I have been having odd contractions for a few days. The night before last they came every ten minutes from 10.30pm till about 3 in the morning. But they were more uncomfortable than anything painful.
Then yesterday afternoon my waters broke. The hospital told me to go in for monitoring and swabs etc. Which was fine, until my contractions came back again, every 10 minutes. But this time they are really painful. And I was practically strapped down to a bed! Very uncomfortable! Then to make me feel even better I was left there for an hour and a half (instead of the original "15-20 mins") because they were short staffed and the midwives couldn't agree whether the baby's heartbeat was good enough and didn't have time to discuss it. I was, of course, eventually sent home and told to come back today for more monitoring. Apparently every 10 minutes isn't good enough.
But after a whole night of no sleep (well, only five minutes at a time) and no pain relief ( I admit, I'm a wuss!) I just want this whole thing over and done with.
Does anyone know how long before contractions speed up a bit? Any way to help things along? Walking just makes my hips ache!