Just a simple what can I do as my consultant doesn´t have any advice. So far with all three children I have had at least a full day (or night) of regular contractions (every three/four minutes). We only went to the hospital, when my husband couldn´t bear it any more and for me it got more difficult. All three times, upon arrival I had 5 centimetres and was told birth would be for the next two hours. However, nothing progressed, I was stuck on the bed with a monitor and each time was put on a hormone drip to increase the contractions. Then, I would get these horrible all over contractions that would come non-stop and are incredible hard to bear. Last time, I asked (and got) an epidural even at 8cm because the MW could see I couldn´t take no more. This should be my last delivery and I would like to at last have a ´nice´ one. Should I stay home longer? (we live 30 min away from hospital) any other tips? Why are my contractions so ineffective once we´re at the hospital? (they do hurt, it just doesn´t move anything). Is the drip standard? Thanks for your thoughts!
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Birth 1, 2 and 3 were endless, how can I improve?
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Cigna · 16/01/2018 09:10
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