Signs of labor

[ysa_38]

^grabe talaga lakas ng fighting spirit mo...sana talaga I can do the same...I'll keep those in mind...thanks Sis!

[tam-tams]

this thread is very informative... i must say, every pregnancy is unique. 
im 36 weeks and 4 days now... it's been days na constant ang menstrual like cramps ng puson ko. uterine contractions (paninigas ng tyan) di pa naman same ang interval at dipa intense. both are tolerable...

[HeartHeart]

if i'm labor na, do i need to drink my medicines pa rin or bring it sa hospital?

[glamorosa_09]

depende sis kung napakaimportante ng gamot mo... at kung maalala mo pang uminom...

sakin kasi supplements lang, nawala na sa isip kong uminom pa ng gamot...

[jhez]

gusto ko din, check up lang then admit na... 

[konnii]

ako din i wanna be admitted na and get it over with. Hay nako..

[tam-tams]

share ko lang .. i was exactly 37weeks ...
may 10 - around noon, experienced contractions (paninigas ng upper abdomen), tolerable naman [textspeak!] pain. every 45 mins or less [textspeak!] interval, duration was more than 30seconds.
by 3pm, every less than 20 mins na...still tolerable. deadma lang...
by 5pm, experienced menstrual like cramps sa puson... still tolerable. duration was more than 30 seconds and every 5 to 7 mins interval. called my OB na by 6pm about it... mejo hesitant pa ako kasi tolerable naman [textspeak!] pain at walang pinkish or blood discharge, wala din water leak.
advised nya kasi kahit walang signs of blood or water, so long as contractions are more than 30seconds at 30 or less and interval to go to the hospital.
sabi nya, pa admit na daw ako... since di naman masakit, nagluto pa ako ng chicken adobo for dinner. ate dinner, took a bath, then went to the nearest hospital (manila east medical center)...
i gave my admission letter na... di na ako in-IE, they brought me directly to the Labor Room at 8:30pm. May nilagay sila sa tummy ko to monitor the heart rate of the baby and the contractions...
after 3 hours... dumating OB ko ng 11:30pm. pinakita ng nurse [textspeak!] report... OB advised that the baby needs to get out na, kasi tumataas ang heart rate nya. normal daw kasi is 120-160 bpm. si baby nag 170-180bpm everytime i experience menstrual like cramps. stress na daw si baby... at 12am i was brought to the OR. 12:15am dumating [textspeak!] anes... 12:20am tinusok na sa spine ko [textspeak!] anes, tulog ako. nagising nalang ako umiiyak na baby ko. she was born 12:57am...
buti nlng nagpunta na ako sa hospital kung hindi i could have lost my baby na... actually ganito din nararamdaman ko 2-3 days ago pa. pinabayaan ko lang kasi tolerable naman at d pa same and interval.

[skits]

pag nagle-labor ba magalaw pa din si baby? Do you still feel her stretching or moving around?

[glamorosa_09]

Siguro gumagalaw si baby sis dahil iniisqueeze down sya sa pababa.
Pero di mo na mararamdaman dahil sa sakit ng contraction.

[skits]

^thanks sis, meron kasi akong nafifeel na mild cramping pero very few and far between and malikot pa rin si baby though not as much as before.

[mbeeyap]

^naramdaman ko ang galaw ni baby nung hindi pa masakit ang contractions, pero when the contractions were at 2 mins apart, hindi ko na matandaan kung magalaw pa si baby, ang sakit na kasi. hehe

[glamorosa_09]

naalala ko pala

bago ako iadmit, aside sa hearbeat at contractions, pinamonitor din saken yung movement ni baby (altough namomonitor din ng machine). Pag nafeel kong gumalaw, may pipindutin ako, (may pinahawak kasi saken). May nafifeel akong movements, pero mas accurate yung machine, hindi kasi lahat nafeel ko.

[princessmia08]

I'm praying that the labor and delivery with my second will be as uneventful as my first.

