u/bbyuri_

I will be getting induced next Thursday, starting cytotec Wednesday evening and doing that overnight at the hospital. Im a FTM so im super nervous and this is all new to me. I have been walking as much as I can physically stand, and just started drinking raspberry leaf tea. I wasn’t dilated at all at my last appointment at 37 weeks and 2 days, but my cervix was low and softened. I’d ideally like to go into labor naturally, or at least make a little more progress as far as dilation and maybe making labor a little easier!

Currently 34+3 and oh my god it feels like someone falcon punched me in the vag for an hour. It’s worse when I’m sitting or standing, but laying down doesn’t give me much relief. Is this a normal thing? My OB doesn’t seem too concerned about it but it’s making just getting up and walking to the bathroom an entire painful feat. I haven’t heard of this pregnancy symptom so I’m honestly not even sure if it’s a normal thing since baby is obviously getting bigger and starting to get lower. She is head down but has been practically my entire pregnancy. But it literally feels like I’m being torn apart!