Contractions just stopped!

[AliB]

Hello all!

Well this has turned into a sort of a quasi belly buddies group! Which is hard work for me as I'm already in two of them!!! LOL... I am the last to pop in the 1-15 Feb group so a week or so ago was warmly welcomed into the 16-28 Feb group LOL.

Mum2Willie - well done with your extended baking time, sounds like you did a great job with keeping your GD under control.

Allboys - pleased to hear the s&s got some movement going, I do hope it keeps up!

lismith25 - I worked until late too - in the office until nearly 39 weeks, then from home until 40 weeks. It really helped keep my mind off the due date!!

Shell stil got those p.pains aye, you're really working hard there!

AFM a very sad and sookie day today, feeling sorry for myself. My new 'interim' avatar helped pick me right up! As did getting out of the house for a couple of hours despite the heat. Wed is OB appt 41+2, I had been uncertain about the idea of an S&S a few days ago but now I feel that if the cervix is at all favourable for it I will be saying YES PLEASE!!!

[lismith25]

MTW thats what I had...I had the proglastin gel stuff, it gets inserted on a type of tampon, mine slipped out and had to be replaced at some point but that started at about 3pm the day before. The mw then gave me a sleeping tablet, hubby went home and then when she came to do an internal and my waters broke as I got out of bed.....contraction started afterwards I cant remember exactly when but were bad enough to want hubby back at 3am....DD was born 5.30pm that avo......long time but I was high on pethedine for most of it and its a route I intend to go again....it didnt really help the contractions but it made me calm in between.

Wow that was a ramble....anyway yes I had the gel and it did work....its not comfortable but hey after an internal and what is to come.....it wont even register Hey you'll have your bub on my due date

I managed to get my appointment changed for 40+1 so week on tues, i will be begging for a s+s and an induction date just in case....I got bumped twice last time because of natural births...some people are so inconsiderate

AliB - sorry your having a downer, I had a crying day yesterday but it passed and just go for the s+s - at worse it will do nothing

[Mum2Willie]

AliB - Sorry to hear having a crappy day!!! You are nearly there! Here's hoping your cervix is favourable - unlike mine.

Lis - Thanks for information re the gel! So you didn't need anything else to get your contractions going??? That could be good...I was wondering with hubby should stay with me that night or not...as I have toddler at home. The in laws will stay over but Daddy will calm him when (and he does 50% of the time) wake at night. What do you think??? Did they recommend your hubby to go home?? I am going to a private hossy and they have a double bed, so DH can stay! But, then again, home and hospital are 10-15mins apart. So he is not far away if I want him.

Glad you get the appointment earlier!!!

[lismith25]

I think its up to you if you want him to stay.....I go to a small country practice style hospital and visitors are out be 9 unless its all happening. I was a bit nervous about dh leaving but in hindsight it was a full on day and he had a good 5 hours sleep in his own bed, so he was a little more relaxed than I was.

This time however Im not going in overnight, I was bumped that day as well went in at 8 for an internal got monitored and then someone came in to do it naturally so I got pushed to 3pm........this time if it happens dd will be taken care of and I will be there at 7 or 8 ready to go......yeah right

I dont know if this is relevant but I forget to put it in the earlier post, but I ended up on the Syntocin!!!! drip as well for the last couple of hours as my contractions hadnt progressed then it was all systems go.....I dont know the rules of induction but you may still need that (and as I recall that was the "if I talk about more children slap me poleease"pain)

Im getting excited for you, not long left

[Mum2Willie]

Thanks Lis - I think I might get DH to stay - or even just for the gel, go home to help with toddler getting to bed, then back and stay the night with me.

[Feijoa Mum]

Hi Shell, it was me that wanted the S&S.
I asked for one last week but was told no so she said to come back this week and she would do one for me.
I like to know that things are at least looking like they are doing the right thing even though in reality it could be this way for days. I will have another one done on Monday before the hospital appt on Thursday. She did tell me that you have an 80% chance of spontaneously getting started with one as opposed to not having one done. So thats 80% enough of a shot for me.

I was induced with the gel with my first son 4 days early because of high blood pressure. It was not a pleasant experience. I ended up with three lots of gel and then my waters were broken only for him to become distressed and me having a forceps and episotomy birth. It was 38 hours from the first lot of gel till he was born, hence the reason I dont want another one.
My other three boys have all been overdue but have all come spontaneously the last two just two days before I was due to be induced. I am hoping this is the case with this one too. Not that I am wanting to go that far over but I want an induction date to scare her out.