 am thinking I had to use the bathroom. I did, then noticed a chunk of my mucus plug. I also then noticed some contractions - they were relatively painless, but coming every 2.5 minutes. They continued like this for the next 18 hours, before they ramped up into 'real' contractions that were much more painful, but about 5 minutes apart. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-labor-start-for-you-1/page/2#post-1087977 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 08:18:51 +0000 travellingbee 1087977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Membranes swept at 9 AM at dr office. Massive contraction at 4:30pm in the grocery store-almost puked! Few more big ones over the next few hours but nothing organized. Then around 10pm they got organized. About 7 minutes apart. By 2am they were 3 minutes apart. We went to the hospital. I was almost 4 cm. I stalled at 4 for a few hours and got an epidural. Contractions were 2 min apart. The dr broke my water at 8am-ish ? I was complete in about two hours. I pushed for 40 minutes and had him at 11:18am. 13 hours from organized labor beginning. 9 hours at the hospital. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-labor-start-for-you-1/page/2#post-1087963 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 07:50:32 +0000 sslm 1087963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My water broke as my first sign of labor, at 41+4... contractions came fast and furious. 10 hrs, 45 mins later she was born! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-labor-start-for-you-1/page/2#post-1087935 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 07:06:32 +0000 mamabolt 1087935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 40+6, DH and I got into bed to watch some TV before going to sleep, and I was having stomach pain like I had to poop. I went to the bathroom a few times and then realized I was having pain in regular intervals, DUH! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-labor-start-for-you-1#post-1087853 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 00:52:02 +0000 sandy 1087853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had my membranes stripped on my due date. The next day I felt like I had the flu - my whole body was achy and I was miserable. That night around 2am I woke up with the WORST period like cramps of my life...and the pain was just awful in my back and tailbone...about 5-7 minutes apart...and stayed like that for several hours. I left for the hospital around 6am and was at 4cm when I arrived. Only got to 7cm and LO was in distress so I had an unplanned csection on 11/11/11 :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-labor-start-for-you-1#post-1087852 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 00:43:18 +0000 Running Elley 1087852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went to bed at 38+4 and couldn't get comfortable because my back was hitting. About an hour later my water broke in a small gush (it kept leaking afterward). Contractions started a couple of hours later but weren't getting stronger so I was put on pitocin (at 4cm) and delivered 7.5 hours later! (Water broke at about midnight- delivered at 3:26pm) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-labor-start-for-you-1#post-1087849 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 00:31:16 +0000 Penny Lane 1087849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>calmly in the middle of the night with a small twinge ;)</p> <p>my water broke at 1:30am, and contractions started immediately after that </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-labor-start-for-you-1#post-1087841 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 00:03:49 +0000 deerylou 1087841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After 90 minutes of cervidil, my water broke. I didn't go into labor on my own, and was induced at 42 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-labor-start-for-you-1#post-1087839 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 00:00:10 +0000 wonderstruck 1087839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I woke up really early in the morning on my due date feeling mildly crampy. The cramps continued to get worse, but every time they were almost close enough and long enough to call the hospital, they'd start spacing way out. I started having intense contractions around 7PM, and my water broke at 9, which is when things really amped up pain-wise. I was at 3cm then, and by 3 or 4AM I'd only progressed to 4. Things started progressing more quickly after I got an epidural and I got up to 8cm, but I ended up having an emergency c-section at 7AM. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-labor-start-for-you-1#post-1087801 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 23:08:46 +0000 Sapphiresun 1087801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What time did it start? 9:30 pm. I went to the bathroom at home and noticed bloody show. So I threw in a liner and thought labour might start sometime in the next couple days. 15 minutes later my water broke.</p> <p>How long did it take to progress? Arrived at the hospital around 1130. First contraction at 1:30, was in full labour by 3:30 with coupling contractions coming about 2.5 minutes apart. In labour (Stalled at 8cm for 2 hours) for about 8 hours. Pushed for about 20-25 minutes and she was out at 11am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-labor-start-for-you-1#post-1087794 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 23:00:26 +0000 mrskc 1087794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Started about 3 am with the urge to go #2 light cramping started soon after. Then contractions gradually progressed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-labor-start-for-you-1#post-1087785 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 22:49:25 +0000 lucy123 1087785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I woke up at 38.5 weeks and went to the bathroom and saw my bloody show, contractions started and were 5-10 minutes apart for the next two days. I decided I needed to get out of the house and went to dinner for my MIL's birthday. Shortly after getting there my water broke in the restaurant, went to the hospital and had her after 17 more hours of labor.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-labor-start-for-you-1#post-1087775 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 22:33:09 +0000 HLK208 1087775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With DS:<br /> I went for a walk with DH, by the end of the walk, I was super tired. By the time I sat down in the car, I started to feel my stomach get super hard followed by some pain - worse than period cramps. I timed the pain, when it my stomach would release and how often they came. It was every 7 minutes. The contractions stopped but by 3am the next morning, I lost my mucus plug and by 6am by water broke.</p> <p>With DD:<br /> I was on the way to the hospital to be induced because of high blood pressure and my stomach kept getting hard frequently. I didn't feel or time them. When I was hooked up to the monitor at the hospital, they were 8 minutes apart consistently. With pitocin, I went to 4cm's in 30 minutes but the nurse was positive I was in early labor without the pitocin. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-labor-start-for-you-1#post-1087772 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 22:30:00 +0000 creativemomma15 1087772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My water broke unexpectedly at 36 weeks </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-labor-start-for-you-1#post-1087768 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 22:26:50 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 1087768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First- water broke 5:30 pm, contractions started right away every 3 minutes...<br /> Second- went to bed at midnight, half hour later woke up to horrible back pain, back labor every 3 minutes... