Lost my plug! *TMI*

[belle75]

Thanks girls. Called the midwife. wasn't much of a bleed - just some pink mucus. She reckons labour could be within hours or days. Not very conclusive Want bub now but my ob is away till next Friday so maybe it'll be good if bub can hold on till then. So excited though. Haven't slept all night! Going to calm down and have a snooze now (in between the crampimg). DH has gone to work but can be home in an hour if I need him. Oh! I hope I'm strong enough to deal with labour - don't have a very high pain threshold

[[M]umma[M]ia]

how exciting! good luck!

dont focus on the labour, focus on the end product. Your baby, your very own lil baby. The emotions u get from seeing your baby for the first time well outweighs the pain. I kept saying to myself "the pain wont last forever". That seemed to help.

[Just Me]

You'll be fine - it is amazing what you can cope with when you have to (it does help to have good support people).

If the cramps become too much for you - you can have a warm bath or shower to help ease the discomfort or take some panadol or use some hot packs. If they are real labour cramps they won't settle down no matter what you do, they just keep increasing. If they are BH then they generally will settle down for a time with hot packs and panadol.

Have a lovely rest and hopefully things are moving . . . if it is labour, the more rest the better because it is exhausting.

[Ozziehoffy]

Sounds like the start of things to me! I had the pink mucous the day I had Elijah. There was a little a couple of times, but much more noticable on the day. I reckon when you have to start second guessing what to do then it seems to be that it's pretty much it.

I agree... don't focus on "the pain" ... focus on your baby and visualise your baby going down through the birth canal and coming out. Breathe and trust in your body rather than fight it - then you won't feel "pain" as such.

[satya]

Sounds like it could be the start of things. Best of luck with it all.