AM I IN LABOR?! Potential and Sure Signs of Labour

[@raunwyncotogna4732]

42+ y’all. Been cramping for weeks, been walking around 4cm dilated for over a week and lost my mucus plug with bloody show around a week or two ago. We’ve checked on baby and he is so healthy he just needed more time. We are inducing in 2 days if he doesn’t come on his own. ❤

[@MrsMuffin11]

Good luck!

[@PrincessJmac2BabyGal]

Hope All Went Well For You And Baby Mama Enduced Labor Or Not / That Everyone Is Healthy & Pitch Perfect! 💕💕💕

[@truthandbeautyco]

How did it?

[@jenwylie4093]

I had my son. My water broke while I was having a bath. I had no Braxton hicks. I just went into full active labour so I was in denial how quick it was happening. I called my midwife. She said I wasn't ready yet, but she headed over to check on me. In the hour it took to visit me, I was almost ready to push. I totally was not expecting that. I ended up having my son after 3 hours of active labour. I still think it's crazy and wonder how quick a second baby would be.

[@taylorswf23]

My second was born after only two total hours of any contractions at all to birth. If you truly believe your body navigates labor quickly, don’t mess around with that second baby 😂 he ended up being born in the car

[@pv650]

You were able to tell your water broke in the shower? I'm afraid I will not notice or not notice if I'm in my pool 😂

[@amaliarc575]

It’s there something you did during your pregnancy that you think it may have helped?

[@jenwylie4093]

@@amaliarc575 I saw a video that said eating dates helps speed up labor. I don't like the flavour, so I blended up 3 every day in a smoothie for the last trimester. I like to believe that sped up my labor. I have never had cramps for my period, so my midwife told me I was probably having contractions that I just didn't feel until I was in full on labor.

[@amaliarc575]

@@jenwylie4093 thanks for replying! I also never have cramps during my period, praying to have a fast delivery like you 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻haha

[@egr3071]

I’m 40+3 today 🥴 I haven’t experienced anything except some mild cramping. I might opt for a cervical exam at my appt on Wednesday. It’s hard being patient but all in God’s timing.

[@TheVitrolinha]

How did it?

[@jessicamhernandezz]

Perfect timing! I’m 39 weeks 4 days pregnant with my 3rd baby. My first two births I was induced so I’ve never experienced an unmediated birth. I’m praying I get the opportunity this time to go unmedicated and have a low intervention birth. Thank you for all of your videos!

[@truthandbeautyco]

How did it go?

[@jessicamhernandezz]

@@truthandbeautyco I was able to go unmedicated 🙏🏼 I almost gave in but thankfully I had great support who encouraged me to keep going ❤️

[@haleymeixl2500]

I’m a mom of two. My first labor had to be induced. The second time around the day of I was supposed to be induced I went into labor and I didn’t know. I just thought I was crampy. I ended up going into labor minutes after and had an encaul birth. It was magical.

[@megankudzia2246]

I’m 29 weeks with my third and this makes so much sense about “false labor” - I had Braxton Hicks but they were very chill with my first. Second baby, had on-and-off pre-labor for two weeks, including one fake-out trip to triage, where they told me there was no dilation or effacement and cervix was totally posterior. I was disappointed - I had been so sure it was real labor! In hindsight it makes total sense that baby just wasn’t engaged yet - he was still a bit high when labor finally started for real about a week later. Thanks Bridget for all your content, it is so helpful!

[@MrsMuffin11]

36 weeks tomorrow! Perfect timing! Love all the pregnant mommas in the comment section! Good luck to you all! 🩷♥️🩵

[@TheVitrolinha]

How was your labor?

[@MrsMuffin11]

@TheVitrolinha oh my gosh, I forgot I left this comment! Love that 😂 So I had zero signs of labor up until my water broke at 11:50pm on Christmas Eve. 17.5 hour labor. I was feeling solid until around 10am, then I couldn't find any comfortable positions, and was in sooo much pain during contractions. I never felt the up and down part, I went from very little pain, to extreme pain, and then right back to very little pain in between contractions. I went all natural and actually declined having an IV at all, or even a line put in, "just in case". Had to sign some paperwork in case there was an emergency and they couldn't find a vein blah blah blah. That was probably my best decision, because I ended up wanting an epidural 5 separate times but my mom helped talk me off of that ledge each time. The natural pain relief your body gives you with a natural labor is insane, there were many contractions where I felt high as a kite and could barely see. Between contractions I was laughing and smiling and talking. 🤪 It was the hardest, worst pain I've ever experienced, I would definitely equate it to breaking bones, but it was all so worth it and I would not change a single thing. My daughter is 11 months and the light of my and my husband's life. 🩷 hope that answered your question 😁😂

