Hi everyone
I had a failed induction with my DS at 42 weeks. Got stuck at 5cm after 12 hours of crazy pitocin induced contractions and ended up with an emcs.
I didn't enjoy the recovery from the c section (I mean, does anyone?) Also ended up with horrible pnd and a baby who would not sleep more than two hours at a time until he was almost 2. So it was a struggle.
Anyway, this time I'm going for a VBAC. I never had so much of a twinge with the first pregnancy until the induction started. But this Tuesday (40+1) at like 3am, I started to get regular painful contractions. Went into hospital where the contractions quickly petered out. I was told that I was 1cm and that my cervix had come forward a little. Midwife recommended going home to wait until contractions were 5 minutes apart and I was like "Great, I hate hospitals and I want my bed." 
However, since then I have had irregular painful contractions starting and stopping all over the place. They're bad enough to wake me up every 10 minutes at night but seem less severe during the day. I ended up back in hospital early this morning (Thursday) as they seemed to be ramping up again. I'm now 2 cm dilated, cervix is more favourable and I lost my mucus plug. Hospital wanted to keep me in for monitoring but looks like they'll let me home this afternoon because, big surprise, the contractions are reducing again.
Has anyone else had a latent phase this long? It's driving me mad! I got about 2 hours of sleep last night and I just want this pregnancy to be over. Although the irony there is that I'll definitely not get any more sleep once DS2 is here. To clarify I've been having irregular contractions for around 60 hours. Any stories of hope would be greatly appreciated. I'm still holding out for a VBAC.