what's the first thing you do when you realise you're in labour?
I am 37wks pregnant with my fifth baby and every single time i've realised thats its finally the real deal the first thing i always do is...
shave my legs !
...although only to up to the knee cause can't be bothered with the rest,...and shave under the arms too of course. As for the bikini line...forget that! lol
lol .. with my son i was in prelabour for near 2 days then my waters broke and i was straight to the hospital lol .. I guess he was my first, I stayed for antibiotics for GBS anyway. And I was only 2cm. This time coz I'm attempting VBAC they want me in straight away. Pfft, I'm planning on having a shower and shaving my legs and underarms and downstairs .. lol .. then i'll dry my hair, maybe straighten it if i feel like it, call my dad (hes minding my son), call my doula wait for her to come (shes 1 1/2 hours away) then go to the hospital with her (im out of town - 25 mins) my dad lives in the same town too, so If its a decent hour and the weathers good I'll walk to his to help things along .. Thats my plan anyway .. who knows if it'll happen lol ..
lol your posts made me smile..
i wish i had the time with my first two..
my daughter took 1 3/4 hours
my son 1 hour.. almost had him at the lights in townsville.. so i get full on labour from get go..
otherwise i dare say i would have wanted to shower and shave too..
xxx
Call the hospital both times. Well, with DS it was after i believed i was actually in labour as i started with contractions. DD my waters broke during the night so i called them straight away.
Ring my mum
Well 3rd time I rang DH first coz he had to travel 2 hours to me, then I called mum.
But I paced the house for a bit with a peanut butter sandwich first
Then a shower to wash my hair & have a bit of a tidy up. Then off to make sure I had everything I needed.
HAHA! i was thinking of this when i was showering yesterday. I was thinking when i know im in labour and its for real to make sure my legs, underarms and even bikini line are shaved LOL
THEN i would make sure i have everything packed.. but i would call the hospital first
But just incase i have been keeping myself well groomed. Thought i better when i had my scare at 27 weeks and my legs resembled DP's and 'down there' was yes not very nice!
According to a friend of mine, a beard trimmer is the way to go, lol.
She normally wax's but got slack in pregnancy, then towards the end she decided she'd feel sorry for anyone who'd have to look down there & couldn't see anything herself, so she perched herself in front of the mirror with her DP's beard trimmer!
NO2 I was in a hospital bed for another reason when my waters broke and it was buzz buzz buzz for a midwife. I was too scared to move and completely flooded everything. Then once the shock sunk in and the middy helped me clean up I sent DH a text message to come in as the baby would be born that day. It didn't sink in at the time that it was night time and he was probably sleeping and wouldn't get there until the morning. He surprised me but and turned up 30mins later (after driving 60kms to drop eldest DD off) still haven't asked him how fast he drove 4yrs later. Oh in my text message I said contractions were 2mins apart so I think he didnt think he had any time to spare. And he was dressed in his Sunday best!
I called my H, doula and sister then I went to the cinema to relax in the aircon. My labour progressed out of pre-labour faster than I expected though and I had to head home about 40mins into the movie.
what's the first thing you do when you realise you're in labour?
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