Beside myself

[Trinaluce]

Hi all

Wonder if anyone has any tips. I've been having contractions since yesterday morning and they're now getting unbearable. I've got a TENS unit on and have taken paracetomol but I can't take them any more. Mat unit say they can't give me any further pain relief unless I'm in established labour - which I'm not. Damned contractions WILL NOT get regular and I'm just beside myself now. Best advice from the mat unit was to mobilise: all that does is make the contractions more painful and me more tired. ANYBODY help?!

[Fou]

Bounce up and down on gym/ birthing ball?

Go in and scream at midwives?

[Fou]

If you start a new thread with the title "help I'm in labour now!" you'll get more response.

[JonahTakalua]

you could have a bath for pain relief - though that might slow things down.

[FanjolinaJolly]

i HAD A LONG EARLY LABOUR WITH DS 1 AND IT IS AWFUL ISN'T IT.cAN YOU MANAGE TO GET INTO A BATH? i FOUND THIS HELPED TEMPORARILY.(obv without the tens machine)

How regualar are the contractions?

[TotalChaos]

feeble suggestion but does having a bath help?

[Trinaluce]

• Don't have one

- Hosp. is 45 minutes away, I've already been in twice. I can't face being sent home again. We've spoken to them on the phone and they said they would not got me anything unless labour is established - which it ain't

[Fou]

Is there any possiblility of you getting any sleep?

[Trinaluce]

Bath doesn't help at all, it pushes me into an uncomfortable position - can only bear to be in the thing for about 5 minutes - and not exactly agile enough to leap out

[Trinaluce]

Can't lie down!

[Trinaluce]

As far as I know, it's for medical reasons - they can't get me merry on pethidine or entonox if things aren't far enough advanced

[Trinaluce]

One more contraction like the last one and I may just do that!

[Fou]

If you need pain relief , you need pain relief

How on earth are you going to get to hotpital again if you get any worse?

[Trinaluce]

DH has been doing the driving. We just keep going in...

[MrsPorty]

Is the pain in your back? (rather than front) If so might be that baby is in back to back position and the contractions don't get very regular as the head doesn't press evenly on the cervix. I'm not a professional or anything but that's what happened to me.

[Trinaluce]

There is some pain in my lower back, but when we were in last night - and earlier today - they said bab was lying side on and the head was nicely down, so no worries there. Also no explanation....

[alfielooloo]

Hi Trinaluce, I found that going on all fours and rocking backwards & forwards helped a little bit. Is your Tens turned as high as it will go?
I know this won't help with your pain, but every contraction you have brings you closer to meeting your new baby

[Ate]

Trinaluce, how are they determining whether labour is established? Some do it according to regularity and length of contractions, some according to dilation of cervix.

It is possible for women to contract irregularly right through to transition so the contraction rule seems daft to me!

If you are in pain which you find unbearable and want pain relief, do go in.

In the meantime, breathe deeply and slowly, concentrate on what's happening with your body and relax as much as possible. Focus on not tensing up and FWIW, I found a firm lower back massage really helped with back pain.

[thumbwitch]

Go back to the hospital and have a meltdown at them - they should be giving you support and pain relief, or at the very least better advice! Really, go and create hell there so that they keep you in.

[PootyApplewater]

How are you doing, Trinaluce?

[onelittlelion]

I had all the pian in my back. Have you eaten. I was in too much pain to eat and ended up with load blood sugar which the mw's said meant the contractions were there but ineffective. Only relief I got was dh driving put me to sleep a bit. Still woke up for every contraction tho. Is so hard isn't it? Thinking of you and hope things have progressed or you've found some relief.