[@TheVitrolinha]

@@MrsMuffin11 oh, that was so intense! Thank you very much for sharing! ♡

[@sarahpercival1046]

39 weeks with my first and I've been loving watching and re-watching your videos! They've been hugely confidence building, I'm so grateful!! Thank you for all that you do. Not much happening so far so I'm just patiently playing the waiting game and hoping for a calm, low intervention birth!! Excited to do what my body is built to do!

[@MrsMuffin11]

@@sarahpercival1046 how did everything go?

[@Beavercountyrancher]

Bridget is a birth care professional that literally every mama needs. So thankful you put genuine content out that speaks TRUTH

[@elizabethphillips200]

39+2 weeks pregnant with my first! So happy to have this lovely lady to help me along😌

[@SavPMA]

37 weeks tomorrow, this video came out at the perfect time!

[@stephjose9401]

38+5 with baby number 2. My first came 8 days early so we are expecting this one any day!!!

[@nicolebusse5734]

I’m a doula and I find it’s a lot harder with most first time moms to “know” when they’re in labor. Mostly because it’s very common to have start and stop contractions over the course of a few days or even a week before “real labor” starts. This usually surprises my couples because they just assume once they feel a contraction, it means labor has started and baby will be born that day or the next. So I spend A LOT of time going over early labor and what it can look like!

[@Bwoood]

This would have been so helpful for me to know with my first. I was "labouring" for 8 hours at home before I went to the hospital and got pressured into oxytocin because I wasn't progressing past 4cm. It was horrible and ended up as a c section 17 hours later. I wished they would have just sent me home from the beginning being I was only 37 weeks. Part of it was my fault for not educating myself but I think it's so important for providers to be loud about this fact.

[@nicolebusse5734]

@@Bwoood That happens a lot unfortunately! Women aren’t in active labor until around 6cm…so anything before that is just early labor and can start and stop often before really getting going. A lot of times the job of those irregular early contractions is to help turn baby into the optimal position to fully enter the pelvis and they are also thinning out or effacing your cervix so that when active labor starts, your cervix can dilate and open.

[@lisashurrock]

We’re due on Tuesday!! We’re 39 weeks 2 days and so excited to meet our son! However, we are committed to no cervical checks or any other interventions AT ALL unless baby or mama is no longer safe and it’s medically necessary. That would not be the norm.

[@lisashurrock]

Update : we went to 42 + 3 and nothingggg went as planned. Baby is here safe & sound. 🙏 It was tough💙

[@JubbysDragons]

😩 I'm hoping to not have cervical checks or anything. I just want to walk in and birth him out and leave

[@taylorswf23]

I walked around for four weeks at 3cm! It totally messed with my mind. Then he ended up being born after a precipitous labor- first contraction to baby was 2 hours. I’ll be declining cervical checks this time (my third baby) so I’m not so I’m not playing those mind games.

[@rachelshin5469]

I starting dilating at 34 week pregnant. At 35 weeks I lost my mucus plug, had bloody show, dilated to 2cm, 75-80% effaced, and cramping. My doctor said i will have the baby within a week or 2 or it could be any day. P.S. This is my seconds child and i was induced with my first. I'm hoping to have this baby without being induced.

[@nyx5743]

Great timing, first time mom and im 39 weeks and two days along 😊 Have read many books, bought your course but its hard to comprehend the unknown!

[@ParapluieDeFeu]

We must have the same due date! I was having contractions at regular intervals yesterday morning but it fizzled out into nothing. Now I’m bouncing on my birth ball just hoping for things to get moving. I’d really prefer not to go beyond 40 weeks 😭

[@nyx5743]

@@ParapluieDeFeuGod bless and good luck! Ive only had Braxton Hicks so far, wouldnt mind a Thanksgiving baby 🥰

[@beeragan7987]

Aww I’m also 39 and 2 today!

