Question for those at the very end (or already gave birth) - TMI

OK so I'm pretty "regular" if you know what I mean. I go once a day when I get home from work. Well the last 2 days I go every few hours. Its not loose or anything but constant. Is it just from the pressure? Have any of you experienced this at the end? It's quite annoying!

Re: Question for those at the very end (or already gave birth) - TMI

totally normal. It's the pressure and the fact that there isn't much room down there for anything but baby!

ETA: it's also your body preparing for childbirth. For some reason your body knows it's coming and makes sure you're "empty".

Message edited 11/10/2006 9:56:43 AM.

Re: Question for those at the very end (or already gave birth) - TMI

The day's leading up to Andrew's birth I was going a lot more. Then it became TMI, loose.

And boom the day it became that way he was born

Re: Question for those at the very end (or already gave birth) - TMI

I agree with the others...the day of the night I went into labor with my first, I almost had an "accident" in the grocery store...I had to try to find the bathroom without running. I stayed rather regular and not a hint of constipation throughout. That day, I had this random and brief bout with very loose you-know-what. I should've known....14 hours later, I was a mommy.

The big signs of "it's time" for me were:

*I lost a pound from week 37-38 visit [she was born the day before my 39 week visit was scheduled for]

*My belly shrunk a solid inch [but the nurse, thinking on the "it's the first baby, it's going to be late" mentality just fudged the records so my dr. didn't know/notice

*the potty incident mentioned above

*the evening I went into labor, I scrubbed the kitchen for about 2 hours. now i swear i told myself to do it in hopes it would put me in labor as i was desperate to get the baby out...but i'm beginning to think mother nature made me sub-consciously want to do it but tricked me into thinking it was my idea!

Re: Question for those at the very end (or already gave birth) - TMI

My friend also had this as s ymptom when she went into labor and she had never had this through the whole pregnancy

Re: Question for those at the very end (or already gave birth) - TMI

Posted by snuggleupagus

The big signs of "it's time" for me were:

*I lost a pound from week 37-38 visit [she was born the day before my 39 week visit was scheduled for]

*My belly shrunk a solid inch [but the nurse, thinking on the "it's the first baby, it's going to be late" mentality just fudged the records so my dr. didn't know/notice

*the potty incident mentioned above

*the evening I went into labor, I scrubbed the kitchen for about 2 hours. now i swear i told myself to do it in hopes it would put me in labor as i was desperate to get the baby out...but i'm beginning to think mother nature made me sub-consciously want to do it but tricked me into thinking it was my idea!

Re: Question for those at the very end (or already gave birth) - TMI

Yes, I got this for about 2 weeks before I went into labor.

Re: Question for those at the very end (or already gave birth) - TMI

The day I went into labor I went 4 times that day so I knew he was coming. It was an intresting feeling going to the bathroom while having a contraction.

Re: Question for those at the very end (or already gave birth) - TMI

well I'm still here, still no contractions - so I guess I just had a lot in me!!