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!!

yay , how are things going now? more tightenings?

oooh good luck, hope it all goes smoothly for you, will keep popping in to check

Hope you are back in bed getting some rest

Good luck! Hope it all goes well

Indith - my contractions started at 6 mins apart and stayed like that for a good half a day or more, so gave me about 3 or 4 mins shopping time between each one!

Stellamel.

Good luck my love (from an old Peak District exhile).

Just lurking around but wanted to say good luck!

Will pop later to check how you're getting on.

Getting a bit more frequent and stronger, but still no pattern yet, so doing a bit of cleaning, bouncing on the ball, and stair walking!

ordered my car tax disk online, does that count brusselsprout?

Oooo how exciting. Fab midwife who agreed with mumsnet.

I'm waiting for my first caller on delivery suite to say 'I started a thread and they all say.....' I'm going to insist on looking after that woman

The very very best of luck Stellamel. Hope all goes well with you.

Its over a year since I had a live birth thread on MN with DD and this is far more interesting! and scenic!
Good thing I had a friend round is is also an MNer

Good luck Stellamel

you go Stellamel - same gestation as me last one, and you too are doing the cleaning!

as others have said, your waters don't have to go first...

how long between contractions now?

good luck!!!

bouncing with excitement on your behalf

big LOL at car tax disk online as internet shopping. will you look at them fondly for evermore I wonder

Good luck Stellamel!!
Will the baby get a snow-inspired name if he/she is born today?

news? is your DP back yet?

is the midwife on her way?

i found back massage really helped with cont-X if your Dps hands are warm enough....

and walking really helps to take your mind off it....

bouncing

Ooh I'm all excited for you too- keep us informed and all the very, very best

Ohh good luck Stella, this is exciting. Keep us updated.

what an exciting thread! thinking of you and hoping it all goes well

Coming regular and strong now. Midwife is in her hubbys 4x4 and hasn't got her kit or any gas and air! gah, I can do this but not without any pain relief, was relying on G&A, she's going to see if her colleague can drop some at her house and maybe our mountain rescue guys can go and collect it.

Not sure if paracetomol will cut it

Good luck stella!

Easy for me to say, but try not to focus on the lack of pain relief. I had a HB with DD2 and I found the mouthpiece of the G&A too heavy to hold in my mouth and I needed both hands to cling onto DH. I gave up and did without and it was OK - honestly.

Good luck stella!

I gave up on gas and air too with dd, also a HB. The mouthpiece got in the way of shouting

You can do it

good, you're progressing well!

hoping the MW gets to you soon...

have you tried breathing out as you contract - not sure if it lessens the pain but its something else to think about.

and think that very soon you'll have a lovely baby to cuddle

Might a warm bath help with the contractions, stella? Or back rubs?

I had ds2 and ds3 at home, and despite having needed gas and air, pethidine and a TENS for ds1's birth, I had only gas and air with the others, and then only for a couple of contractions at most.

Good luck - you'll have a great story to tell this dc about his/her arrival in years to come!

oh wow! Just checking in to wish you lots of luck x

Ooh, this is the most exciting thread ever! So many questions - is your DP still planning on going trekking to India? Has anyone started boiling water yet? [isn't that what they do in all the movies. Something to do with towels and water?]

All the best and keep MN updated!