https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 26 May 2026 15:40:30 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-labor-began-with-contractions#post-869571 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:07:18 +0000 Adira 869571@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About 4 hours, though I consider the real start of my labor when they were already like that. Before they were so mild and random. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-labor-began-with-contractions#post-869506 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:18:12 +0000 MamaMoose 869506@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first two contractions were 4 minutes apart and they never slowed down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-labor-began-with-contractions#post-869505 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:16:25 +0000 looch 869505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About 6 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-labor-began-with-contractions#post-869504 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:07:04 +0000 hellobeeboston 869504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I first realized I was having time-able contractions around 6/7 minutes apart -- maybe after an hour or two they went to 5 and kept on getting closer after that. Only made it 9/10 hours laboring at home until they were about 2/3 min apart consistently and I was ready for the hospital (and epidural, ha) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-labor-began-with-contractions#post-869479 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:11:19 +0000 AprilFool 869479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine were 5 minutes apart from the beginning </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-labor-began-with-contractions#post-869436 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:56:42 +0000 erinpye 869436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was induced with pitocin, but I really didn't notice my contractions as much until they were 2 and then 1 minute apart. Total active labor was 6 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-labor-began-with-contractions#post-869344 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:53:09 +0000 jh524 869344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Whoa! Many of the responses seem to have it start quite quickly. That's promising and very exciting! Is it weird to be looking forward to these contractions?! Ha I'm ready to get the ball Rollin too!!!! Hope your baby decides, I'm ready mommy!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-labor-began-with-contractions#post-869338 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:45:52 +0000 78h2o 869338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About 17 hrs but then they went back to 6-7 min apart for another 10 hrs before they went back to 5 min apart. Bouncing on a ball really helped move them closer together. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-labor-began-with-contractions#post-869334 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:41:19 +0000 Maysprout 869334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swedishfish: Good luck! Sounds promising. Def rest, I should have rested more, labor takes energy so relax if that's what your body is telling you to do now.</p> <p>When mine first started they varied from 10 - 20 min apart and sometimes they took longer breaks than that. It took a good 12 hours for them to get around 10 min apart and that's when I was pretty sure I was in labor and things (like losing MP) started to happen. It took another 12 hours though for them to get to around 5 min apart and that's when my water broke. Once my water broke things started to move faster and we went to the hospital, they probably were 2-5 min apart right after my water broke, which made me a bit nervous but our hospital was only 5 min away (though she ended up taking another 12 hours to show up). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-labor-began-with-contractions#post-869072 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:45:42 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 869072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I labored at home for around 24 hours and never got to the recommended contractions... But I had other signs that told me I needed to go in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-labor-began-with-contractions#post-869062 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:42:23 +0000 tlcbaby 869062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine were five minutes apart when I started to think this might be it-within an hour they were 3 to 4 minutes apart. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-labor-began-with-contractions#post-869023 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:31:44 +0000 Silva 869023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>48 hours and pitocin. Babe was posterior and wouldn't move down/engage. But she was born about 6 hours after the pit! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-labor-began-with-contractions#post-868898 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:44:42 +0000 pastemoo 868898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Many many hours and at the hospital they added pitocin and then another more than day--so I'd say if I hadn't gone to the hospital it would have been 3 or 4 days? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-labor-began-with-contractions#post-868888 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:36:33 +0000 Weagle 868888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Less than an hour. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-labor-began-with-contractions#post-868855 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:11:08 +0000 joyjoy 868855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They went from 10-15 minutes apart to 5 minutes apart in about 3 hours. I had been getting random bouts of contractions that would start then stop for a couple days, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-labor-began-with-contractions#post-868665 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:30:40 +0000 Rubies 868665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>17 hours until we left for the hospital. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-labor-began-with-contractions#post-868661 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:29:25 +0000 runsyellowlites 868661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About 37 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-labor-began-with-contractions#post-868586 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:59:18 +0000 mrsmate 868586@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>20 hours! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-labor-began-with-contractions#post-868536 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:39:34 +0000 wheres_c 868536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About 5 hours! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-labor-began-with-contractions#post-868406 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:58:35 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 868406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started feeling crampy for about an hour and then they were 5 min apart. That lasted for an hour and then my water broke. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-labor-began-with-contractions#post-868402 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:57:18 +0000 swedishfish 868402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FutureMrsMcK: haha, I totally understand the feeling lazy part! All I want to do is hang out on the couch...which I did for most of the day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-labor-began-with-contractions#post-868397 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:55:41 +0000 lovehoneybee 868397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swedishfish: My midwife suggested nipple stimulation to get things moving (for no more than 10 minutes at a time). I took it a step further by using the breast pump to do it (because I was feeling lazy, lol). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-labor-began-with-contractions#post-868391 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:53:23 +0000 swedishfish 868391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FutureMrsMcK: no, the insurance company won't let me get one until after the baby's birth. I'll try the nipple stimulation after I get home from dinner. Good idea! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-labor-began-with-contractions#post-868384 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:48:08 +0000 lovehoneybee 868384@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swedishfish: Do you have a breast pump? Try it out! I swear that kept my labor going when I thought it was going to peter out. (Or otherwise stimulate your nipples. But not for very long.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-labor-began-with-contractions#post-868381 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:46:32 +0000 swedishfish 868381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am 40 weeks 2 days and I had a few hours' worth of contractions at about 10-15 minutes apart for a minute each but they seem to have stopped. Again. This child does not want to come out! :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-labor-began-with-contractions#post-868375 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:44:22 +0000 cascademom 868375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine became 5 minutes apart probably in two hours time. I went into labor after work. When I couldn't get comfortable, we timed it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-labor-began-with-contractions#post-868373 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:43:46 +0000 lovehoneybee 868373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like 15 or 16 hours? They started at 6am-ish (just bad enough that I couldn't sleep through them), were like 18-20 minutes apart for hours. By 4pm or so they were around 12 minutes apart, and by around 10 pm they were just under 5 minutes apart. I went in to L&amp;D at 11pm, got sent home because labor stalled while I was there. Two hours later they were coming hard at 2-3 minutes apart. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-labor-began-with-contractions#post-868366 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:41:26 +0000 Cupcake 868366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine were 5 minutes apart from the beginning! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-labor-began-with-contractions#post-868365 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:41:07 +0000 Honeybee 868365@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine started at 2 minutes apart, 1 minute long. After about 5 hours, I decided it was really labor and I should go to the hospital. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-labor-began-with-contractions#post-868362 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:40:43 +0000 2PeasinaPod 868362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine went from about 10 minutes apart to 3 minutes apart in about 2 hours! </p>