OK I'm really pissed off now. Spoke to MW yesterday morn to let her know it had started but she said I needed to go to hospital so they could confirm my waters had actually broken as my contractions weren't frequent enough for me to be in established labour. Told me bout the risk of infection once waters go etc. So I go in and typically my bp was high and remained high as I lay for an hour before she did a speculum exam ( yes they had broken, wasn't dilated ), monitored baby ( no probs ), tested urine ( normal ) but due to high bp I was admitted.
So I've spent the night in hospital, they gave me a dose of labetamol for bp, which brought it down last night, took bloods ( all fine ), lots of urine testing, monitoring of baby and my contractions actually have stopped as of yesterday lunchtime. Get the odd few during night but not regular like they were initially, so not progressing at all.
Due to the fact waters broke Sun eve and high bp ( which went up again this morn! ) they want me to be induced this eve. Infact I discharged myself against advice this morn, having spoken to consultant, reg, with the understanding that I come back in. They wanted to keep me in for monitoring but at the mo it really is just bp that is abnormal, no signs of pre-eclampsia, infection etc. So I've got my little temp dot thingies to keep eye on temp and they gave me script for another lot of labetalol and I have to ring them at 6pm to see if they can accommodate me later.
Feel sooo disapointed as I sit here looking at my lovely, bone dry pool, the rearranged furniture, flat all ready for home birth I had planned. And all because my bloody waters had to go early with no progression and my bp misbehaving. I can't even have water birth at hospital due to bp. So everything that I've tried my damndest to avoid happening is happening now. The whole medical birth with all interventions.
I have to have a pessary 1st, apparently, to get cervix ready then the drip later. Of course there's the chance it may not work 1st time. So on the way home I've bought a bp machine from Boots so I can monitor it, some Clary Sage oil, as recommended by MW even tho it says to avoid in pregnancy (?!) and lots of fresh pineapple ( mw again ). They didn't sell rasberry leaf tea.
Main thing is baby fine, very mobile as usual, and I know that a safe outcome for us both is the important thing in all this. Just feeling really down and sorry for myself at minute. Had a cry in hospital and just feel like crying somemore.