Latent phase of labour...

[MickeyTheShortOne]

So, I am officially in labour. I am 1,5cm dilated.
The contractions were 4-6mins apart last night.. all stopped this morning.
Anyone got any tips to get things going again?!

Honestly? Get as much sleep as you can! With dd the latent phase lasted a week. Every time they ramped up, I kept thinking this is it, and then they would go off again. I would have screamed if id had the energy. The day I knew it was really happening, I woke up with contractions rather than them coming on through the day.

It's a pain, isn't it... I spent the weekend expecting it all to kick off as I'd been having on and off contractions since my sweep on friday and then passed my show saturday morning, as well as been feeling nauseous. It all seemed to quieten down yesterday though :( The midwife gave me another sweep this afternoon and said my cervix was very favourable, all flattened out, 2cm dilated and ready to go... I just need some contractions! I had a proper painful contraction 25 minutes ago, but no more since. Hate this waiting! I never had this annoying latent phase with ds - waters went all of a sudden and straight into labour I went. Big grrrrrr! Sorry for the rant! Hope it starts to happen for you ladies soon...

Mickey I actually woke DH up at 5am and got him to drive me to hospital after a night of increasingly intense contractions, and by the time we got there and I was properly checked in (around 8am) they ... stopped.

That was a Saturday. DS was induced the Tuesday a week and a bit after.
Sooooooo I would just say: rest, eat, relax as much as you can.