Braxton Hicks??

"Amy" wrote:

For my doctor and at my hospital, the rule is 5-1-1 - You go to the
hospital when the contractions are 5 minutes apart, at least 1 minute
in duration, and that's been consistent for 1 hour.

Just a note: my contractions never got regular or consistent. They were 8
minutes then 2 minutes then 5 minutes then 10 minutes. I laboured for 7
hours. The way I knew it was real labour and not braxton hicks is because
they hurt like hell. So if they're really painful and you want to labour at
the hospital I don't suggest waiting until they're 5 minutes apart, since
that may never happen.

--
Rebecca Jo
Mama to Alexander 6/6/05

Rebecca Jo wrote:
"Amy" wrote:

For my doctor and at my hospital, the rule is 5-1-1 - You go to the
hospital when the contractions are 5 minutes apart, at least 1 minute
in duration, and that's been consistent for 1 hour.

Just a note: my contractions never got regular or consistent. They were 8
minutes then 2 minutes then 5 minutes then 10 minutes. I laboured for 7
hours. The way I knew it was real labour and not braxton hicks is because
they hurt like hell. So if they're really painful and you want to labour at
the hospital I don't suggest waiting until they're 5 minutes apart, since
that may never happen.

Good point. The doctor and the childbirth class I took never mentioned
this possibility. I guess they figure that you'll call or come in if
you're in enough pain, and the 5-1-1 thing is a guideline they can give
you without saying, "Oh, by the way, it's going to hurt like hell..."


I'm still trying to figure out a way I can get DH to do this for me...

Amy

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"Rebecca Jo" wrote:

"Amy" wrote:

For my doctor and at my hospital, the rule is 5-1-1 - You go to the
hospital when the contractions are 5 minutes apart, at least 1 minute
in duration, and that's been consistent for 1 hour.

Just a note: my contractions never got regular or consistent. They were 8
minutes then 2 minutes then 5 minutes then 10 minutes. I laboured for 7
hours. The way I knew it was real labour and not braxton hicks is because
they hurt like hell.

At my hospital they counted how many occurred over 10 mins to get an average.
I suppose in early labour you could double that, so ctx-8 min-ctx-2 min-ctx-5
min-ctx-10 min is actually 4 ctx in the first 20 mins = 5 mins apart.

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Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
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