![]() ![]() When you transition to active labor, your contractions will become stronger, more frequent and more regular. It wasn’t until the early evening that they started picking up again and I transitioned to active labor. But during the day went down to a frequency of about an hour. I had my first contraction at 3 am in the morning, coming back every half an hour or so through the night. My early labor lasted for about 15 hours. If you presents with any of the signs below though, get ready to transition to active labor soon and give birth within the next 24 to 48 hours! Its length is very unpredictable: it can last from hours to days! It’s usually longer for first time moms and shorter for subsequent children.Īll the symptoms below are very likely to be experienced during earlier labor, if not before labor even started (called prelabor). 1) Early LaborĮarly labor is characterized by your cervix beginning to open and mild, irregular contractions. This first stage is the longest of the three stages and is actually split into two separate phases: early labor and active labor. Labor begins when you start having contractions, allowing the baby to move into the birth canal. There’s three stages to labor and delivery: Related: 10 of the Quickest Ways to go into Labor Overnight The Different Stages of Laborīefore I dive into all the signs that labor is close, I’d like to make sure you understand what the different stages of labor are. I literally couldn’t wait to give birth! So I spent the last 2 weeks of pregnancy over-analyzing anything that was happening to me and my body, trying natural ways to induce labor and hoping for a glimpse of hope that labor was approaching soon. Not to mention I was excited to meet our second daughter. Read our guide if you’re wondering how to calculate delivery date or the start point and number of weeks. Plus I was also starting to get quite worried that I would get to 42 weeks and would be pressured into being induced. I could hardly sleep and my back was starting to hurt quite a lot. I gave birth at 40 weeks + 1 day and I remember being so uncomfortable the last couple of weeks of pregnancy. If you are 9 months pregnant and close to your due date, I bet you can’t wait for labor to start now and finally give birth to the (not so little anymore) baby growing inside of you □ ![]() Are you pregnant and approaching your due day and wondering what are all the signs that labor is 24 to 48 hours away? ![]()
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