nickelbabe's live birth saga part 3. There HAS to be a birth in this one!

[nickelbabe]

Just getting it ready....

Noone post until it's full, right!!

Every 5mins? Eek! When is your dh back?

You could always use your mn support as a contraction timing device. If you want to. Can also see that might be a touch too much involvement, though...

Have you eaten something? I found a warm bath much more effective than the Tens machine.

Right, i've texted my friend (shop friend - the friend who wants to help the birth, i told not to rush, so I don't want to panic her - she's got to come over from Maidstone) - shop friend is a HB expert, so she'll know what to do.

I'm going to find the tens machine....

Yay!

I second the vote for the TENS machine.

When are you expecting your DH home?

Fio - yes, we're told to call the delivery suite, because no one is in our local hospital on the weekend, so they're all on call out.

ooh, that started big!

that's got to be 4 minutes apart.

Yes deffo get the tens on- at the very least it will give a chance to get the hang of it! On HB number 3, we had forgotten how it worked and spent quite a time faffing around with the instruction book. At one point DH nearly made my hair stand on end when he turned it up too high!

Just a thought, when I had my unplanned home birth the midwives closed the windows and put the heating on - in July!

We're you told to call Medway when in labour? From what you've said I was kind of expecting Memorial (is that right? Where nice Rose is) to be your point of contact when things kicked off

Very glad to hear your friend is on her way. Have you at least let DH know things are happening?

I never got the hang of the Tens machine but it kept me occupied between contractions.

If they're 4 minutes apart - she's having a contraction right now?

i don't knwo what to do now.
i'm starting to panic a bit.

Don't panic. Have you spoken to DH yet?

Don't panic sweetheart, you are doing brilliantly.
Call your DH and see whether he can come and be with you.

Time to get dh back...quickly!

Nickel - stay calm - just get someone to be there with you asap. but Stay Calm. All will be well - you just need someone there.

Get your DH home NOW, panic can be a sign of transition and lots of people do labour fast when overdue.

I wish we had Mr Nickels number.