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Mine were wierd...they would get super close together for a while and then space out.....then get close together again. The strangest part was they never ever got regular....even when I was 8-9cm dilated they were anywhere from 1-7 mins apart. They definitely increased in intensity though !

Mine were never regular. They came every 7 to 20 minutes for 12 hours but were always over a minute long. By the time i went to the hospital i was 6 cm dilated. Then they still werent regular and pretty much stopped so i had to get pitocin. 3 hours later she was born.

Similar to @Charm54: they weren't that regular- they would get close then slow down. This went on for about twelve hours, getting more intense but it took a long time for them to get genuinely painful. At one point I had hit the 5-1-1 point but they were only slightly worse than the worst period cramps I've ever had, so after talking to the midwife I still stayed home a few more hours. They got intense after that, but yeah it was a long time.

I got to the hospital 20 hours after I first started having contractions, was 4 cm, had C not even 4 hours later.

Mine were never regular. They came every 8-14 minutes early on though. I went to the hospital because I needed to know where I was in labor, I had no idea I was halfway there when they checked me.

Mine were regular almost from the start. I had a few very painful ones that were about an hour apart before things really kicked off. But then they settled in to a pattern of 8-10 min apart, then 6-7, then 5, then anywhere between 2 and 4 min apart. At that point we went to the hospital.

Sorry, I posted in the wrong board.

Same as @charm54. The hospital wouldn't admit me until they were at least 5min apart. I finally got them to take me in after I'd been having them constantly (but anywhere from 5-15min apart!) for 3 days. They examined me and i was already at 4cm... So even if your contractions aren't consistently spaced, they may be helping you progress!