https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:16:50 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trusting-my-body#post-2887836 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 08:29:06 +0000 cyoung 2887836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you so much ladies for responding. It stinks other ladies deal with this but it helps knowing I'm not a lone lol. I know when labor happens they will be real but untill then I have to deal with some semi painful ones every other day. I've noticed when my baby is actually head down I get them but when she decides to be oblique or transverse they dont happen. Idk why this is case but oh well. I'm 33 weeks tomorrow so we will see how things go. Almost done </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trusting-my-body#post-2887812 Thu, 13 Jun 2019 20:27:52 +0000 maddyz 2887812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had timetable contractions that would stop for 3 weeks mostly for a bit about every other night with my 2nd. It was annoying, and I lost a lot of sleep, but in the end when the real ones came it was clear they were different and my second labor was quick.</p> <p>My two labors were so different so just because it went one way last time doesn't mean it will go the same the next. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trusting-my-body#post-2887609 Tue, 11 Jun 2019 18:45:52 +0000 Iced Tea 2887609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had irritable uterus with two pregnancies. It was so tiring. I largely gave up my daily habit of walking the neighborhood because it made my uterus constantly hard, and it's miserable to walk that way! In the first pregnancy I did frequently waver over whether I should take it seriously since they were seriously timable. I went into labor shortly after my due date, and I knew because I literally had to stop walking and double over with the contractions, and I also threw up. </p> <p>Second pregnancy, I noticed them, but I didn't heed them at all. People around me would be alarmed, but I knew they were nothing. Again, I knew it was real when it woke me from sleep at 3 am and I doubled over with each one. </p> <p>I'm sorry you are dealing with it. I know it really wears on you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trusting-my-body#post-2887606 Tue, 11 Jun 2019 15:15:20 +0000 psw27 2887606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have this issue as well. It caused a lot of anxiety. The only thing that made me feel better was hitting 36 weeks and knowing the baby would be okay. I didn't want a preemie because my first was premature. I did end up going in a lot for checks because I was so nervous. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trusting-my-body#post-2887564 Tue, 11 Jun 2019 08:24:03 +0000 caitcat 2887564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, that sounds so rough. Not the same thing, but I had what my doctor ended up considering prodromal labor with my second baby from about 35 weeks on. I had regular contractions for about two hours every morning and about two hours every late afternoon, and it really felt like labor. It was almost like clockwork each day, but would then go away and I'd be "back to normal" - it drove me crazy and got worse as I got closer to my due date, but without any real progress toward "real" labor. I ended up being induced just before 40 weeks because I was pretty miserable, and I didn't think I'd have ANY idea when to head to the hospital. </p> <p>My doctor assured me that I'd see progression with contractions timing and intensity when it was the real deal, but when he was willing to induce, I jumped at the chance for some certainty. So unfortunately, I don't have much first hand advice on trusting when it's the real thing. But once I was induced, it was smooth sailing. </p> <p>Do you have help with your older kids? My toddler watched soooo much tv the last month I was pregnant and I felt just useless to her at some points during the day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trusting-my-body#post-2887561 Tue, 11 Jun 2019 07:49:23 +0000 cyoung 2887561@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Man just a small vent mixed with a question. </p> <p>Anyone deal with an irritable uturus? How did you cope without getting angry and mentally just burnt out. I didnt do so well with my daughter and I dont want this pregnancy to be miserable the last 8 weeks or so. </p> <p>Man having an irritable uturus sucks! I will have regular timable contractions thst last for a few hours and then they just stop. It happens more and more the closer I get to my due date. Its exhausting. The annoying thing is is that they do nothing to my cervix. Im only 32 weeks so I dont want her here yet but at least it would be nice if the contractions actually helped soften or efface me so I can actually go into labor on time. Biggest thing is how I feel like I cant trust my body. Like are these the real deal? For me they never are. Idk last night they were different and not like my usual irritable contractions but nope<br /> ...not anything to worry about. They stopped at 2 am. Glad I didnt go in cause they would look at me like I was dumb. Happens every time. If I went in everytime I had these I'd live at the hospital. It was the same with my daughter. I was induced at 40 weeks cause I was just so exhausted physically and mentally. Once my body had a small bit of the pitocin my body went into labor no problem and quickly. It's like my body can't go on it's on cause it stalls all the time. </p>