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*******Help! My waters have gone and have had a show, how do I get the bloody contractions to get going? (love Enid)

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Enid · 26/04/2006 14:38

any advice?

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PiccadillyCircus · 26/04/2006 14:39

No - but excited to hear your baby is on his/her way :)

cupcakes · 26/04/2006 14:39

hooray!!!!

mummygow · 26/04/2006 14:39

my contractions started about an hour after my waters had broken and my show

Harpsichordcarrier · 26/04/2006 14:39

nice long walk ?

oliveoil · 26/04/2006 14:40

argghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

(deep breath)

arrhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhghgggggggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

That is my reaction. Have no advice whatsoever.

run about??

mumfor1standfinaltime · 26/04/2006 14:40

Wahey! Eat some toast and watch only fools, that worked for me!

Harpsichordcarrier · 26/04/2006 14:40

actually, scratch that
nice SHORT walk

Pruni · 26/04/2006 14:40

Good long hard...walk Grin
All the best
Are you going for the home birth?

foundintranslation · 26/04/2006 14:40

'Fraid not, but ooooh exciting! Everyone's been speculating about you :)

Good luck!

NomDePlume · 26/04/2006 14:40

OH BLIMEY !

I built DD's cot and carried it upstairs the day I went into labour, that got things moving Wink

Curry ?
Castor Oil ?
Pineapple ?

Come on Baby E, I've got a quid on you !

PiccadillyCircus · 26/04/2006 14:40

With DS, waters broke at 6:30am, proper contractions started at 6:45pm. I did quite a bit of walking for the gap inbetween.

Harpsichordcarrier · 26/04/2006 14:41

DO NOT HAVE SEX
as your waters have gone
(I'm sure you were just DYING to....)

cupcakes · 26/04/2006 14:41

I hear that constant mumsnetting works a treat...Grin

oliveoil · 26/04/2006 14:42

My waters broke in the middle of the night and I found that punching a sleeping dh in the face brought them on fine and dandy.

BettySpaghetti · 26/04/2006 14:42

I was sent for a walk in hospital -only got halfway down a long corridor before having to go back as it started things off v. quickly!

NomDePlume · 26/04/2006 14:42

rofl olive !

mumfor1standfinaltime · 26/04/2006 14:42

Had show 2 days before waters broke, then had contractions 2 hours after. Ate lots of toast and watched tv. Dh ran around loading the car!

SO excited, any twinges?

arfy · 26/04/2006 14:42

yes, get walking (or lumbering, which was all I could manage)

Peachyclair · 26/04/2006 14:43

walking seemed to help with all mine.

Good luck Enid- YAy that it's all starting.

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Enid · 26/04/2006 14:43

waters started going at 5am

still nothing concrete, loads of niggly pains and the occasional contraction

midwives wont examine me to see if I have got anywhere because of infection risk

sooooooooo frustrating as my best friend is staying but she has to go tomorrow

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Harpsichordcarrier · 26/04/2006 14:43

also answering my boring question about night time nappies might help

Mercy · 26/04/2006 14:44

Agree walk.

My waters went first with both of my labours.

contractions started approx 3 hours later with dd, but about 10 hours later with ds

GOOD LUCK !!!!!!!

oliveoil · 26/04/2006 14:44

are you going for your pool?

welshboris · 26/04/2006 14:44

woooo hoo good luck

Bozza · 26/04/2006 14:44

When did they go? Walking up and down stairs several times (not by design, mind you) seemed to get things going with DD? I nipped downstairs for my notes for the mw and she was born 15 mins later. Had to stop half way up mid-contraction, mind you.