To ask what people did in early labour?

[Indigochi]

So basically I've been experiencing regular contractions since about 1am, had bloody show but no waters breaking or anything. The contractions are only about 40 mins to an hour apart and whilst they do overcome me and take my breath away it only lasts for about a minute so I'm going to my eyelash infill appointment! I phoned triage & they advised only to come in if waters break for they get to 5 mins apart. Am I abit mad? Or is my calmness acceptable

I was already in hospital as I had been on bed rest for 3 weeks due to losing fluid.

Had terrible constipation so when early labour started I just thought the pains were because of this. Managed to get to sleep for a few hours and woke up realising it wasn't actually constipation at all!!!!

I can't remember for my first, it was so slow, on and off for 2-3 days/nights.
His younger brother was born at home a year later, and firstborn was taking his first steps when I started in labour. Staggering all over the place! So plenty to take my mind off it.
My daughter - started very slowly so we went for a drive on a bumpy road which people said accelerated labour. Another old wives tale, drink gin . I didn't do that.

I had a baby in my arms 23 minutes after my first contraction. My oldest was 4 hours BUT most of that was spent arguing with midwives about whether or not I was in labour, their "oh shit" moment baby is coming now and an emergency c section because baby was breech (hence the arguing).

23 minutes?!? Shit, my first labour was four hours after induction go going. That's given me something to worry about 😱

Yelping and mooing in pain and throwing up. 24 hours, start to finish. Not much else.

I had my first contractions at around 6.30am in the Saturday morning. By 8am they were coming every 5 minutes and continued to do so all day and night. I spent the day pacing our flat, having baths, bouncing on the birthing ball and watching part of a box set. There was no way I was going to sleep, and a mid-wife eventually agreed to call on me at 11pm (planned homebirth). I was only 1-2cm so she left and the contraction’s continued every five minutes. I continued bouncing on the ball and trying to watch TV, as there was little else I could do. Midwife came back at 4am and I was 3-4cm. So more hours of the same pacing and bouncing. The contractions never got closer but i started feeling g the urge to push at around 9am. We played that game for nearly two hours before my waters broke, and twenty minutes later, baby arrived.

With DS2, I had much gentler early contractions, so I went for a walk, then put DS1 to bed. I told DH and went for a bath. The contractions were about every five minutes at that stage, and I was advised to go to the hospital to be checked. Once triaged, we went for a walk round the hospital grounds (summer night). I had reliever DS by 5 am. Much nicer experience.

I had five days of contractions on and off. Went to Tesco, played scrabble, went to sleep, had a bath but mainly bent double on the stairs...

OP - how are you doing?

I did my hair and make up between contractions ! Looked great in the photos

I was at work.

I was 37 weeks and still at work on my last day before maternity. I work in a hospital so had walked there from home (around 45 minutes) then been on the clinic all day and walked back (I had horrendous morning sickness all the way through so couldn't get on public transport)
I had been cramping all day and had my midwife appointment after work. She checked everything and said I was fine but I had a feeling I was having contractions. i had an anterior placenta and she was back to back.
A few hours later my waters went and we went down to the hospital where I was 4cm and admitted. 3 hours after that she was here.

I watched the first ever "Six Nations" rugby match - Scotland v Italy in 2000. (Before that it was the five nations).

Any update?! Xx

Ds1 - walked to doctors to get chest infection treated
-walked home
-watched Lord of the Rings trilogy
-tried to sleep. Failed.

Ds2 - had a shower. Then it was time to go to hospital.