Hi guys. Still here and no baby yet but landing is imminent. Well...I think. After waters breaking late Fri night, nothing much happened all day Saturday - just mild irregular period like feeling. Yesterday, had a mild contraction every hour. But not enough to worry about. Went over to friends for lunch then spent the rest of the day bouncing on the ball, watching movies and did a couple of hours of nipple stimulation with the tens machine! Around 8:00 started having contractions stronger every half hour.
My doula came over to spend the night - just in case. Have had very uncomfortable contractions all night and this morning but haven't really been timing. Managed to sleep between them though so not feeling too out of it.
Doula has gone home for a while to give me some privacy to get on with things.
Hopefully this is a very slow prelabour that means labour will go quickly!
Still I'm in good spirits and happy that I'm at home where I'm comfortable and relaxed.
Kiwifruit - just read a bit of your post. Would you consider getting a second opinion from a private doctor? At antenatal classes at Active Birth Centre, they gave us the name of a private consultant, Donald Gibb, who's happy to do one-off assessments without any comitment for future care. Not sure what his number is, but it's probably on the internet somewhere.
Congratulations to all the new mummies and daddies and babies!