anyone fancy a labour thread?

[arolf]

so it looks like my wee boy has finally decided to be born at some point this week - contractions started this morning (exactly when my DP's alarm went off!), and after a 'quick' 3 hours in the hospital due to bleeding, I'm back home and sitting it out until they get worse.

About 8-10 minutes apart just now, and fairly breath-taking!

but kind of boring in between times... so please come and keep me entertained!

[devilsadvocaat]

ohhhhh! a biggun
congrats x

[arolf]

I had a baby boy Saturday at 11.25pm, 8lb 15.5oz

congrats both of you!

[devilsadvocaat]

ta LMB!

any news arolf?

[LittleMissBliss]

How's it going arolf hope you have had your baby now!

I had a baby boy on Friday at 2.11pm 7lb 4oz
and
Devils had her baby boy Friday at 3.55pm 9lb 2oz.

[arolf]

back from hospital as contractions stopped the minute we got there. plus midwife was being a bit of a btich. told me to try paracetamol. right, like that'll make any bloody difference.
anyway, it appears that after 24 hours of irregular contractions I am 1 cm dilated, so by my reckoning that means I have another 8.5 days to go before I'll be ready to push.

so am strapped up to a TENS machine, which feels like a million tiny horses galloping across my back, but makes little difference to the pain.
bitch midwife said it'll probably be a few days yet. Days! she won't even contemplate induction until either my waters break or next friday, whichever is first. am rapidly going off the idea of having a baby, and almost long for just being uncomfortable and unable to sleep, which i was was whining about earlier in the week.

good luck devils!

[FabBakerGirlIsBack]

Good luck to you both.

[devilsadvocaat]

arolf! hope you're ok!

woke up with ctx this morning so hopefully that means i won't be induced

[MsBrandybuck]

Good luck! Although hope you don't see this because you are on your way in and holding your baby very soon .

[LittleMissBliss]

Are they still 6 minutes apart? I wish mine were, do you find that they slow down if you try and sleep?

[arolf]

yes hospital, ctx now 6 mins or so apart and pretty bloody awful. live about an hours drive from hospital so will call them soon i think.
thanks.

[PandaEis]

oooo arolf

sounds good!! are you having a hospital birth? if your ctx are 5mins or less apart then i would give the hosp a quick call even if they dont ask you to come in you will be on their radar for later tonight while you can, try and get some food in you (jam on toast is good for keeping your energy up) and dont forget to drink plenty aswell

good luck

[arolf]

ooh, this is definitely getting worse. wish contractions would hit every 5 mins so i can justify drugs.

am prety sure am hardly dilated at all though, so shoudl stick it out at home.

starting to feel a bit sick.

[arolf]

(why wasn't frankie boyle on MTW this evening?!)

well, contractions appear to be getting more regular and more painful, but nothing too dreadful yet, so have sent my DP to bed whilst I moan downstairs watching QI on Dave now, and then will see what else is on to keep me going! not even trying to sleep as lying down just hurts so much at the moment!

baby just gave me a few hefty kicks, so he's quite happy for the time being.

good luck devils, hope to see you online in the middle of the night too

[devilsadvocaat]

i had one big contraction and nothing else so i am going to stop thinking about it now!

will watch mock the week and go to bed.

good luck arolf

[arolf]

ok, will have a go if nothing's happening later on

my poor mother is getting so fraught at the other end of the phone, and just wept 'I can't believe my baby is in labour!' - heard my wee sister in the background going 'it's not your baby mum, it's arolf's' my sis is 22 btw...

hope I can give them good news tomorrow!

[MrsHappy]

The theory is that nipple stimulation is good for making your body produce oxytocin which gets your contractions going.

I suspect that most women probably just have a twiddle themselves but have read stories about women getting their husbands to "nurse" (for want of a better word, god that is twee).

I did read something about doing only 20 minutes or so and then having a break, but that all sounds quite prescriptive to me.

Anyway, it has got to be worth a try!

[arolf]

haven't tried that mrshappy - what's the theory and how is best to do it?!
And I've already been posting about mucus, so nothing is too personal anymore

enjoy your chocolate devils! I just ate some rice and am contemplating chocolate (just to keep my energy levels up, of course!), but we'll see.

why won't these contractions get closer together?!

[mummy2t]

keep up the good work girls!!!! xxxxxxxx

[MrsHappy]

Have you both tried nipple tweaking? (Sorry, that's a bit personal but it won't be long until you are posting details of mucus and cervixes, so I figure it's ok!)  It might just help get things going.

[devilsadvocaat]

yup crappy tv here too.
have eaten some yummy food too.
may crack open the chocolate later

[arolf]

gah, they've slowed again - walk helped a bit with the pain though! they're certainly getting much more painful, but not any closer together. not sure what to do really, just sitting it out until I can't cope anymore I suppose. will probably call hospital in the morning if nothing is progressing.

think I'm going to curl up in front of crappy TV for a while and see if that helps

[devilsadvocaat]

still no ctx



also have family calls a plenty. they're so excited!

think i'm set to be induced tomorrow. dammit.

i want your pain arolf!

enjoy walk - take a phone

[FabBakerGirlIsBack]

ooooo exciting

[arolf]

doing ok, contractions stopped for a while, but seem to be back with vengeance, every 10 mins or so now, and ow ow ow! eating a bit now, then off for brisk walk with DP to get things moving properly/dodge phone calls from my mother!

hope you're doing ok devils!

[FabBakerGirlIsBack]

How you doing arolf?