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!!

Oooooh progressing nicely. Good luck BTW, but keep typing throughout .

best of luck, hope all is well and straighforward x

stella I am watching with interest. My DH is a Mountain rescue team member but none of his call outs are ever this exciting!

You are doing well and I am glad you are not on your own. Not long now till your MW gets there with lots and lots of lovely G and A.

bump

Go Stella! Best of luck. Will you call the new baby Snowy?

Hope things are progressing well! It's all very exciting!

This is so much fun . I hope all is well stellamel.

I am gutted I didn't think to get on MN when I was labouring alone from 2-5am with DS2. Dh was alsleep. He was "tired."

Great thread - lots of luck.

I hope you get the G&A but if you don't then you can do it. You are birthing your child at home in the way that people have done for centuries and whilst a bit of 21st century pain relief would be nice, well are you are strong and you can get through it. Every pain brings your baby closer to you, every pain is one you will NEVER have to feel again. You can make it if you have to. (But I really, really hope you don't!)

Good luck, hope everything goes well

Best of luck Stellamel! Keep us posted. We're all rooting for you and Baby Snowflake (that is the name you're going for, isn't it?!)

Wow, so exciting. Hope your MW has now arrived with or without pain relief. Best of luck!

Good luck

Sounds like things are hotting up... hope midwife is there in her hiking gear

wow - best of luck!!!

oohhh I feel like we are all there in the delivery suite with you.

Do let us know how you get on.

And let us know when we can wet the baby's head.

"Midwife supposed to be arriving around 5-6pm, with G&A, courtesy of mountain rescue"

Wow!

Good luck

I'm so excited- I hope all is well with you Stella. Good luck xx

OoooooHHHHHHHH!!!

Wonder how it's going?

If you are lucky, the midwife will forget to take the gas and air with her when she leaves - I am sure that every mum needs a cannister of it around the place, to take the edge off the terrible twos and teen tantrums!

Good luck, what a lovely thread!

Oh my God - this is sooo exciting.

Good luck Stella...will keep checking to see how you're getting on.

Good luck, and well done for posting between contractions!!! That takes some effort!!

ooh! hope MW is there already!

bouncing even more, ignoring children who are getting overtired

Oh my goodness! How exciting!

Good luck Stella.