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Can labor contractions start and then stop, and what does this mean?

Woke up at 4am with labor contractions and they were building up for several hours in severity. This is my second child and I thought for sure it was go time as with my daughter 12 hours later I had her with the same symptoms.

I am about 5 days away from my due date. Should I expect things to pick up again soon?

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  • jlb
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    It is very normal for contractions to start and stop during early labor. They might start again in a few hours or maybe not for a few days. There really is no way to know.

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