Also, visit a healthcare professional about your period if: 1  You havenât gotten your first period by age 15. 2  You donât menstruate for more than 90 days. 3  Your periods start to be very irregular after having previously been regular. 4  Your period lasts for more than seven days. 5  Your menstrual flow is more heavy than usual.
This stage continues until your baby passes through the birth canal, vagina, and is born. This stage may last two hours or longer. Contractions may feel different from the first stage of labor -- they will slow to 2 to 5 minutes apart and last from about 60 to 90 seconds. You will feel a strong urge to push with your contractions.
Strong contractions every 5 minutes for an hour. Contractions that you are unable to walk through. A noticeable change in your baby's movement, or if you feel less than 10 movements every 2 hours. Any symptoms of true labor contractions if you are not yet 37 weeks.