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!!

My shortest labour was 20 hours, with ds3 (ds2 took 24 and ds1, nearly 38) so she could still be going, poor thing.

But I hope she is snuggled up with her little snowdrop, trying to talk her dh through how to post on mumsnet.

Occasionally I add up how many hours I spent in labour in total - it's nearly 82!

And one of the girls from my antenatal classes, whose ds1 was born on the same day as mine, was in labour 48 hours! We both gritted our teeth juuuust a little when introduced to a woman whose dc1 had been born in just under 2 hours!

dear god. At that rate we could be on this thread until June..

And by then all the hunky mountain rescue chaps will have gone away.

Dear Mr Stellamel,

What's going on?

A nation of mums is on tenterhooks - hoping praying that all is well and that baby snowflake is healthy and sleeping nicely, that the mw turned up and mountain rescue didn't have to do anything more than bring the gas and air.

Thank you
Beasknees

Anything????

Mr Stellamel, my DCs are not dressed yet because I keep having to log on.

Have you no pity, man?

Perhaps stop pestering now in case things haven't gone smoothly?

Any baby yet?

hope all is well stella...we are all waiting for news...

xx

How about:

'We all wish you and your baby well, Stellamel, but we'll stop bumping the thread now' ?

bump bump bump

Have been lurking.
I survived a 36 hour labour. Twas grim.

Come on stella!

Saw on news that mountain rescue called to home birth in derbyshire. Was it Stellamel?

Yes, stop being so outrageously thoughtless and insensitive, Bella!

That's me!

Always being told that!

Been lurking, hope all is well. marking my spot!

Florence and Bella - if you two can't behave nicely, you'll be having Time Out on the Naughty Step.

Stellamel - you need to start thinking about selling the movie rights - I can see the film now, and of course clips of all the mums and 'mums to be' all over the country sitting snowbound following your story. Thinking of you. xx

back again, still no news...baby snowflake, I like that!
I am sure they are all fine, who could be bothered to MN after birth?

Here How cool is that!!

Maybe we could phone Mountain Rescue for an update??

Sorry, should have sadi 3rd paragraph down.

That is cool! What a great story to be able to tell your new dc stellamel.