Jennyfarful's labour watch

[almeria]

good night Jen, hope you can sleep x

 

[maybe baby]

Ahh good luck Jen!

I'm sooo excited for you, and glad we got those OPK's sussed when we did lol!!

Can't wait to see what you have, I couldn't possibly wait but I think it's a wonderful surprise!

I hope to log on to a bubba pic in the morning!

Take care.

xxx

 

[Tracey M]

Have a good night *ahem* rest..... I'm totally thread stalking now....... Cant believe its gonna happen tomorrow woo hoo

 

[Georgie0]

ohh, i'm madly jealous! Good luck, be thinking of you! Think happy labour thoughts! x x

 

[littlemiss83]

lots of good luck

 

[Cantstop]

Good luck! Hope baby makes an appearance soon!

 

[Tracey M]

 

[MissJuly10]

Any news? Threadstalking!! x

 

[Piglet's Mama]

Morning ladies - quick-ish update for you!

Well after planning to call it a night yesterday after the useless irregular contractions I'd been having all day failed to progress to anything, my contractions started to get very regular at about 9.30pm All I can say is "ouch!" They suddenly started coming every 3-4 mins and were lasting a minute and boy did I know about it. So after a day of false starts followed by this onset of intense discomfort, we rang the hospital. After suggesting I have another bath & some paracetamol, they said to go in and be checked.

Got there and saw a lovely MW, Jackie - who incidentally said I had a beautiful birth plan - and she checked me over: I was still only 1cm Al and I totally gutted but she said as the contractions had only been regular for 2ish hours at the point, she hadn't expected them to do much. She gave me some more paracetamol and codeine (I think) and said come home, get some food, and rest - she said the codeine should take the edge off the contractions to allow me to at least rest and luckily it did. Al also managed to get a few hours too so hopefully he's feeling a bit fresher.

So we drove home, got a MacD's and then of all things to happen as we parked up, drove over a nail and punctured a tire... (Yesterday really was a massive pain in the arse). So Al wanted to go out at 1am and attempt to change it but at that point my contractions were still very regular and I didn't want to be in the house on my own while he was out in the dark faffing with the bloody tire... So we left it and he's out there now trying to change it and if not, there's a garage literally opposite our house or we could use our other car when the time comes to go to the hospital. What a bloody nightmare.

The contraction pain is absolutely breathtaking. I can honestly understand now why people on OBEM scream, wriggle, beg for drugs as it is seriously intense. I am breathing through them and really want to stick to my "no epidural/pethidine" but I think I will honestly play that by ear

Lander - I think your suggestion of me getting on all fours really started them off so I'm blaming you for the serious amount of discomfort I'm in! But honestly, if they start to become regular again (every 3 mins, lasting a min or shorter) I'm not sure how much I can cope with here; when they come, they're really coming. So far this morning, every 7-8 mins and lasting over a minute - I've had three whilst writing this update...!

Gonna get in the bath soon and take some paracetamol and then get back on all fours as that certainly helped to get them going and get them regular last night. Please say a little prayer for us ladies that it is today (please God) as this is certainly not what either of us had in mind for the birth of our first LO - we were so smug that our pregnancy had been so straightforward and that it was bound to be the same for actually having the baby, but oh no...! All this will be really funny next week no doubt, and of course baby will be so incredibly worth it, but at the moment as we now move into day 3, we're just a little bit fed up!

More as & when xxx

 

[Mummy2Adam]

Have you tried walking up and down stairs hunny? (only if you havent got spd)
Hope things start to progress alot quicker for you today x x


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[Lacey's Mummy]

I still think your have your baby today!!! Keep active hun x x

 

[AugustMum]

As the others have said, just keep moving and battling through.

Contractions are pretty intense arent they! You're doing uber well seeings as this has gone on for 3 days! Ill keep everything crossed that your LO is here by midnight! xx

 

[SunnyGirl]

Come on, babyfarful!!
Aww this is so exciting!! Xxx

 

[Maria1977]

You're doing well hun, contractions are hard work. I remember after about 10 hours of them with little break inbtween (after being induced) hearing screaming then realised it was me, only heard people say about that before never believed you could scream and not realise it's coming from yourself lol

Good luck

 

[Lynseysg]

Ooooh it's exciting, hope your doing ok!

Will be thinking if you.....just think you'll be a mummy soon xxxx

 

[Smithy1980]

Good luck hun....fingers crossed for today xxx


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[Tracey M]

OOOhhhh progression. Keep up all the good work, you are doing sooooo well!!

 

[Nurse 26]

Hope things progress and baby born today, good luck hun. xxx

 

[traci]

Come on baby! We're all waiting for you!!

 

[maybe baby]

Aww you're a star Jen, I love that page long quick update in the middle of your contractions that's PF dedication for you!

Hope things get moving for you and if you fancy that epidural you go for it, don't worry about your plan.

Can't wait for your next update.

xx