Contractions dying out...?

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Last night I had strong contractions for about 3 hours... 4 minutes apart, 1 minute long... then they just die out! This has happened several times in the last few weeks and it's so frustrating. How do I keep them going? Or get them to be productive? Sitting in pain for 3 hours for nothing is getting old fast...

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False labour sucks! I'd go when the pain was almost unbearable

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This happens to me at night and it's not even helping my body progress closer to birth and I'm due in four days. Ugh.

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It's false labor prepping your uterus for the big day.

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The same thing happened to me with this last pregnancy. My beautiful baby girl was born December 21 at 37+6. At 36+5 I thought I was in labor. Contractions started and were 1 minute long, 6 minutes apart and lasted 2 hours. Then they just stopped. 12 hours later, the same thing happened. Every 12 hours, like clockwork, this happened and contractions would be between 4-7 minutes apart every time and last for 2-3 hours and then just stop. They never got stronger or closer together but they were definitely real, I was monitored at my 37 week OB apt and my doc confirmed it. She gave me a prescription to help with the cramping and back pain that always came with my 'contraction episodes' I was miserable for 8 whole days every 12 hours until the 21st. This day, they started at 12:30am, like usual, and stopped at 3am. But then at 10 am, earlier than the expected 12 hours, I had another episode start. These were not accompanied by the cramps and back pain like the previous days had always been. They were not painful but I noticed the tightening of my tummy. I went about my day picking kids up from school, cooking and I even baked two kinds of cookies and a batch of muffins! By 6pm I realized they were regular and hadn't gone away since morning. We called the sitter and arrived at the hospital at 7pm. My baby was born at 10:23pm.

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stay super hydrated in hopes of keeping some of the false ones at bay

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Same thing happened to me when I had my son a month ago. I was contracting on my drive home from work, but they stopped as soon as I got home. I was so disappointed. The following day they started again, I decided to go walking.. (a lot of walking) and sure enough, I went into active labor that same night. Maybe walking will help you too. Good luck!!

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Try to find some of the labor jump starting tips online when you get contractions. Walk as much as possible, have sex, etc. Good luck!

Contractions dying out...?

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