After 2 weeks of false starts I think DC4 may be finally arriving

[Izzyschangelingisarriving]

hopefully in the next 24 hours! DH is insistent it is coming at 20.12 tomorrow - that seems an awfully long time away to me.

are you in labour?

I don't know - I keep getting hour long sessions of what feel excruciatingly like labour - once or twice a day, usually when I wake up.

But this is the 4th set since this morning, so they are def hotting up, combined with bad tummy.

What I am not sure of is if like all the other times, they are going to just STOP again.

This is the most frustrating end of pregnancy I have ever had!

Exciting!

I hope so, because DH is home, if I rang him everytime I had a false start, Id have phoned him out of work everyday for 2 weeks - but then I panic because I have relatively fast labours and I am scared of giving birth totally alone, he delivered DC3.

Oooo exciting! I told you you'd have the baby by the weekend!

If you have it tomorrow, you have to call it Apocalypta!

That made me laugh Sweet, I just hope its not another false start!! I have never known anything like this.

Is it tomorrow you're meant to be seeing your MW?

yes - but she has been suppose to ring me with a time and she hasnt so I have no idea when she is coming - am supposed to be taking DD to breakfast with Santa tomorrow.

Ah no! Is there anyone else who can take her?

I sympathise, i had lots of false starts with ds2 and kept calling family/friends out to babysit in the early hours only to reappear at breakfast with baby still firmly in place! When it finally happened it all went quickly, constantly and unmistakably! 10lb baby out in 2 hours from start to finish.

My mum will take her - she only came home today after 2 days with mum because of all the false starts.

Eased up again!

I can't keep this up for much longer.

Dh is sleeping - poor thing is shattered

Mulled did you have it at home

Off to bed, hope you manage to Get some sleep yourself.

Thanks, I am mostly walking around my room watching TV praying it doesnt all stop.

Hope this is the real thing for you izzy, good luck :)

And nothing again - everything stopped at about 2 this morning, so no sleep and NO BABY.

Am tired and grumpy and FED UP.

Izzy...no, I felt a dribble of water and the contractions that had been off and on for the last week or two suddenly became unmistakeably regular and I felt like I had a melon stuck in my groin. Up until then it had been pretty much as you described apart from some excrusiating pains that felt like someone was ermm..kicking me really hard in the pubic area!! Previous labours had been gradual build up and then wham, in your face, contractions.When I got to the hospital, my waters were intact but the head was so low they could virtually pull it out!! Contractions were continuous and lo..a child was born! I know how you feel..it will all happen soon, you will get to hospital in time and it will be fine..btw, a colleague of mine delivered her own baby whilst hanging out the washing! At least she had clean towels at the ready!

I'm not going to hospital - home birth.

I feel so rough and tired I just want to cry.

I really want DH to comrades home and I am so tired everything is aching - dreadings school run.

Poor dd is shoved in front of t .

Marking my place!!! Good luck!!!

hope things go well for you

STILL no baby, and I have a streaming cold now, my eyes and nose are pouring.

Lovely DH is home now and I have had 2 steaming hot baths which make me feel much better. I have also had a small brandy which was lovely.

Then I fell asleep on the sofa for an hour, also lovely.

Going to watch a movie now.

Will keep you updated.

Mulled, midwife thought DD was born with her waters intact, but as she wasnt actually here, she isnt sure.

Hurray - this is it ladies - show has arrived so I am guessing this time my body means business - so hopefully by this evening I should have a lovely new baby.

Cross your fingers this time it really is labour.

fingers crossed.

do you know if its a ds or dd?