[@sakurafan000]

Funny, same here. First time mom, 39+2 along. And it's so hard to wait. It's like you have an exam ahead of you that's really important and you have prepared and studied for so long and want do it right, but you don't know when the test will start. I wish you a blessed rest of your pregnacy and a natural and beautiful birth ♡

[@nyx5743]

How cool, I’d be curious to know when y‘all deliver! God bless and hope your birth experiences are everything you hope for 💕

[@jessicacapps4626]

I am also 31 weeks pregnant. Thank you for the video 😊

[@youtubenaam]

Perfect timing! I'm 40+4 today and my belly is feeling weird and questionable 😂

[@adeebazia5371]

38 week and was wondering for so long that baby was born at home 😢

[@kelseycarpenter9048]

This was the exact info I was needing!!! Thank you so much, Bridget!

[@toni3546]

Am 37 weeks and 5 days. This is my first baby at 37 years. I hope to reach 40 or 42 weeks, then naturally go into labour. But i have read that anything after week 38 is a perfectly baked baby😊. So, praying for God's will to be done🙏🏽

[@aishu247]

Is your doctor okay with you waiting until 42 weeks especially since yours would be considered high risk due to age? I'm 34 but my doc recommends not waiting past 41 weeks due to other complications like baby pooping inside..

[@toni3546]

@@aishu247 No, he said we should induce if I reach the 41st week..

[@krystalfaith]

Hi! I'm also 37 weeks and 5 days along! Also my first baby! I'm waiting to hit 38 weeks and then hope baby comes soon naturally. I have high sugar so it's risky keeping baby in for too long. I am praying for a natural delivery rather than induced. Trusting in God and His sovereign will. Praying you will be blessed with a safe and enjoyable childbirth and a healthy baby ❤

[@toni3546]

@@krystalfaith thank you. I wish you the same. The reason I also want to go past 38 weeks is that I have been lucky to have an easy pregnancy. I still hike 3 times a week for 30 mins and go for walks 5 times a week. My sister-in-law believes this baby will come earlier than 40 weeks because am active. But doc says being active only serves to make Labour easier and not come sooner!

[@hannahlawson1039]

42 week babies do perfectly fine and not over baked lol I think a lot of docs just get impatient. Baby will do what baby needs :) trust your baby and your body. Best of luck to you 🙏

[@stellagriffith3696]

With my second baby my water broke in a huge gush and had him within 40 minutes

[@mariaawheredidyougo]

So helpful!

[@workingdogslog3442]

I had a bloody show and contractions are noticeable but far apart. I went to work and did farm chores all day 😂

[@maariaahmed]

I've gotten all the soft signs at 34 weeks. Im not sure if it's too early to get them

[@adriiisoccer]

I got lots of these soft signs at 33 weeks and am now at 37. I was even at risk for preterm. I was freaking out but made it another 4 weeks. You should be fine!

[@maariaahmed]

@@adriiisoccer You're right everything is fine so far. I'm 36 weeks tomorrow

[@jbb8261]

Basically, it could be or it couldn’t be so don’t even worry about anything 🤦🏾‍♀️ 😢

[@ap3008]

39 weeks pregnant here…I’m still waiting. Tomorrow we’ll be discussing with OB options. Also, I can’t decide between vaginal birth or C-section…aaah… Also, I had Braxton Hicks since 17 weeks and sometimes as often as 15 times a day…

[@natashajayne4431]

Is a cervical check necessary near the end before pushing still, though? Thanks

[@jbb8261]

Cervical checks are _never_ necessary. Even in labor. Plenty of women have babies safely without them

[@aymeesretep8754]

I have found a check helpful personally in transition because it helps to know when i am conplete and the midwvfe hss been able to help reduce a cervical lip so that i could push baby out faster. For me this was helpful but i also was told to push when i didnt yet havw the urge to and im not sure if that was good advixe or not. Still i have had 8 successful healthy home births so cant complain!

[@BhBh-gf8kk]

Ahh I’m 31 weeks pregnant as well! Will u be sharing a birth vlog? 😁

[@fahimaomar8011]

Love you’re videos 🥰I’m 38 weeks pregnant.

[@topasanyango8669]

Same to me too at 38. Sometimes I notice cramp.

[@alessiawilson9186]

Me too! 38 weeks today. Haven't had much cramping yet. Love Bridgets videos! They have helped so much!

