URGENT HELP PLEASE!! am I in labour? I am SERIOUSLY snowed in and need advice

[stellamel]

Am 40Wks +9, had sweep yesterday, been having period like cramps since about 4am, across the lower part of my belly. Waters haven't gone. Cramps last about 15-30 secs, every 5-15mins.

Is this the onset of labour? I haven't rang midwife yet, as snow is so bad they won't be able to send someone to assess me, if anyone is coming out it will be a one trip job where midwife will have to come to me via our local mountain rescue team and stay till the job is done.

Any advice on what to do now or when to ring midwife etc would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!!

Staying
You need an iPhone in the loo for these MNisAddictiveAndINeedToKnowWhatHappenedNextMoments

Blanche?

Gwyn for a boy / Gwen for a girl (Welsh, meaning white), and hence any of the welsh boys' names ending -wyn or girls' ending -wen

I need to go to bed..... OOOhh stella hope you have your baby soon in your arms.. warm snuggly and safe

oh and Finn, Fiona and all their variants (same thing, 'white', but Gaelic)

OOOOOoh. I need to go to bed.

I bet 10p Stella has dropped off in front of Friends or something.

Go stella - who needs pain relief? I only thought the G&A mouthpiece was any use for biting on anyway.

Fwiw, I like Eirlys.

• why is Monty a mountain rescue name?

Keep pushing Stella!

Breathe, Stella! Puff puff puff!

Ooh, this is exciting...

thinks she will be checking the BBC website for mountain rescue chappies turned midwife stories :D

Go for it Stella! [marks thread]

Checking in to mark my place... Hope it is all going well, Stella!

Going to bed now but hope all going well x

Just sat and read through the whole 11 pages.

How exciting!!

Thinking about that baby that was born in a car recently and was named after car Kia I think.

So along those lines I looked up 4x4's.

My first ever link -- fingers crossed.

Not keen on any of them - Landcruiser?

But what about Bob (as in sleigh)? That's a bit wintery.

Completely like Neve for a girl.

No news?!

gah, just read the whole 11 pages convinced there'd be NEWS by the end.

Hope all's going well

A vote for Eirlys here, sounds pretty.

Oh, and Hummer, just to keep chaos happy

That Hummer is very persuasive poppity!

I just promised my friend earlier that I'd get an early night tonight - not been to sleep before 2am since 21st December (christmas preps, mumsnet, my new Ipod touch - poker app, and an unputdownable book) but i need to find out how Stella's doing.

Hohum - off to bed with my ipod - texas hold 'em amd MN!

Think I have an addictive personality.

Marking my place, how exciting!

I just found this thread.

Go Stella!

Oooh come one Stella - I need to go to bed very soon and have stayed up late especially . Hope you have a beautiful new arrival by now!!

Any news?

Hope baby has arrived safely and you are all snuggled up getting some sleep now

???????? well ?????????