To be fair the midwives see a lot of women, especially 1st time mums, coming into hospital far too early and getting very annoyed when they have to go home again. There will always be some women who labour fast or never need to pant through contractions, but for most there is a general pattern to labour and it sounds like the midwife is just trying to help 1sttimemumma88 get some rest and avoid the annoyance of going all the way to hospital just to be sent home again.

Hope you got some rest last night 1sttimemumma88 and if things didn't progress overnight then hopefully they will today for you

T
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