Whenever people talk about labour (and when I say talk, I mean MN obviously!) they always seem to be able to say "my contractions were x minutes apart and lasted for x seconds"
When I was in labour with DS, my contractions were really irregular and several ran into each other. It made it difficult to time them and I felt like a right idiot when the labour ward mw asked me how long/how many etc etc. It was until I was examined and was already 8cm that the mw "got" how far along I was due to me and my stupid contractions! At the time I get really silly at not being able to count but then I realised is never read or been told that this could happen! Now I'm pregnant again, I still haven't seen anything other than normal, regular contractions!!
So, inspired by the other thread (about contractions and going into hospital) I thought I'd put it out there in case it happens/has happened to anybody else!
(sorry to anybody the thought this would be a birth thread...
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