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I had false labor with regular contractions for hours that just stopped. Went to the hospital once and was sent home. It was at 39weeks and a couple days. Went into labor at 40+2. Good luck! Hope it's soon for you!

I debated posting because it's probably not what you want to hear so I apologize if I bum you out lol...
I had this with my first and now again the second pregnancy. There were/are episodes with timable contractions with a pattern and loss of bits of my mucus plug. Sometimes the contractions lasted for hours being 10-15 or 15-20 minutes apart but always tapered off and eventually stopped. Changing positions or activity level didn't affect them and the contractions came in waves that wrapped around my torso with menstrual type cramps and lower back pain. I kept getting excited that finally this was it but I ended up being induced 10 days past my due date with a completely closed cervix. Go figure. I am hoping that this time these episodes are the real deal.

This happened to me for about 4 nights before having DD. Each night got stronger. By the last night I was up all night with very painful contractions in my back. They got to be 1 minute long, 5 minutes apart so at 7am we headed to the hospital.....only to have them stop again in the car. I'd only had about 2 hrs of sleep over 3 days, so I was exhausted and heartbroken. My OB agreed to induce (I was 4cm dilated). Long story short, I ended with a c-section. I can't know if she would've come on her own if I waited another day or two, but I honestly couldn't have survived another night without sleep (my exhaustion was part of the reason for the c-section)

I hope yours get more regular. Hang in there!

I went to the hospital bevause I had awful stomach pain. Long story short, either my stomach pain jump started labor or it was part of labor. The major crying pain stopped mostly, but I continued to have regular contractions and dilate to a 1cm. The nurse said she could feel my contractions getting stronger. I walked all night and they gave me a sleeping pill because I was hurting and when I woke up, bye bye contractions. They sent me home and I had to be induced one week later. I still don't know wtf that was.

Besides that, I had a lot of major false labor. Sometimes I swore it was the real thing. They would hurt and seem to be getting closer together, but then the next one would be painless or be way out of the expected time frame.