How To Sleep Through Early Labor

Keep yourself occupied while conserving your energy.

How to sleep through early labor. If you can sleep through your early contractions even better as you ll get some much needed rest to prepare you for birth and while you re asleep your cervix will start to dilate. Drink plenty of water and eat small snacks. The first of the three stages of labor called the latent phase is usually the longes. Joseph medical center tells romper.

It s the time when things start happening. Early labour may feel like backache aching in your lower tummy cramps or low intensity contractions. It is possible to sleep through labor most commonly early labor catherine sewell m d chief of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at st. You could be in labour for some time and the more energy you can save the better.

Depending on how strong it feels take one or two paracetamol and rest. A note about baths. This is it and you more than likely are so ready to get the party started you also are probably feeling a million other emotions as well anxiety nervousness excitement maybe you re freaking out uncertainty relieved scared essentially you re feeling every emotion at once. Premature or preterm labor can be very distressing and most parents are unprepared for this situation.

However do not take a bath in early labor if your goal is to get labor moving along. Being immersed in warm water in early labor can slow down or stop your contractions. If you feel you need to get some rest before active labor begins taking a bath may help you relax enough to sleep. Unless labor is cut short by a c section all women go through labor the first stage of childbirth.

However there are ways to help prevent preterm labor in women who are at high risk. Take a shower. Early active and transitional. Both my children were born early so never went to 40 weeks and didn t experience a prolonged early labor had babies within 36 hours of first contraction with this baby lost the mucous plug on sunday and it s wednesday morning now have had contractions that last 40 secs every 15 20 minutes since sunday was getting frustrated and ready to be augmented tomorrow but now am thinking about it.

Keep track of the time of your contractions. Thankfully it s also the least intense by far. You begin telling yourself finally. Try the following tips to ease you through this stage.

Early labour often feels like waves of period pain or lower backache. There are also treatments that may be able to slow or stop preterm labor if contractions begin prematurely before 37 weeks gestation. Try sleeping or resting.