Here’s what the experts say you should be on the lookout for.
But one thing is definite, early labor will begin within hours of your water breaking."
In other words, if your water breaks, it’s time to head to the hospital.
Your hunger and fatigue go away
You may think that giving birth would make you ravenous.
After all, your body is doing a lot of tough physical work.
Stephanie Romero, OB/GYN, toldSplinterthat’s not the case.
You don’t get hungry and you don’t want to eat."
Despite your body working so hard to push out your baby, you won’t get tired, either.
You get contractions
Contractions are one of the more well-known parts of the labor process.
When you go into labor, your uterus contracts and starts pushing your baby out.
Contractions are painful, but they’re necessary to bring your baby into the world.
These early contractions, known as Braxton-Hicks contractions, aren’t actually a sign of labor.
Instead, they’re getting your body ready for the labor that is coming in the future.
In fact, one of the first signs you’re having contractions is back pain.
You may also feel back pain that’s unrelated to contractions.
But in some cases the baby descends with its skull hitting the mom’s spine."
One of those fluids is mucus.
As you get closer to delivering, the mucus plug will loosen and separate from the cervix."
If it doesn’t come out before labor, a lot of mucus will definitely come out during labor.
It’s just lots and lots of mucus in the cervix that gets discharged and discharged and discharged.
It looks like you blew your nose out of your vagina."
Gross, I know.
But it’s all part of the beautiful process of bringing a baby into the world.
But don’t worry blood loss is perfectly normal.
More blood also comes out when you push the placenta out after you give birth.
It then thins out and dilates to let your baby’s head pass through from the uterus.
Dr. Romero toldSplinter,that during this time it’s almost like the cervix disappears.
After labor, the cervix magically returns to its previous tiny shape.
Are you wondering how that feels?
She also shared that sitting in a warm tub can help swelling and pain subside.
Then your uterus will begin to contract to its pre-pregnancy size.
Even though it’s painful, your uterus contracting is actually a good thing.
