< BING! Sorry . . . BONG! >
Trope had a good night. Got to use the birth pool for a while which really helped with her pain/back. She also managed to get some good sleep after some kind words from a midwife who reassured her that she was right to stand her ground against the pushy shift change Dr who tried to bully Trope into more interventions 
This morning, another shift change, another pushy doctor, this one's threatening to move her to an ante natal ward
despite the fact that Trope is now 1cm dilated and they can feel fuzzy's head (Yey!
) So
she's having to contend with so much crap when she's making such great progress!
But she's fab and has said "We plan on refusing, will go home if I have to as pre-eclampsia is still super mild and hasn't progressed at all." 
She is now waiting (since 9am) for her midwife to come back and sign off for her to get back in the pool.
Contractions were good and strong but have been fucked up by all the unnecessary stress. She's still got them though and the pool helped last night so FXed it'll do the same when she gets back in 
Finally, and possibly, most importantly, Trope's baby bet is "over the bank holiday weekend sometime, just to be awkward!" 
(hope I got everything in, Trope's catch ups are just as impressive when she's in labour labour!! Ever the pro
)