With my first kasi, completely no pain. I'm just "malikot and magalaw" by nature. I even take the stairs to and from our condo (na nasa 10th floor). So when I had my check up, 4cm na daw ako and mababa na daw si baby. Pinapapunta na ko ng CGH. Wala man lang sign na naglalabor na ko, as in.

Pagdating ng CGH ng around 11pm, wala pa din. 4cm pa din ako sa IE pero mababa na si baby and ready na naman lumabas kailangan na nila putukin water bag ko, that was around 1am I think. So dun ko nagsimula makaramdam ng pain na parang times 10 na menstrual cramps. Dahil alam ni OB na maarte ako, (haha) pinapunta niya ko sa room ko para dun maghintay. Papasundo niya daw ako ng 2:30am. Nung pinasundo ako sa assistant ng 2:30am, 6cm na ko.

I'm asthmatic kaya kinailangan akong iepidural Pagkaepidural, tulog na ko. Haha. Ginising ako around 7am kasi 10cm na daw ako. 7:30am nafeel ko na ulo ni baby. 7:55am she's out.

Hoping na ganun ulit. Na parang dumaan lang. Na walang kahirap hirap. Sana hindi bumawi yung pangalawa ko

[glamorosa_09]

wow ang galing nun ah. oo nga sis, sana hindi ka rin pahirapan ni second baby mo.

[ysa_38]

^gusto ko din ng ganyan...sa ngayon wala pa akong nafifil na manganganak na ko aside from the usual pananakit ng pempem and puson and pagtigas ng tyan...

[kailee]

@princessmia08: wow naman.. sana ganyan lang din labot ko, pag may dysmenorrhea ako, talagang parang ewan yung feeling ko, pano pa kaya pag labor na..

[jhenrheign]

same as sis princessmia08 i didn't experience any signs of labor nung manganganak na ko sa eldest ko... i really have no clue... kaya sana ngaun ganun din smooth ang flow ng panganganak ko at di ako masyado pahirapan...

Check-up ko lang kasi that time, then IE ako ni OB, sabi nya manganganak na ko, i forgot kung ilang cm na ko nun, basta pinapunta na nya ko Amisola and magkita na lang kami dun, i arrived at around 2PM... nasa labor room ako... medyo okei ang progress ng contractions ko, pero di pa ko nasasaktan nun nakikipag kwentuhan lang ako sa other patients and kay OB. 6PM, 8cm na ko nun dinala na ko ng Delivery room, doon may isa pang table, may kasabay akong manganganak, actually nauna sya sa kain, i saw nung nanganak sya, mas lalu akong na excite na ako naman yung manganak after ko makita yung baby nya, di pa din ako natakot nun or kinabahan... easy easy lang ako...hehe! at 8PM medyo masakit na contractions ko ayaw ko pa sana palagay ng anes noon kasi hanggat maaari titiisin ko... kaya lang masakit na talaga kaya nag palagay na ko pero half lang ng dosage, medyo naging groggy na ko, at 9PM lumabas na sya... mga 11 ginising ako, dadalin na ko sa room ko, kinabukasan nakakalakad na ko and room-in na si baby, kinahapunan noon umuwe na kami...

parang walang nangyare... 

[princessmia08]

basta pag malapit na kayo manganak (mga tipong 37 weeks na kayo) magbonggang bonggang lakad kayo. makakatulong ng sobra.

natakot din kasi ako sa kwento nung OB ko (actually kaya ko love OB ko kasi she never sugarcoats. as in para ka niyang kabarkada at hindi pasyente so hindi ako naiilang sa kanya) na nung second niya even with the epidural, sobrang sakit daw. Minsan daw talaga hindi nagwowork as expected. So sabi niya swerte ko daw talaga with my first.

on the non-physical side, "nesting" din pala is one sign na malapit na labor. haha, parang 2 weeks before wala akong ginawa kundi maglinis

[kailee]

signs.. eto na inaantay ko.. since malapit na moment namin ni baby..

nag sstart ba sa blood or water.. or sa contractions?

[glamorosa_09]

^hi sis, iba iba kasi per mommy. Ako I started having my bloody show. Yung iba nauna ang pagbreak ng water bag, yung iba naman contractions ang nauna =)