Hello everyone! Well here I am, sans baby. Had an eventful night though!
Went to bed about half ten last night, started getting strong contractions at about 11.15pm. After about 5 in a row, dh and I decided to ring the hospital and they said to come in, although the m/w wasn't convinced I was in established labour as they were 10-15 mins apart.
So off we went (thanking our lucky stars that the dds were already sleeping over at my mums), all the way round the loch, arrived at the hospital at about 1am. However on the way there the contractions had lessened in strength and, by the time I was examined, had almost stopped altogether. The m/w examined me and gave me the news that I was all of 1cm dilated! I felt like a bit of a fraud then!
Since we were such a long way from home, she suggested we stayed overnight just in case things started to happen again, but the only room available was the examination room where I usually have my m/w appointments! But they made up the bed and brought in a comfy chair for dh and we settled in. My contractions continued on and off, but by 4.30am they were most definitely off. Grr.
So, after an examination this morning to make sure the baby was fine, I had breakfast and we came home. I went straight to bed and slept for three hours! I still feel like I've been run over by a bus though. As we left everyone joked "see you tonight!". Mum and dad are having the kids again, as the m/w opinion is that I'm really not far away (fingers crossed).
This thread is gonna turn into an epic at this rate!!!