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!!

Good luck Stellamel.

It all sounds so exciting and romantic although I am sure they are not two words in Stellamel's vocab at the moment

If the snow sticks around that means you won't have any visitors disturbing those precious days after the birth

Best of luck!

I hope everything is going well. So exciting.

Good luck!

wow a snowy baby - i can see how much snow there is in the peaks from the end of my road now our snow has stopped for a mo!

What an exciting thread, hope you have a lovely birth and baby stella arrives soon

i have 'raiders of the lost ark' theme in my head duh duhduh duuuuuuh, duh duhduh (that's the bit for when the mountain rescue are scaling the mountain to reach the house)..

I'm on the edge of my seat here. And not a little teary over the whole idea of a winter wonderland birth, brave men with snow chains, a braver woman, and a lovely little baby at the end of it.

PS Is it too much to hope that this might be excitement enough for DH, and he won't want to go all McGregor/Boorman?

Hoping it's going really well!

I'm imagining steaming hot chocolate all round for afterwards. And hunky mountain rescue types lurking helpfully to boil water etc.

i have the A team tune in my head

just checking for news? hope its all going well and G&A got there in time

thinking of you
best wishes

Appreciate this won't be top of your things to do post birth, but take a photo of your mountain rescue team to show your lo when they are older. It would make some show and tell story

and maybe post the photo on here so we can ogle your mountain rescue team

Will the obligatory St Bernard dog be present at the birth?

I jest, but also send good labour vibes

yes, deffo need pics of all invovled in this snowy birth!!

sending lots of dilating/stretchy/pushy vibes to you xxx

Oooh how exciting!

Best of luck Stella. Bet you won't even need the G&A as much less stressful at home

i have to go to bed now >bugger pregnancy<

so good luck, and happy baby snuggling vibes...

Exciting thread!

What a birth story to tell the little one when they're older!

Come on baby snowflake .

Good luck! It's all so exciting. Neve is a nice name for a girl snow baby

Does Neve have a snowy meaning, mistletoe? [nice but dim emoticon]

What do we reckon? Got to be 7cms by now. COME ON STELLA!!!!!! (Huffpuffhuffpuff!!!)

*Pacing up and down like an expectant errrr...Mumsnetter...

(By the way....I have got the Superman theme playing through my head)

awwww feeling all broody

Yep - it means 'of the snow' apparently. I liked it for DD but she was born in May!

I wonder how its going. I have been thinking about Stella and the snow whilst out today.

Good luck Stella

I want to start a thread -
"AIBU to want Stella to post more updates?"

Sorry!