@dee2115, they are painful for the first 30 seconds, then the pain gets a bit manageable and fades away at the end (50 seconds to 1 min), but they are coming 8 or 10 mins apart so I think it’s too soon yet. I can walk them out but I walk like a grandma 😂. My water hasn’t broken yet, I have no discharge at all (I check every time I pee), so yeah I’m gonna wait it out. It just seems my early labor will be longer than normal. Hopefully tonight or tomorrow morning I’ll be hospital-ready! I’d rather be over 4cms than too short and have them send me home. Plus my OBGYN told me on my two previous appointments (last one was Tuesday 12) that my cervix was “long and closed” not even a tiny bit dilated, so... I just have to suck it up for now

Can you walk and talk through them? Mine were horrible but I still thought they were inconsistent so I waited until I was in tears..well I got to the hospital at 8cms and they were rushing to get my epidural in time. So if they’re super painful, go in.