How far along are you? Are you doing anything to try speed things up? Midwife said use the birth ball but I really cba with it tonight, jsut want to curl up on the sofa and relax!
I'm 38+2. I am due to discuss being induced next week anyway due to a blood condition I have but hoping this is it happening on its own!
When I went in yesterday evening I was hooked up to the monitor, the midwife decided I needed an internal exam due to the length and regularity of the contractions it was picking up and she found I was 2cm, babys head very low and did a sweep. Came back in 2 hours to check and hadn't progressed further so they did another sweep and sent me home.
They've gotten worse since then but still no set pattern that I can really tell, I was actually in today for a scan and they checked me again (not internally) whilst I was there and said they think I've come on a bit since last night but still not enough to really warrant staying there. She gave my belly a really big push around, it actually hurt quite a lot and since then my contractions have been a lot worse and more frequent.
She told me to go home and nap because I may not be able to sleep tonight if things keep going. Walk around a little where possible, try the ball if I have one (I don't though) but she said most importantly to just sleep whilst I can, although I bloody can't from all the adrenaline!
She said its like how long is a piece of string but with the contractions, the dilation and the fact I've had my show this morning she would say we could be meeting him in the next few days! Eeek.
Have you tried a hot bath? Seemed to make my contractions more intense tbh which is sort of good and bad 🤣