Labor Signs and the Start of Labor

Pregnancy Podcast

Vanessa Merten

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.5 • 970 Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

When you have made it through most of your pregnancy and are in the final stretch, you enter the waiting game of waiting to go into labor. This can be nerve-racking for two reasons. First, you do not know when you will go into labor. Second, you may not know how to tell that you genuinely have started labor and that it isn't just a false alarm. There is a typical path that all labor follows, but the signs of labor, when they happen, and how you experience them will be unique. This episode/article covers labor signs to look out for as you get closer to your due date, what to do in early labor, and when to contact your doctor or midwife.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the pregnancy podcast with Vanessa Merton.
0:07.0	Hello, thank you for tuning into the pregnancy podcast. In today's episode we're talking
0:17.0	about labor signs and the start of labor. So when you've made it through most of your
0:21.9	pregnancy and you're in that final stretch,
0:24.4	you go into the waiting game of waiting to go into labor.
0:27.8	And this can be nerve-wracking for a couple of reasons.
0:30.8	First, you don't know exactly when you're going to go into labor, and second, you may not
0:36.1	know how to tell that you have genuinely started labor and that it isn't just a false alarm. There is a typical path that all labor follows, but the signs of
0:47.2	labor, when they happen, or how you experience them is going to be unique for you.
0:53.0	So in this episode, we're going to cover the labor signs that you should be looking out for
0:57.4	as you get closer to your due date, what you should actually be doing in early labor, and when to contact your doctor midwife or head to the
1:06.1	hospital or birth center. You can find the complete article and all of the resources for this
1:12.1	episode at P podcast.com slash
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1:45.2	to a digital copy of the Your Birth Plan book.
1:48.1	That walks you step by step on how
1:50.4	to create a plan for the birth experience that you want.
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