Is this normal??? (Cross-posted)

Sam • Baby Girl coming 6/22/2018 💝

This might be long but I need some help. Today is Friday and I am now 39 weeks exactly! My due date is June 22nd.

My mucus plug came out a week ago, and then I had an appointment on Monday, and I was closed but 50% effaced. No other signs of being close to labor. However, the next day, on Tuesday, I had really bad pains in my abdomen which turned out to be Braxton Hicks. They kept me up all night and the next morning I went into the hospital to be checked. I was 1.5cm dilated when I got there. I stayed for an hour and was monitored. The nurses said my Braxton Hicks were so bad that they were causing me to dilate because after that I was at 2.5cm. I was told that these were not real contractions because I only felt them in my lower abdomen and when they were monitoring me, they could not tell I was having contractions from the monitor they hooked me up to. Well I get discharged and they said to come back in when I have more consistent contractions since mine weren’t close enough. After leaving, I started getting REAL contractions (and boy I thought the Braxton Hicks were bad!!!!) These contractions still haven’t been close enough but they are definitely painful to where I have to stop what I’m doing and I’ve been having them since Tuesday! Sometimes they get 5 minutes a part for about 45 minutes then they start going up to 9 minutes and then when I lay down or take a bath they end up 15-30 minutes apart. Sometimes they last for about 90 seconds and then sometimes they only last for 45. There’s really NO consistency.

I walked and squatted ALL DAY yesterday to try to bring about labor and still nothing. I’ve been having blood-tinged discharge and sometimes it’s bloody/stringy mucus in the toilet, not enough to cover a pad though. I also get a sharp, short contraction every time that I pee. Last night, I took Tylenol so that I could get some sleep through the pain finally and I woke up DRENCHED in sweat after only an hour. I got to rest though so that was amazing!!

Anyways, I just want to know if this is all normal? Is having contractions inconsistently for this long normal? Is contraction-like pain when peeing normal? My baby is still moving. I’m a first-time mom so I have no idea what to be expecting.. TIA ladies 💕