have any mums been told they weren in labour but were

[3kidsisquiteenuff]

i was told two hours before my baby was born by a senior midwife that i wasnt in established labour after beng in labour for 36hrs.she sent me shouting and screaming all the way 2 the antenatal ward told me to have a bath i wouldnt incase i gave birth in the bathroom .i was making such a fuss they came and gave me a shot of pethidine ,an hour and a half passes and i was in acute pain asked the mw to check me and she announces that i should be in cds .WHAT COWS!!!I KNEW (CALL IT MOTHERS INSTINCT )that the birth was iminent hours ago but no one listened to me and it wasnt as if i was a first time mum this was my 3rd pregnancy.anyone else had similar ??

Yes! 1st baby.

12 noon: Went to hospital with contractions every 4 minutes. Waters had broken. Got told that waters hadn't broken and I just had thrush (and would my husband like to have a look - mmm nice!! - turns out that the white stuff was not thrush but was vernix where my waters had broken!!!!)

2pm: Would I like to go home (I was on my knees and holding onto a chair in pain). Got told I could not go on delivery suite as would definitely not be delivering that day but could go on maternity ward

7pm: One busy midwife in and out of private room on maternity ward. Said I was in early labour and only 2cm. I then thought I couldn't cope with this and accepted the pethidine she offered

8:10pm: Mum turns up from a 4 hour drive away and told to go home again because I wouldn't give birth til next day and visiting hours over. Luckily she insisted made her way to me.

8:15pm: I am in a mess and wanting to push. Get told off by midwife for messing up her bed. And got told to not make such a fuss - quote midwife "I have had 3 babies and my daughter has had 2 - what is all this fuss about". Mum cleans me up (gets told off for not wearing gloves to clean me up - to which she laughs) forces midwife to examine me. Baby crowning. Rushed off to delivery room.

9:07pm: Baby born.....

If I had known I was so close I would have not had the pethidine.

Horrendous care.....

Yes with DS1. Midwife just thought I was exaggerating the pain and he refused to check my cervix. He ran a bath and when I got in, you could see my stomach was pushing the baby out. Even then he refused to check me. My husband was begging him to examine me, as it was so obvious I was in labour even to him! I demanded to get out the bath and then he finally agreed to check me. Surprise, surprise I was 10 cms.

3kids, contact PALS at your hospital, they will advise how to get hold of your notes.

after my water broke in hosp after being induced i was given paracetamol and sent bak to bed and told to get some sleep, dd as born less than an hour later!

Second labour waters broke at home no contracions till 45 mins later when i foned the hosp the first time they told just to stay at home, when i foned them 5 mins later in agony they told me to come in but they are busy so i mite get sent home again, when i got there at 1.25 they told me to take a seat and wait cos they were busy, i then started pushing and ds as born 6 minutes later.

god some of these stories are way worse that what happened to me .you poor things.sorry for whinging

At 35 weeks I went into the day assessment unit in the morning, as I was unsure if waters had broken or if I'd peed myself and had back ache and abdominal pains. Had the morning being monitored, but they could find no signs of contractions. T 12 noon had an internal exam and told definitely not labour, but to go home, take some paracetamol and rest. I did this and after a couple of hours or so told DH I wanted to be checked again, so we through bags inthe car just in case and off we went. He dropped me at the entrance at 4.15 and went to park. I got untercepted by reception staff as I tried to waddle to the assessment unit, and told to go to the delivery suite instead. I was insisting it wasn't labour (despite the fact I'd been screaming every 5 minutes for some time now) and apologised to the MW for wasting her time, but then she examined me and I was 6 cm! 2 hours later DD was born

(threw bags in the car, not through bags. Sorry)