V, Singapore

Currently at 39 weeks and 2 days now. Had a membrane sweep yesterday at the clinic and was 1cm dilated and I think I lost my mucus plug today at around 10AM. Kept having irregular contractions every 10 minutes for an hour then stops in another hour then continues to have it again in another hour. It's painful like our monthly dysmenorrhea and is having backaches. Should I wait for a bloody show or my water breaking before heading to the hospital? And wait for contractions every 5 mins? What to do while waiting? Since I'm planning to have an epidural, the anesthesiologist won't reject giving me a shot if I'm having my contractions every 5 mins, right? #FirstTimeMommy #advice

I'm going to make a post about my progress as of today: Currently 38 weeks + 4 days~ Last checkup at 38w: Still not dilated Dates ✅ (at least 6pcs/day) Raspberry leaf tea ✅ (2x a day, started today) Pineapple juice ✅ (after meals) Labour inducing exercises: 1. https://youtu.be/PmwRWTr4zuk 2. https://youtu.be/pxACsE_bH-Y 3. Walking for 1km everyday (the distance my body can handle) 4. Swimming once a week + stretching in the water We're ready to greet our LO but a bit anxious as well hahaha. Any more suggestions on inducing labor? ❌❌ No spam or any irrelevant comments please. ❌❌ #pregnancy #advice #firsttimemom #FTM