Prodromal Labor And Precipitous Labor

Do you know about the two P's of labor?⠀
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𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿 - Labor that stops and starts before active labor begins.

Labor patterns can be consistent for hours and then goes away. Usually it is not progressing dilation. This can happen for hours, days or even weeks.
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𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝘆? 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
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𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰: ⠀
• 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘁/𝗡𝗮𝗽
• 𝗘𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘀𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀⠀
• 𝗚𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸⠀⠀
• 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀⠀
• 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘅𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀⠀

𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿- Labor is 3 hrs or less.⠀
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A sudden onset of labor. Contractions are immediately consistent. The intensity is high and can be difficult to cope with.⠀
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𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝘆? 𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗠𝗼𝗺 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝘀.
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𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰:⠀
•𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲⠀
•𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀⠀
•𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗶𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 ⠀
•𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟵-𝟭-𝟭 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗱⠀

Both of these types of labors can be difficult. There could be many factors and often we won’t know why it happens.

While they are both physically challenging, it can be even more mentally challenging. Having tools and techniques to rely on can help you during these unpredictable labors.