https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:07:51 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-feel-when-you-realized-you-were-in-labor#post-801474 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:36:08 +0000 CottonCandy 801474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely terrified!! I am one of those "what ifs" kind of people...So of course I was running through a list of one million things that could possibly go wrong and being super scared about it...Plus, even though I was full term...And even though I had taken childbirth classes and pretty well prepared myself, I still felt like "This can't be it!!!" haha...I was soooo nervous! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-feel-when-you-realized-you-were-in-labor#post-801467 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:35:04 +0000 shopaholic 801467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Calm, yet quietly nervous. I thought it would take a lot longer than it did, but things progressed fast. Then I was terrified of the actual labor and cried on the way to the hospital. Lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-feel-when-you-realized-you-were-in-labor#post-801461 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:33:46 +0000 ALV91711 801461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was surprised and excited. 8:20pm and my water broke, a bit after that contractions started. I didn't really sleep but after an dpi I was able to rest for a few hours. DS was born almost 12 hours later and I didn't sleep until that night. Too much excitement and so much going on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-feel-when-you-realized-you-were-in-labor#post-801309 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:53:59 +0000 birdofafeather 801309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: same as me! i didn't have contractions, so DH and my neighbor and i went for a walk to breakfast. contractions started by the time we got there and were regular on the walk back.</p> <p>i was in major denial until i hit transition and threw up in the sink. i told DH it was time to go! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-feel-when-you-realized-you-were-in-labor#post-801281 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:43:54 +0000 FarmWifeGina 801281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A little nervous and totally excited! But yes, I should have slept, lol. Or relaxed and tried to sleep, anyways. With #2, I felt excited, but my labor followed a very similar pattern and I knew better that time, so I slept and/or watched TV on the couch for as long as I could. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-feel-when-you-realized-you-were-in-labor#post-801264 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:35:36 +0000 regberadaisy 801264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I felt like it was nearing I def took a nap after dinner. BUT when it got real it woke me up and there was no going back! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-feel-when-you-realized-you-were-in-labor#post-801262 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:35:18 +0000 loveisstrange 801262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nervous at first but then really calm. I was able to sleep through a lot of my early labor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-feel-when-you-realized-you-were-in-labor#post-801259 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:34:23 +0000 heffalump 801259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went into labor at 10 pm. At first I was excited, awake, timing contractions, etc. But as the pain got worse the excitement went away and I wanted it to be over. But of course I was in too much pain to rest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-feel-when-you-realized-you-were-in-labor#post-801162 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:04:19 +0000 hilsy85 801162@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nervous/terrified and excited. It was 5am and there was no way I was going back to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-feel-when-you-realized-you-were-in-labor#post-801160 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:03:30 +0000 Dandelion 801160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was up and excited. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-feel-when-you-realized-you-were-in-labor#post-801158 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:02:08 +0000 ladyfingers 801158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was excited and nervous but there was no time to rest -- my water broke and I immediately started having heinous contractions! I was 7 cm by the time we got to the hospital an hour later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-feel-when-you-realized-you-were-in-labor#post-801145 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:58:01 +0000 78h2o 801145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was super excited when I realized they were timeable. I tried to sleep and managed to get one hour, but contractions were too painful. I ended up timing contractions for 34 hours before LO was born, so I did appreciate that one hour of sleep. I also found it difficult to sleep after she was born. I was beyond exhausted, but SO excited. I just wanted to stay awake and stare at her - and that's pretty much what I did. I was awake for almost 48 hrs before I finally sleep.</p> <p>ETA: I started having timeable contractions at 4pm.</p> <p>Went out to dinner at 6pm. That was interesting!</p> <p>Came home and sent my husband (and parents who were visiting from OR) to bed at 9pm. I tried to sleep, but couldn't due to excitement/contractions.</p> <p>I finally fell asleep from 11:30-12:30. When I woke up, contractions were pretty dang painful. I labored for at least an hour in the shower, then in different parts of the house. By 6am, contractions were 5 min apart so I woke up my h usband and parents and we drove to a hotel near the hospital (1 hr away in traffic).</p> <p>My contractions slowed down at the hotel to every 7-8 min and stayed that way all day. I didn't go to the hospital until 6pm that night and I was 4-5cm at that point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-feel-when-you-realized-you-were-in-labor#post-801129 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:54:33 +0000 mrskc 801129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My labor started at 4 am and I just couldn't go back to sleep. It was hard to sleep through them and I started getting too excited. My DH didn't help either. Once he realized they weren't going away and were pretty rhythmic, he jumped out of bed at 5 am and started packing the bags. Luckily I delivered my son at 7 pm so my labor wasn't too long. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-feel-when-you-realized-you-were-in-labor#post-801128 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:54:18 +0000 sorrycharlie 801128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Psyched and in denial! My water broke with no warning. Just boom, let go. My contractions started 20m later, and she was born about 4 hours after that! Good thing I ignored the on call ob who told me to wait another 6 (!) hours before heading in cause I'm 'a first time mom'...hey, babies don't discriminate and mine wanted out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-feel-when-you-realized-you-were-in-labor#post-801120 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:52:32 +0000 mediagirl 801120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was super excited! :) I went into labor at 4pm. Sent my husband to bed at 10. I stayed downstairs and labored until 3:30 when I fell asleep on the couch. Woke up an hour later with REALLY bad contractions that sent us to the hospital. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-feel-when-you-realized-you-were-in-labor#post-801118 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:52:26 +0000 runsyellowlites 801118@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was excited.... and I stayed resting as much as I could! Even when most would've been trying to push labor along with walking or bouncing I was SLEEPING! lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-feel-when-you-realized-you-were-in-labor#post-801112 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:51:40 +0000 immabeetoo 801112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I felt exhausted- it started at 11 pm as I was going to bed. I got maybe 4 hours of sleep for that day &amp; the next two... thank goodness for hormones and adrenaline! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-feel-when-you-realized-you-were-in-labor#post-801110 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:51:02 +0000 Bao 801110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I woke up at 8am to a contraction, thought nothing of it but I went and sat on my ball anyway, within an hour they went from 10-13 minutes apart to THREE minutes apart. I started getting nervous and thought I'd better wake DH. There was no time to even sleep or rest! I don't think I would have been able to anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-feel-when-you-realized-you-were-in-labor#post-801103 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:50:06 +0000 knittylady 801103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm with you on this one. I feel like I'll be UP! Definitely following! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-feel-when-you-realized-you-were-in-labor#post-801098 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:49:18 +0000 Boheme 801098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our childbirth instructor keeps telling me I need to sleep and rest as much as I can in early labor, but I can't help but feel that I'll be super excited and it'll be hard! How did you feel? </p>