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Thursday lunchtime- Waters must have started leaking, thought just heavy discharge, until eventually put maternity pad on, which was soaked quite quickly. Didn't even say anything to OH until about 6pm. just said i feel like i'm "leaking" as everytime i moved it felt like some Squished out. (gross!) So eventually after posting on here and it dawning on me that maybe it WAS waters, called MLU. Who confirmed very much sounded like it. Asked me to go in, armed with pad.
Thurs 8pm ish - Went to MLU with pad, said looked like waters, Pulled trousers down and whipped out one was wearing which by now was getting more pink ish, and confirmed waters had gone. "past point of no return" was in shock, but of course so excited. They called registrar, as usually CTG done 12 hours after waters gone, but that would mean me coming back at midnight, Registrar @ hosp agreed for it to be done between 9-10pm. CTG fine, and showed that having the odd tightening here and there, but nothing uncomfy. Told to go home, have plain bath, paracetamol and sleep, to come back in the morning for reassessment, i think both midwife and i thought nothing would happen in the night. but she said if i do start contracting, when they are 3-4 mins apart to come back in.
Thurs 10pm- Went home, decided to eat some porridge even though wasnt hungry as thought good "fuel" incase things did happen. Halfway through porridge contractions started. Ouch. Decided to get Tenns on as knew takes a while for it to work.
11pm - contractions 5 mins apart, lasting 45 seconds.
12 midnight- 4 mins apart 1 min long.
1am 3 mins apart, 1 min long... ouch... OH calls MLU they tell me to come back in.
Get back in, examined me, 2cm, but thin and stretchy and she stretched me to 3. Told me could either go home or stay in. Decided to stay in, MLU totally empty so could do as i pleased, and think i had a feeling was going to get very painful, fast!
Decided to just wander around to use gravity to max Effect, so wandered using Tenns machine. Distraction seemed to work for me... i was walking around, and as a contraction came i would focus on something. OH keeps laughing at the fact at one point i was walking around, and had a contraction by a door labelled "disposal" and i leant against the door murmuring disposal.... sounds crazy but it really helped me.
After a while midwife suggested use gas and air... Resisted for a while. eventually gave in. Hated it. Didn't touch contraction and left me high as a bloody kite after the contraction. Kept telling midwife and OH how pissed i was. thing is, i don't really drink and don't really like the sensation of being drunk, so that for me was a bit crazy. Eventually gas and air had more of a purpose,.. although i think having somehting to focus on and breathe in while contracting was as important as the gas and air itself.