help!! am I in labor!?!?!?!?

Question

For the past couple of hours I have had contractions that are sometimes strong and then sometimes not as strong ranging from 6-10 min.  One will be painful and then the next won't be as much and then the one after that will be painful again!!!! I'm 39 weeks and 3 days with my 3rd!!!

Answer

From just going through labor (literally) they have to be consistently getting worse, so they need to be strong and keep getting stronger, every 5min each lasting about a min for at least an hour. If not they will send you home.

Answer

Exactly what the other person said, it's the 5-1-1 rule. Contractions 5 mins apart, lasting 1 minute, consistently for at least 1 hour. My doctor said you can even wait until they've been consistently 1 minute long and 5 minutes apart for at least 2 hours to be sure. At that point, you are almost certainly in active labor and you can go to the hospital. Anything before that, like you are describing, could just be the early stages of labor, or even false labor.

help!! am I in labor!?!?!?!?

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