I'm 38 weeks, and I've been having sporadic "episodes" of what I think are contractions. They always stop eventually, usually after 2-3 hours. Sometimes it feels like the textbook contraction is described where it wraps around and encompasses my back and all of my uterus. Other times I feel like I'm having menstrual camps with a back/hip ache that comes and goes in waves. They do not feel like any BHs I've had with either pregnancy. The times are all over the place, so the most I've hoped for was that it was early labor. It keeps happening late in the evening or middle of night. It's just uncomfortable enough that I can't sleep, plus I spend the whole time trying to monitor and figure out if this is actually going somewhere. This has been going on for about 4 nights and I'm starting to feel exhausted by the additional lack of sleep & wandering what other people have experienced. I also really need some encouragement that this is a good indication labor will start eventually. I'm trying for a VBAC, and they won't induce so I have to go I to labor within the next 3 weeks to avoid a RCS.

If you had little rounds of contractions, how long did that go on before you went in to labor?