I am 39+2 today with dc1, had a show yesterday evening and contractions started at 4.30am this morning. They peaked at round 3 min intervals at about 9am and have since died off to nothing as I fell asleep since I didn't sleep at all last night for the moment I am bouncing away on my birthing ball and they are back to 7min intervals. I can currently breathe and bounce through them but wondering whether it would be more effective for me to stand up when the contraction starts rather than stay on the ball? Any thoughts?