When did active labor start after early labor began?

I'm 35 weeks and went to l&d yesterday for some pressure and lower back ache and they picked up many contractions I didn't even know I was contracting, a few of them felt like small period cramps though, then they did a cervical check and I was 1 cm dialated. The contractions have been on and off, some I feel, others not so much. When did things start to pick up for you? I hate not knowing lol. I do have a history of short cervix (no cervclage) though so I'm thinking that might speed things along.
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I felt my first contraction at around 5:30am. The times between them were random and not consistent because his back was facing towards my back. (Baby’s back should be facing outwards). He ended up in the correct position which helped my labour go quicker and I went into active labour around 10pm that night dilating from 3cm to 10cm in like an hour

@Myah oh wow that's pretty quick! ❤️ it's the next day for me and they are getting a tiny but stronger but not much :/ I feel them mainly in my back

I was having back labour too because of his positioning! Maybe try kneeling forward with belly tilting down, having it slightly higher than your head and arms to see if maybe that’ll help speed things up if baby is in the same position as mine was. It’s very common for that to happen! Hopefully all that made sense 😂 idk how else to explain it

@Myah yeah that makes sense!❤️ I'll definitely try it, I do not want back labor oh lord 😅❤️

With my son I was in early labour for 4 days

12 hours for me. My early labour started at contractions every 10 minutes for 3 hours then went to 1 every 5 minutes for 9 hours. Then active labour was 1 every 3 minutes

Was 1cm dilated with tightenings shown on the monitor for about 2.5 weeks before I finally went into labour

Currently in a similar position and been in early labour/ prodromol labour for 4 days now. The doctor i seen at the hospital said this could be a long process with active labour still potentially weeks away x

Water broke at 3:30, active labor started at 7 and baby was born at 8

2.5 weeks for me 😭😭 soo dreadful Literally would go to L&D about 4 times and would get sent home because I was stuck at 2.5 cm the contractions we’re doing nothing. . Day of my labor I got sent home again because i was still at 2.5cm only to return 3hours later and ended up being 6cm. Only was in active labor for about 4.5 hours , pushed her out in under an hour.

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