Im in labour- need company!

[mama2plusbump]

3dc... Irregular contractions lasting between 45-60 seconds, having to breath through them and stop what i am doing.
Dh is sleeping
Dd1 and dd2 sleePing
My mum sleeping
I want to sleep but cant so want some company

I think a lot mean well but have to work in a bugger of a system.

OOH good luck. Im here keeping you company.

That's probably true.

And then some are just cunts. :o

How far away is the hospital? Do you know where to park, etc.?

Mama you're a pro at this and you can completely trust your instincts. I'm excited for you.

Sorry mamabump, will focus on you now rather than bitch about MWs :)

Can't do a link as on iPhone and am technically useless (or perhaps that should be useless at technical stuff, not that I'm not also technically useless!) but there's a thread in the active threads entitled 'dd and I had bad day..." or something similar and she's asking for jokes and it's full of classic bad jokes if you fancy something to amuse for a moment..

Oh that one is funny!! Hang on, I'll find it.

Here

Wow Mama I was another one who was induced on a drip so I am very excited for you MNting away while in labour!
Can you have a bath to help with the panicky feelings?

About 10mins away,yeh no where to park. Bugger dd1 awake. Not sure when to go in...anyone tell me about there third.

Most of the mw at the hospital are really nice...i have met a few cows to todays one included.

Thanks for posting the link jacksmania. You can't go wrong with bad jokes. Well off to bed I'm afraid as DH is hinting loudly that mn will still be here tomorrow!

But all the best mama and will be sending you positive labour progressing thoughts!

Bath stopped laboir with dd1 so dont want to risk again wid this baby...
Im
Mn between contractions as im sitting in the pitch black alone.

How long in between contractions now?

Thank you doodle! Hopefully a baby by then

Last 5 were
7
8
6
7
4

Will wait until 5 mins away i think?

Can you cook or bake something, just make some pastry, do laundry or tidy the kitchen?

You WILL come back and update us what happened, right? We want weight time and gory details

Sorry, my third was the trickiest. I went to bed about midnight with regular but mild ctx. Woke at 4am in the midst of an "almighty" ctx. Was a homebirth & MWs came about an hour later, took about an hour for baby to come out, but I tore a bit, bled a little too much, then my blood pressure dived. So they sent me to hospital, where, rehydrated and rested my BP recovered. I went home with no more than an iron prescription.

My most vivid memory post birth is me lying on the floor I felt so dizzy, & the supervisor mw in our dining room (where bubba born) cleaning my legs because they were caked with all matter of gunk, and I couldn't stand feeling so yucky (I have pretty minging personal hygiene habits in general, but even I have limits!).

I'd be waking someone now. Sounds like that baby's determined that it's on the way.

Yeah I think it's about time.

I agree. How do you feel mama ? Do you think you've time to get there and get the room/midwives breifed as you'd want it?

Gf had her second last Weds - first one went way over, she had to be induced, horror show of a labour and delivery. This one, I rang her at 10:30 am to chat and check in (8 days overdue) and she said she'd been having "yucky period pains" every 10-15 mins. Couldn't talk through them, walking and a bath made them worse. Told her "ermmm, I think you're in labour :o. She said "what?". Went to hosp, arrived 9 cms dilated, baby born at 12:30 pm :)

I'd be sorting out your childcare and thinking about going...

" 'sciting!"

Yeh wil come back...
Another at 4
And at 6

Is it not to early?
This midwife has confused me im so confident when labouring she kept telling me i weed myself.