Active discussions

Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

Set a reminder

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Childbirth

Share experiences and get support around labour, birth and recovery.

Original poster

Yet another childbirth is this it thread

282 replies

Katy44 · 26/04/2007 00:11

Hi everyone
Started having contractions at about 7pm, only coming every half hour or so so went to bed before 10.
Don't know how often they're coming (still not very often) but I can't sleep through them now. Plus they seem to go on for ages - I thought at this early stage they would be fairly quick.
I don't really know what I want to know except I thought I'd go to sleep and they'd be gone by the morning (was expecting to go 2 weeks overdue). Does this sound like it, or will it probably go on for the next 10 days?

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Set a reminder
heidle · 27/04/2007 09:40

hope you get some good sleep katy!!!
will come and check on your later (see, practicing my motherly duties already

Original poster
Katy44 · 27/04/2007 09:42

Thanks - I already feel more human just from taking the TENS off! GOing to have a wee without holding the wires out of the way and worrying about dropping the machine down the loo!

OP posts:
EllieKthePA · 27/04/2007 09:46

aw Katy

what you went thru last night is exactly what happened when i was in labour with Matthew, went in cos it hurt so much and they told me i hadn't started yet! it is really disheartening but try to stay positive x

and it can't be anything to do with pain threashold (tho that's what i thought at the time too), cos i delivered Joe without any paracetamol

Original poster
Katy44 · 27/04/2007 09:49

How long was it between being sent back home and going in to have him for real?
(Desperately hoping...)
although my contractions have slowed down - which is fine by me at the moment

OP posts:
EllieKthePA · 27/04/2007 09:51

I went in at 7pm and they sent me home, said to come back when you can't bear the pain. cue face, "you mean it's gonna get worse than this?"

Finally gave up and went in at midnight, was still not in labour according to them but stayed in. gave birth at 12:13 (lunchtime)

Original poster
Katy44 · 27/04/2007 09:55

Well 12 hours is very respectable.
Mine are 8/7 minutes again, think they're going to work down to 5 again but I'm going to leave the TENS off for now I think. Not sure whether I like it or not after all, was coping fine breathing and walking before I started using it - felt like I'd achieved something after each contraction, when it's on I seem to spend the whole time adjusting it, if the contraction goes well I think I had it on too high, if not I think well I can't even cope with the TENS! Plus I hate getting tangled up in the wires and having the pads drop off.

OP posts:
EllieKthePA · 27/04/2007 09:57

tbh Katy that's where i got to with TENS, didn't find it really worked for me with either labour. and with Joe i actually felt it made it worse

go with what works for you x

lulumama · 27/04/2007 09:59

LOL!! got visions of you , knotted up in the bathroom, trying to have a wee, wrapped in your tens machine !!! snooooooooort !

sauce · 27/04/2007 10:00

good morning katy! what's happening? haven't read thru the thread yet since yesterday but I had a VERY good sleep. I thought of you on waking & so here I am. Are you okay?

sauce · 27/04/2007 10:07

katy?

EllieKthePA · 27/04/2007 10:11

she's probably still weeing

foxybrown · 27/04/2007 10:11

katy, we're all rooting for you on the June thread! That baby's coming out, lets hope its today.

Good luck hun xxx

sauce · 27/04/2007 10:19

I hope this silence means tha katy's baby is now seriously, actively coming! go, katy, go!

how is maveta? anyone heard?

good luck to both xx

EllieKthePA · 27/04/2007 10:24

we haven't heard from Maveta lately but Katy is around

Original poster
Katy44 · 27/04/2007 10:29

Hi sauce, glad you slept well.
No I am NOT still weeing! have actually been cleaning the bathroom and going to make myself a coffee to have in the bath.
I'm glad it's not just me with the TENS machine, I have to say I had it on this morning as I slept and it probably meant I slept through some contractions which I'm very grateful for, but I felt betrayed when I woke up having a huge one to find it was out of batteries! I might put it on again later deoending on how I feel.
Did we find out what has happened to maveta?

OP posts:
Original poster
Katy44 · 27/04/2007 10:30

see other thread for maveta news

OP posts:
sauce · 27/04/2007 10:34

oh there you are, katy! you poor thing, you must be going crazy. [sympathy emoticon]

Original poster
Katy44 · 27/04/2007 11:12

me, crazy? No actually I feel remarkably sane - is that a sign of craziness?

OP posts:
lulumama · 27/04/2007 12:17

which other thread please???

Original poster
Katy44 · 27/04/2007 12:24

other thread
Her waters broke this morning!

OP posts:
colditz · 27/04/2007 16:28

you still around?

lulumama · 27/04/2007 18:56

sorry ! day ran away with me !! sooooo??????

colditz · 27/04/2007 19:21

This

is

promising

!!!

butterflywings · 27/04/2007 19:54

Hello!
Just popped on for a quick 5 mins before I dash out to the pub
Katy44, have you still not had your baby yet?!
I've just had a quick scan through the posts and you seem to be coping really well

lulumama · 27/04/2007 20:35

oh so quiet...

sleeping or birthing.......