Prodromal labor anyone? 😴

Question

Has or is anyone else experiencing prodromal early labor? 
I’m so exhausted from the contractions and not sleeping well. Trying to work baby into a better position but I’m 36.5 weeks, a little too early for the real thing.🙏🏼
Painful annoying and uncomfortable 😣

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I had prodromal labor with my second for about 4-5 days before I started making progress (but this was at 40 weeks). It’s awful and leaves you exhausted for baby! I’m sorry 😞 For me, walking actually seemed to calm it down for a while, so I did more walking in those last few days, but still ended up in L&D twice before the real thing because the pain was so bad.

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Hi yes me 🙋‍♀️. I didn’t know it was called this but it makes a lot of sense. I’m 37 weeks today and have been having Braxton Hicks for weeks but on Sunday it changed and I was suddenly getting them super close together and some more intense so I went into hospital but they said I’m not dilated at all. Contractions went on for about 5 hours but then stopped. Had most of Monday without anything and then had some more painful contractions overnight last night but didn’t bother to get checked as I thought I’d see if it did anything different to previous night. It didn’t, and I was able to get some intermittent sleep but I agree it is super exhausting and uncomfortable. I can only assume it means baby is coming soon cos I cannot imagine getting anywhere near 40 weeks with this situation!!

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I woke up wet, following by slow trickle and a lot of back and thigh pain. 
They said they can’t tell it’s broken waters from speculum exam and they are looking under a microscope. 
I’m crampy, back and thighs ache but no consistent contractions. 
Not urine, it doesn’t smell and I lost some mucous plug yesterday 🤷🏼‍♀️

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I wouldn’t call it prodromal labor but my cramps and back pain are the worst at night. I woke up in the middle of the night the past two nights with back pain so bad it made me nauseas. Haven’t lost any mucus plug yet so I’m sure I still have a ways to go.

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@GlowGPT please help me with this topic!

Prodromal labor anyone? 😴

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