why are they sending me home!!!!

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I'm 38 weeks and 6 days and have been having regular contractions for 72 hours. They were ten mins apart and now they have been 8 mins apart since yesterday. I was told to come back if I saw any type of blood and I've been losing my mucus plug in pieces for a while now. Well yesterday I spotted a bit while another piece of my mucus plug came out. Im 3cm and 50% effaced and I still got sent home!! I'm scared and infuriated. What am I supposed to do here??

UPDATE**** contractions got closer together coming 3-4 mins apart but not much of cervical change. Except a bit of extra thinning yet I was still sent home😩😩. Will be seeing my doctor today and hopefully we will be discussing my options if I don't have my baby in the next 4 days.

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Your contractions aren't close enough. They need these rooms avaliable for women who come in and are close enough to be kept. I know it sucks but when the contractions get closer together go back

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Your provider should have made it clear when to call or come in.. either following the 5-1-1 or 4-1-1 rule. Contractions every 4 minutes, lasting at least a minute each, for at least an hour.

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I was having them for a whole night 2-5 minutes apart and was sent home the next morning cause they weren't dilating me. It's very normal for them to do that.

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Most hospitals won't admit you until your contractions are 5 mins or less apart and 4cm dilated.

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Go for a walk and relax it will happen when it happens. I understand your impatience and frustration as I only have 9 days left haven't even had a cervical check yet and I am so uncomfortable and have so much pressure but still nothing.

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I was 5cm and 75% effaced with my first at 36 weeks.  My hospital would not take me until my contractions were regular lasting a minute, and no later then 5 minutes apart. Honestly when I called the nurse line first I was overdue they still didnt care so I waited until they were every two to three minutes last for two minutes. Good luck, I feel this is the stressful part. Its such a relieve when you go and they are like ok we are admitting you hah.

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Ugh I'm sooooo sorry, that so frustrating. I would be so mad!! Hang in there, you can do this!

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Contractions started around 1am 11/3 I went to sleep at about 2:30, could not sleep through tgem anymore about 6:45 took a shower and sat around and timed them, the where at 5 mins and lasting 45-55 seconds so I went in, the monitored me for two hours, was 2cm %75 when I went in at 11:50 they checked again at 2 and I was still 2 she said., Sent home and told to wait till I can't stand or speak through them,..40 weeks tomorrow and they sent me home

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Go home and take a walk and a bath, you need to labor a little more and get the contractions closer together. It sucks but the process is just starting.

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Sounds horrible but you're not far enough into labor yet. I was a week overdue, I had a full on bloody show, contractions were 1 minute apart and it still took 24 hours to have my son. It sucks, but it can take a long time.

why are they sending me home!!!!

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