Something I’ve been meaning to write about for a while… Prodromal Labor. It used to be called “false labor” but there is nothing false about it. They are real contractions, they just usually aren’t making a ton of progress. I had prodromal labor for several days before the “active” contractions started. It’s really frustrating because it doesn’t seem like anything is happening, you can’t sleep, and it feels like it will keep going forever, and the thought of it getting worse is completely inconceivable.
But it does end, it does progress into “active” contractions, and eventually, the baby does come! The thing to remember is just that there is nothing false about prodromal labor, and it does end… eventually.