Hi all!
I'm currently 40w+5 with DC2, and had a sweep yesterday. Midwife said it was an easy sweep for her to do, that I was "very favourable" and was 2cm dilated. Baby has turned from being back to back to having his back to my left. Had a bloody "show" (not so much of a mucus plug but brownish blood on pad/ when I wipe). I've been so pleased, as I'm booked in for an induction on Sunday but would much rather go through everything naturally!
I woke this morning to contractions, around 9.30am I downloaded an app to time them. They were fairly regular, around 20 seconds and 5 mins apart. By around 11am they were at least 30s long. The pain was bareable, so I didn't get in touch with the midwife until around 1.30pm, and she told me to wait until they were around 40s and 4mins apart. And then they stopped!
I decided to take the opportunity to take a sleep, as DS1 was having a nap. I slept for an hour and a half, and woke again to contractions, but they have been stupidly irregular since then. For the last 3 hours, they have been downright erratic! For example, going from 5 mins apart, to 7, to 6, to 8, to 16, to 3, to 5, to 10... All on average around 30 seconds long, and were getting stronger for a while but now aren't as painful.
Am I actually starting labour? And is there anything I can do to get things going a bit more regularly? MW only suggested a warm bath and paracetamol.
Feeling frustrated, this morning I was convinced that baby was on his way!