prodrome

So if someone has the three Ps, and that, that stands for posture, so he was stood up, um, so he's got one of the Ps.

Prodrome, and I would say he would have typical prodrome for syncope.

Uh, but the third P is provoking factor, and he doesn't really have that.

Why would you be, why would you be prone to fainting if you had just stood up in the kitchen making a cup of tea? So he didn't have that third P, so he probably does warrant, um, further investigation.

So, like, days before I actually went into labor, I was dealing with prodromal labor.

I think that's what it's called.

Prodromal, yeah.

Prodromal, yeah.

And so I just didn't know if this was the real thing, but that night it was, like, 7:00 or 8:00 PM where things were definitely, like, picking up.

I noticed that my contractions, though, were, like, not, you know, three minutes apart.

There are four stages to a migraine attack.

Prodrome, which is the early leading stage, can take several days.

It has more emotional reactions, has things like having to pee all the time, um, anxiety, mood swings, all that kind of stuff you find more in prodrome.

And an aura.

Thank you for asking me to be here.

I'm very excited to talk to you because we're talking about prodromal labor, which I feel is like this chupacabra that nobody really understands out there.

So prodromal labor is something that people hear the words and then it's kind of like a, well, what does that really mean? So do you want to kind of lay of the land for people who are like prodromal what?

Well, for most people, prodromal labor is the start and stop labor pattern that they have contractions at night.

If we're talking about the people who are going to have the baby, they start, they stop.

You think this is labor and then they fall asleep and wake up in the morning and it's gone.

And so somewhere...

This has been borrowed and applied to labor.

I'm Trish, hopefully your very favorite labor and delivery nurse.

I was a labor and delivery nurse for 16 years, a mom of seven, and today we're breaking down prodromal labor, 'cause it is a real pain in the booty.

Today's episode is for you if you have been up all night googling, "Is this real labor?" and have landed on 100 different answers, none of which actually helped you know what to do.

And if you're pregnant and you don't know what prodromal labor is, this is for you as well.

Here's what's extra frustrating about prodromal labor.

The contractions are real.

They are not Braxton Hicks, and they're not in your head, and they're not nothing.

Like, if you ever played a record player and it would, it would sit there hopping, that's what your body is doing.