I think these instructions are going to mean my baby will be BBA!

[TinkerBellesMum]

I had yet another scare last night. For two hours I was getting contractions every two minutes, the real "got to keep moving" type that make you groan out loud - I don't find labour "painful" I groan naturally rather than in pain IYKWIM and BH doesn't leave me like that, they're for ignoring. I went in after Mum called Triage and they requested I do so. I was registering quite high on the CTG, similar levels to when Tink was born and I had a positive fibronectin. OTOH the baby is breech ("properly breech not footling", not sure how relevent it was but she pointed it out), quite high up and my cervix wasn't responding to it.

I was moved onto the ward. My contractions calmed down over night and when I was examined on rounds this morning they were happy nothing was happening. I've been told that I shouldn't go in unless I'm having more contractions than every 5 minutes ("they were two minutes last night" which didn't get more than a hmm and a move on quickly) and I should wait till I have a show or my waters break. I pointed out that I've only ever had a show at the last minute and my waters have never broken (first was born in the caul and second was looking that way but I had to have a Crash Section) to which I was told "all pregnancies are different".

I'm worried that if I follow this advice I'm going to BBA a premature baby! Part of me would gladly do that because I don't want another section and I don't see anyway around it or a Crash situation or a GA - none of which I want. But I'm worried if I do I'd be putting FiFi (Tink's name for the baby ) at risk.

You've done this before - do what you think is necessary.

you need to do what you think is right for you and if that means presenting at the hospital when you feel / know it is time, then you do that... or if at home and you can;t get there you must must call an ambulance obviously

what is positive fibronectin?

I agree with the others, do what you think is right for you and your baby.

The hospital is there to make sure that your baby arrives safe and well, and as close to your due date as possible. They are a service provider and are getting paid for looking after you. You are not wasting their time or resources, if that is what is worrying you.

I've never heard of it either, this looks interesting

Thanks all. I've been going in because that was the plan early on, if my BH are getting strong and regular better to have them checked out than risk us both (me and the hospital) missing them. I went into labour which they stopped at 24+5 and then they got strong again at 27+1 but stopped on their own. Friday night was very different.

I'm not worried about wasting resources, I'm worried about a real labour being missed and it's possibly imminent now with that +fFN. I move fast, when I start dilating I will be ready in little over an hour to deliver, that's why I don't get a show until the last minute and as I've had spontaneous preterm labour before my waters haven't broken (sometimes they break first and the mother goes into labour because of it, but if labour comes first the waters don't always break because they're quite tough).

What annoys me is I feel that they think I'm doing this for fun. It's bad enough everything they do to you in labour but when I am in labour it will be at least the fourth time I've been through it. I don't want people's fingers inside me and the thing that link doesn't mention is that the speculum has to be inserted without lubrication as it affects the test, they run it under a tap first.

I think I am going for the approach that when the show happens I'll call an ambulance, half in the hope I can avoid CS and a lot more because I'm following their advice.