once your waters break, and you find its meconium stained,

how long would you be comfortable to stay home?

I wouldn't, I would be calling the hospital asap and going straight in... definately not worth taking any chances. Hope everything is okay hun x

I wouldn't be staying home either. I'd be calling the birth suite and letting them know what's going on and going in.
Good luck.

I WOULD NOT BE hun call the hossy and go in straight away

^^^^ Ditto, I wouldn't take any chances, JUST IN CASE... I'd get my butt straight to hospital - At least call asap - Good luck hun! xx

Hmmm depends. Mine broke and were really meconium stained, and my middie didn't even seem the least bit concerned. I was already 7-8cm dilated though - so that might have been why.

Always pays to ring and let them know whats going on though.

Go in as baby may be distressed so you need monitering, to see whats happening.

Hope all ok

Defiantely call and go straight in.

thanks, nothing is happening now, just thinking ahead, I want to stay home as long as possible this time around, but last time my waters broke and they told me to go in, when I got to the hospital they found meconium stained, but bubs was fine, and all their panick just gave me stress, when really there was no need for it, she was fine the whole time and came out perfect

My waters were miconium stained all three times. The first time my baby was in distress, and needed to be resusitated after she was born. The other two times, nothing occurred - just nice quick "easy" births.

I wouldn't risk not going straight in, because you just never know... Odds are you will probably not have anything to worry about, but there is always a chance that you might.

#2 I had miconium. I waited half hour and changed a pad to double check it was miconium before I rang hospital.
But would definetly not delay too long before ringing them.

Bubs wasn't distressed, just a week late and I think taking her first dump. Possibly a reaction to me working ard to get her out all that day. The midwives are able to tell you if it is a new stain or old stain, mine was new, it had occured very recently so bubs had not been wallowing in it for long, I think the big concern is if it happended some time before the waters rupture.