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-labor-start-for-you-1#post-1087760 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 22:17:49 +0000 DillonLion 1087760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At my induction in the hospital bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-labor-start-for-you-1#post-1087754 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 22:14:00 +0000 lolabee 1087754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Losing mucus plug early am, late aft bloody show, followed by back cramping which turned into lovely back labour *thumbs up!* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-labor-start-for-you-1#post-1087749 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 22:10:09 +0000 Espion 1087749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With cervidil. :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-labor-start-for-you-1#post-1087701 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 21:26:49 +0000 Boheme 1087701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My labor started at 39+5 (a Thursday) at around 7 PM. It felt like strong menstrual cramps. By Friday at noon I was having to be quiet and breathe through them. I was in agony by 6 PM Friday. Had baby at 5:14 am on Saturday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-labor-start-for-you-1#post-1087692 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 21:21:27 +0000 Mrs. Bee 1087692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>charlie - day before his due date - i took a nap and woke up around 4:30 with stomach cramps. i had to poop then noticed i was leaking some pink tinged fluid. the contractions started pretty much right away. i headed to the hospital within 2 hours of the contractions starting when they were consistently 5 minutes apart. my water broke at the hospital.</p> <p>olive - very similar! woke up from a nap with cramps (it was around 5). i had to pick up charlie from daycare (a block away). waited for mr. bee to get home from work (1 hour) then headed straight to the hospital and got my epidural as soon as i was admitted.</p> <p>both labors were fast. contractions started right away and got painful fast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-labor-start-for-you-1#post-1087635 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 20:27:43 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 1087635@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>38.5 weeks, 6(ish) in the morning. I flopped over in bed and POP, gush, water broke. Very sudden. My contractions didn't start, though. so I was given pitocin at the hospital to get them going. Had the baby about 15 hours later! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-labor-start-for-you-1#post-1087629 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 20:16:17 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1087629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>40 w, 5 d. Period like cramps, progressively getting worse over the next two hours, until they were 5 min or less apart lasting a minute or longer. Then my water broke. Got to the hospital an hour later and immediately was given the epidural (only 3 cm). Total labor time was 12.5 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-labor-start-for-you-1#post-1087626 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 20:12:03 +0000 lemondrop 1087626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>39 weeks, 1 day- noon I had bloody show &amp; lost mucous plug, 2pm water broke, 4pm hospital at 5-6cm with big contractions, 9:50pm baby arrived. I'd had not so fun contractions the two nights before, but it stopped when I went to bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-labor-start-for-you-1#post-1087613 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 20:03:16 +0000 fancyfunction 1087613@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 40 wk + 2 days when I saw some blood when I used the bathroom - I figured this was part of the bloody show. The next morning I woke up around 6am with some mild period-like cramping. It slowly progressed throughout the day and we went to the hospital around 2pm. Got the epi around 5pm, water broke soon after and she was born at 7:30pm! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-labor-start-for-you-1#post-1087606 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 19:55:12 +0000 T-Mom 1087606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my first, I was a day before due date and a Tropical storm was projected to hit in the next few days. My OB said to come in in if I wanted and I said heck yeah and got induced. I started pitocin around 6 and had DD by 11 pm.</p> <p>With my second I had just celebrated my 5th wedding anniversary with a huge Italian meal and even joked with another patron that this meal could be my last (even though I was still 10'days out). We were shopping for furniture after dinner since DD was being watched by family and I started getting bad cramps. We drove 30 min home to get my bags and then another 30 min to the hospital and I had DS right before midnight. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-labor-start-for-you-1#post-1087602 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 19:50:19 +0000 lovehoneybee 1087602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Started at 6-7a on Tuesday with back spasms, which slowly settled into timeable back contractions (15-20 min apart). At 7p they were 12ish minutes apart and by 11p they were 4 minutes apart. I was admitted at L&amp;D at 3a, got the epi around 4a, my water was broken at 9a (at 9cm), and I delivered him at 1:30p on Wednesday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-labor-start-for-you-1#post-1087601 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 19:49:36 +0000 swedishfish 1087601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Confetti: haha, me too except I was induced at 41 weeks for GD.</p> <p>I was 2-3 cm dilated and 75% effaced for about three weeks prior to my induction. Pitocin started at 8 AM, water broken for me at 6 cm and baby was born at 3:39 AM the next day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-labor-start-for-you-1#post-1087600 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 19:49:34 +0000 MrsF 1087600@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't believe how many people's labors started with their water breaking! I thought that wasn't very common! </p> <p>I was induced early so I feel like I'll be clueless in this department when I get pregnant again even though I'll be a second time mom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-labor-start-for-you-1#post-1087596 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 19:46:12 +0000 Foodnerd81 1087596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well... My started calmly in the morning with a small twinge! I woke up at 6:30 in the morning with what felt like menstrual cramps coming and going. They very slowly got stronger and closer together through out the day, but I didn't call the midwife until 9 on, at which point they had gotten worse than the worst cramps I ever had but still bearable. I think active labor started at that point, wet to the hospital at 3:00 when in couldn't take it any more, checked in at 3:30 at 4 cm, had the baby at 7:16. My water broke during a contraction in the hospital in a huge gush. </p> <p>I was so nervous about our mattress too! We just got a really nice expensive one (which made pregnant sleeping SO much better). We also had a good waterproof cover on it at the salesmans recommendation so I figured it would do the job but I'm glad I didn't have to find out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-labor-start-for-you-1#post-1087588 Sat, 14 Sep 2013 19:43:59 +0000 matador84 1087588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Water broke at 1030 while I was sleeping. At hospital by 11, holdi baby by 2am! </p>