Sorry for the moan but I’m really struggling with the start of labour. I’ve been having regular painful contractions for around 30 hours now and I’m still only just over 1cm dilated! Very little change from how my cervix was a couple of weeks ago. Contractions have been around 1.5 mins every 3 mins and codine/morphine isn’t helping with the pain. I’m set to have another night of no sleep as there is no way I can sleep through the pain and I’m really starting to panic about how I’m going to cope with the rest of labour.
Has anyone else had a similar start to labour? I’m praying that the intense contractions now mean that I’ll suddenly dilate really quickly, but who knows. I’m losing faith in my body!