DS1 contractions started 6.30 am (Xmas Day ) born 03.44 Boxing Day

DD2 contractions started 4.00 am, born 07.35 am ! (Managed to get to hospital with 50 mins to spare )

DS3 contractions on and off from 5.30 am stopping and starting all day born 11.59 pm

Good Luck - Hope you get a civlised time of day, or at least plenty of warning!

yep you did but i then forgot. i decided to change my name to something different about a year ago.
ok(ish) better than nothing... thinking of you xx

hi there beforesunrise, I always wondered if you changed your username here - I did tell you mine didn't I? I thought I had.
Am ok(ish). xx

ds didn't - not with some serious prodding and a full dose of syntocin drip!
dd - had show etc first thing in the morning and mild cramps all day, so my mum was here for the day and night when I went in at 3.45am (dd born at 4.30am - woo-hoo!).

OK, slept on this and I know what's bothering me. Since losing parents I've had to be self-sufficient. But I know i'll have to ask for help here with DD1. I do have great friends with toddlers DD's age and I'm sure that most would help me out here- even if it all happens at 2am! I would for them. I think I'm also a bit envious/ sad that I don't have parents to come and look after us.

BB Mouse I hope you don't have to do it alone- can you ask friends? I'm happy to go to MLU- it felt like a safety net. But maybe HB if we go for 3rd...

ds1 waters broke 2am but had probably been in labour all day but I just thought I was having lots of braxton hicks and backache {how thick am I}
ds2 tummy felt achey about 1am strong definite contractions about 4am

also nervous about this as trying to arrange childcare for dd and after much serious consideration dh has decided that i will have to either go into labour during the day or wait for my mum to arrive (she is coming over from overseas at 39 weeks, dd was born 39 + 2). if baby comes this weekend there is absolutely no one we can call on with being bank holiday and all our friends being away....

hello chasingsquirrels :-) recognised you from another board due to your unique labour story!! how are you doing my dear? (it's MG btw)

1st - contractions started 9am born 4.47pm same day

2nd - contractions started about 4am born 8.40am same day, (on the way to hospital in car!)

Have you thought of home birth? What about any neighbours or parents of Dcs friends?

Good luck!!

1st - woke up with mild pain (like period pain) at 4am, went to hospital at 4pm, dd born at 5am
2nd - induced

start rather than established:

ds1 2am, induction, born 7pm
ds2, midnight, born 44 hours (!!) later

ds3 8pm, born 3am
ds4 11.45 or therabouts, born 12.35

DD1- 37 weeks 1st contraction 7am born 1pm
DD2 (made it to 38 weeks by 20 mins) 1st contraction 9pm born just after midnight.

My dh stiil thinks my anxiety about dd1 hearing me in pain/finding babysitter meant dd2 came at a suitable time!

Unfortunately when contractions start is no indication of when the little mite will actually appear - my contractions started at 10 am on the Saturday (at least every 6 minutes and at least one minute long), DS was born at 2.32am on the Monday morning.

Sorry, that wasn't terrbly helpful. If it helps, didn't go to hospital until 6pm on the Sunday and did the whole thing just on gas.

First labours can be vverrrrrry loooooonnnng

hope you get it though! I remember thinking on the 2nd contraction - OMG I can't do this - he was born within the next 10 minutes. I have had worse poos (TMI!!).

lol not sure Pear, just good luck I think.

Sweetkitty

yes chasingsquirrels I can dream, hope it's like just doing a large poo too

peartart really feel for you with this one - we are in the same position - DC3 due offcially in 2.5 weeks and we are trying to work out the same thing as you.

tbh I'm not sure there is a pattern and I have long labours anyway 32 and 16 hours established.

DD1 and 2 had the same sleep wake pattern in bump form and labour started up 2am for both of them (just after they were at their most active) DC3 is the same - very active up until 2am so maybe we'll have the same thing this time.

Looks like I'm going to have DC3 without a birth partner - hope it all works out well for you and your family.

Home birth is out of the question for us - how about you? Just thinking if you go into labour at night and have no DCsitters then homeborth might be best if you are comfortable to do so (sure you have already thought of it though)

lol - in your dreams sweetkitty

Hatrick- how did you manage that???
Sweetkitty- my eyes are watering for you!
My first was 5 1/2 hours start to finish so I'll be ready with hosp bag for no 2.

DD1 - waters went 6pm, contractions, 11pm, born 3.22am

DD2 - first contraction 1.30am, born 4am

DD3 (due July) - first contraction 9pm, born 9.45pm

DD1 contractions started at about 10am

DD2 contractions started at about 10am

DD3 contractions stared at about 10am

My main worry is about having to ask people to babysit in the night. I've got no family and DH's live in Australia...

DD1 - contractions started 10pm ish
DD2 - contractions started 2am ish
DD3 - contractions started middayish

Mine both had terrible timing, laboured throughout the night on both occasions. DD1 born at 8.55am, DD2 born at 10.32am

Chasing Squirrels- that's scary.
Millie Mummy- sounds ideal- would like to be able to drop DD off with friends in daylight hours and then DH could pick her up later while I recover...

PS realise crap wording of title( meant to ask: What time of day?) but thanks all for interpreting me correctly!

DS - 8.37 PM
DD - 4.39 AM

I didn't want to have to spend the night in hospital but of course the way it worked out, I had to both times.

Both my DC's had perfect timing: I wanted a good night sleep before labour started and that's what I got.

DD: 6.02am
DS: 9.45am (and waited for Auntie to get back from hol's so she could pick DD up from nursery)

OMG Chasingsquirells

11.59pm that should say.

1st: waters 10pm, 1st contraction 10.30pm, born 00.36am
2nd: waters 11.30pm, 1st contraction 11.45pm, born 11.50pm at latest (based on subsequent 999 call)

LOL Squonk!
I'm due in June but no family to call to look after DD1. Her birth was fast so hoping <wishfull thinking> that it'll be in daytime and not have to phone friends at 3am... (She was born 2.30 am)

LOL Squonk!
I'm due in June but no family to call to look after DD1. Her birth was fast so hoping <wishfull thinking> that it'll be in daytime and not have to phone friends at 3am... (She was born 2.30 am)

2am 1st time, already in hospital, was induction.

9pm 2nd time .. homebirth.

Both evening - but was in hospital already both times.

With both of my DD's my waters broke at 40+5 and I gave birth 40+6. Water broke in the early hours with DD1 and erly evening with DD2 so we were pretty able to pre-empt things.

When are you due ?

seriously, labour 1 - evening, managed to wait till morning at home

labour 2 - morning, managed to wait till evening at home.

1st labour started in 1994
second labour started in 2003

Don't suppose that helps much though

Dd1 - started at argound 7pm, went to hospital around 9pm.
Dd2 was elcs so not quite the same!

Wondering how likely it will be that I'll need to phone around friends in the middle of the night when I go to MLBU...