Stomach bug cramping or labor contractions?

I think it was the stomach flu. I had it when I was pregnant with my DS and also had contractions becoz  I was getting dehydrated from the constant throwing up and diarhea. Glad you are feeling better.

See, I told ya...lol. Your bowel and uterus are not connected at all (thank heaven...lol) but when the bowel is irritated, it can cause sympathetic contractions with the uterus.....sending a false message that makes you produce the hormones that cause contractions.  They may never have gotten a pattern and may not have lasted long, but it looks like it did SOME work.  All that icky feeling at least got you a jump start on your labor.  I bet you will not go another 3 weeks.  Maybe a week....(I'll cross my fingers for you).  Read up on the primrose oil capsules.  They will help your cervix to thin out and the baby to engage.  It wont speed anything up unless its time, but it will make your labor easier in the end by preping the cervix even more....good luck.

Hope your Christmas was nice today.

Primrose oil did nothing for me in my last pregnancy.  I inserted them everynight for over a week.  Nothing.  I ended up needing induced at a week over due because my amniotic fluid was running low.  I hated the way the oil would leak out of me during the night and end up on the sheets etc.  My pajamas smelled like it even after being washed as that oil stuck on for a long time.  Its not really a stinky smell but it just annoyed me because it didn't do a stinking thing.  When they induced me I wasn't even barely dilated and not even really thinned or anything.  I have the most stubborn children or something.  Overdue with all 3/4 times induced post dates.