[@abbyoller2884]

37 weeks and 4 days! So excited to meet our little guy. 🥲Last Wednesday I was 2 cm, 60% effaced and a bishop Score of 9. I think on Thursday they’ll strip my membranes. They were going to induce for gestational diabetes. 😕 So excited! ☺️

[@UmaJaiswalArtist]

38 week baby weight already 3.3 as per sonography, i m getting oneside back pain. is it pain of labour?

[@josie9583]

Hey im 31 weeks too!! Congrats 1/16 ❤

[@CuriosityDissociated]

Hello! My love is 16 wks pregnant, and I am trying to learn all I can. Does any one have recommendations for resources?

[@aymeesretep8754]

Dr christophers birth prep, Christian hypnobirthing, find a good doula for support. Bradley method and massage therapy, webster chiropractic all help a lot. Also bridget taylpr has many good videos,much good info!

[@bradleydnbwnba1]

When is it too late to do the built to birth course?

[@jbb8261]

After you had your baby 😂

[@josie9583]

With my 1st i was unsure it was labor but my son was born 45 mins after i got tp the hospital. For my 2nd i waited to go because i didnt want to be in labor so long at the hospital lol. Well he was born at home. Well see abojt baby #3😂 what she decides

[@stellagriffith3696]

26 weeks 3rd baby lost mucus plug at 22 weeks Started Braxton hicks at 22 weeks 3cm dialated

[@nicolemillard]

I hope you and baby are doing well!

[@kaminikorjani3436]

Hi Team I have made the payment for the course online on your website but till now I have not received any email for login .I have also send the payment proff on your email provided on website. Either provide login email or refund the amount.

[@BridgetTeyler]

Hey Kamini! I sent you an email yesterday. Please check it out and let me know if you are able to get access!

[@Outlook_Expeditions]

Y’all…. Please go to the hospital RIGHT away if you have herpes 2. You need to be monitored the entire time. I feel like this is a serious exception

[@sharissanelson7111]

Do you think I could get through L&D with just the Built to Birth course and everything else provided with that, or should I still try to get a doula? A doula is just VERY expensive here in northern California ($2300+) and I'm hoping I can prepare my body and my husband for birth in lieu of a doula... The hospital I'm delivering at is well known for the amazing nurses and midwives there and they fully support natural births. They also sometimes will have volunteer doulas but it is not guaranteed.

[@jessicaserquinia4168]

On my third baby and I don’t think a doula is necessary as long as your husband is ready to be a support person! Everyone is different but my husband and nurses got me through just fine. You could also considering giving birth with a midwife at a birthing center rather than the hospital. This is my first at a birthing center but it’s guaranteed I will be with the midwife I’ve been seeing this entire time, with only her and one other midwife. They will be as involved or not involved as I want them to be and work somewhat as a doula if I want. It’s covered by most insurances too!

[@rebekahboswell6430]

I had the same thoughts with my first and opted for just built to birth course and my husband who i made study up on all of her cheat sheets offered with the course. He was plenty supportive and I didn't feel like I was missing anything by not having a doula. The nurses didn't support me much at all tbh.

[@Falastheen002]

You may see mucus plug . Doesn't the mean labout isnt gonna begin asap. This will come out as progresses 2. Bloody show end of pregnancy Little blood discharge Alot of blood is a sign of something wrong so notify care provider. 3. Dilation or effacement Cervical exam midwife checks how soft it is etc. But this number 3 dont mean nothing for labour If not dilated it dont matter until ur in actual labour 4. Baby dropping Whem baby drops ot means settljng derper in pelvis. Makes breathing easier at the end of pregnancy. 5. Achy period like cramps This is just soft hint labout may start but not definit. ■■■■■ 1. Water breaks If this happens before conttaxtions , the c will begin within 24 hours. Water may be a gish of water or trickle . So keep hydrated alot . Hospital says come in straight away. They should tell u to monitor urself. And chance of infections. The more exams u get where midwife puts finger in u when water breaks and increases the chance of infection. Labour is around the corner when water breaks. Dont rush to hospital Rest and stay home at beginning of labour. Earliest time to go hospital is when contractions are 5 mins apart , lasting 1 minute over the course of 1 hour. If 1st time momma when its 3 to 4 mins apart then go hospital. Going hospital early will cause interventions ■dont focus on your contractions too early.

[@rosadewitt9741]

I am a normal man who is pregnant