should I be timing contractions that aren't terribly painful?

Question

My contractions are becoming constant but are still just mainly achy and uncomfortable. Not so much painful. I'm not sure if I should be timing them or just waiting until they get more painful before I start? My entire stomach is getting hard and tight but it really only hurts down low...like period cramps.

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Well, my dr told me a story about another patient of his... she was 13, went to the hospital because she just felt a little weird. The nurses wants to send her home without checking her, but because of her age, the dr came right away. She was 10cm already! He started to explain to her what labor would be like and how to push, thinking he needed to talk to her sweetly etc because of her age. He explained how to push. She said, 'like this' and pushed once - he had to catch the baby from sliding off the bed.... point is, contractions feel different for everyone. Everyone had a different pain interpretation and threshold

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I would! I started counting them at 3pm on the 7th called my dr when they were 5 min apart for two hours. Both the painful and non painful ones. He said watch them for another 2 but I stretched it to 3 decided to go in. They monitored me for an hour and I dilated from a 4 to a 5 the monitored me a little longer all the while I was till having the same contractions all this time. I dilated to a 6 then found out I had preeclampsia, so they admitted me. They induced labor at 4am on the 8th and I had my beautiful son at 3am on the 9th.

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Yeah i would say just look out for them to get worst because mine started out mild too for like a couple hours

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I would keep an eye on them cause I'm in the same boat. I would call your hospital though, mine says painful or mildly painful, if there are so many in a 2 hour period, to go in. So check with your hospital

should I be timing contractions that aren't terribly painful?

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