@tericah2013 okay thank you

my contractions started after my water broke i got to the hospital 15 minutes later and my contractions were a minute apart stayed in labor for 4 hours ...so I'd say just call your hospital when you think you're in labor

@roth1321 thank you they haven't given me a number to call but I'm sure they will

I know there are a lot of rules but my best advice is when you think you might be in labor call the doctor or hospital or wherever they tell you to call...I just had my 2nd and my contractions never really got consistent and they definitely didn’t follow
Any rule and by the time I got to the hospital I had my daughter 30 minute later! It was a very close call, and the only reason I decided to go was something the nurse told me - if they get stronger, and I really only had one really painful one where I decided OK I need to go now, otherwise they were very sporadic and barely any lasted longer than 30-45 seconds.

@morganv716, Any time😊

@coralinesmommy thank you so much

If you’ve waited until they are a min apart, then you’re having that baby at home! Haha. 5-1-1 rule; when contractions come every 5 minutes, each lasting a full minute, and have been that way for an hour is most common.

For me they felt like very bad period cramps that you can’t talk through. Usually when they are 3-5 minutes you should go to the hospital, but first call L&D and see what they want you to do. They told me to drink 30oz of ice cold water, wait 30 minutes, then call back if the contractions were still consistent.