If they do say the baby is in distress.. can it be as simple as turning off the drip and letting the baby recover? or once a baby is in distress is it truly an emergency to get it out? Probably a silly question.. but hey.. doesn't hurt to ask Altho.. there's the meconium thing with a distressed bub isn't there.

I was about 3cm when I was augmented with the drip... and it took about 2 hours for them to start counting it as active labour. I think they counted it from the time I looked like I was in real labour.. before that I was smiling at the midwife whenever she came in.. so she figured it needed to be cranked up a notch! LOL.

Thankyou tho! Just another note I will take and discuss with my OB on Monday, coz a c/s is a big no no in my birth plan if at all possible! Am already preparing myself to put my foot down on how long he'll let me go without the drip if my waters break in early labour again. hehe. He's actually very good to talk to, but I'm finding out that if I don't specifically talk to him about something.. his 'standard' procedures aren't that top notch (if that makes sense). But if you tell him you want something.. he's very good about it. I'm learning this from other friends who have had him before too.