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 ..
I time my contractions LOL :lol:
Run about remembering things I forgot to pack!
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
ha all very funny
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.
Try and talk my way out of it :lol:
Then run around and get the bag properly packed.
i chatted on BB chat!
Ring my mum :D
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.
I sat on the couch quietly enjoying the ticklish butterflies lol Then I watched a really bad move, and stayed up all night watching bad movies!
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 :p
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! :redface:
mumma 88 your bubba wont notice the condition of your hair... and No midwife will either!
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! :lol:
Have a shower and hope it's not happening since I have had two pre term labours. Last time I was signing legal documents!
With no1 I timed them
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.
With DD1 I was waiting and reading thats life!
With DD2 I was on facebook :lol:
I sat around in complete denial and tried to read all sorts of articles on BB to convince me I wasn't in labour. I was only at 36 weeks after all!
Eventually, I woke DH and he called the hospital... we then showered, dressed, ate breakfast and hurriedly threw stuff into a bag (forgetting the camera!) as I'd packed nothing.
As for the legs and bikini line... meh! Didn't even think about it. When things really get going you don't care about the state of your bits. I never tidied up for my FS, and I wasn't going to tidy up for my OB!
BW
well i was determined to get the kids back to school before i had DS2 so of course 9am on the dot as the kids are lining up to go into their new classrooms on the first day back at school- i get my first contraction! However i had made a coffee date with the mum's from school and i wasnt going to miss that, so i said goodbye to the kids and went off for coffee!! When i got there - cx were 3 mins apart- oops- had my milkshake, then went to the supermarket to grab some stuff for dinner for the kids, and then drove home. Thought i better as they were about 90 seconds apart by this stage- it was around 10.30. Rang DH, OB and hossy when i got home- they wanted me to call an ambulance as cx were soo close but i didnt want to.
Had a shower, made sure i emptied my bowel, and shaved and tidied up everything !
then i thought i better go to hossy! Got there about 12pm and had DS at 2.50pm!!! so plenty of time - was gonna go back and pick up the kids from school, but DH didnt think that was a good idea lol
Haha these are awesome :)
We were actually at the hospital when I realised I was in labour, but I wasn't progressing so we opted to go home. Of course I got straight on FB to tell everyone I was officially in labour, then ate some Yummy Noodle for dinner and watched Terminator 2 with DH before going back to bed!
When I got jolted out of bed at 3am with a shocking contraction that screamed 'This is IT!', the first thing I did was get in the shower and tidy myself up (for the second time that day lol, had to make sure I didn't miss any spots!)... then made a cup of tea before going back to hospital to give birth :)
I immediately jumped in the shower, was heading down to the hospy to be checked out so wanted to be nice and fresh. I clearly remember standing in front of the heater, wrapped in a towel and reading Sheila Kitzinger trying to work out if I was actually in labour LOL all while DH rushed around packing all the things we hadn't organised yet.
I didn't actually realise my pre-labour had become labour, and my contractions never really got closer that 10mins apart - I kept waiting for them to get closer together. We laugh now that it was lucky I went for a check up with my Ob who sent us on to the hospital, otherwise we might have realised too late! She was born 3.5hrs later.
I finished making DH homemade cinnamon scrolls for his breakfast! I knew he'd need the energy and I didn't want to waste the dough. He was chomping away while I was in labour. I had one bite and promptly threw up.
With DS my waters broke i had a shower talked to my dad for half hr, woke my DH then headed to the hospital
DD i couldnt sleep...had pain on & off from 12am-4am... From 4-4.30 i had 10 contractions & told DH they were annoying & i wanted to go get checked... Took our sweet time getting to the hospital... My waters broke in the car & thankfully didnt go everywhere untill i got out lol
Well, for #2 I was booked in to be induced so no surprise on the day, but I went into labour at 3am.
Realise "oh heck, she's coming early" and engage panic mode.
Have breakfast, get dressed, last minute packing, ring hospital, go to hospital (got there at about 5am), have baby.
No induction! :)
This time its going to depend heavily on what time of day it is and what the kids are up to. If its not in the middle of the night, first thing I do is ring my parents so they have as much time as possible to get here to look after the kiddlywinks.
ds1 induced so was in hosp, ds2 I went and got my list of last minute things for the labour bag, clothes etc that you need in the wardrobe to wear but want them in your labour bag made sure cold drink bottles etc were altogether in the fridge so they could be thrown into the bag right when I needed them and then I started cooking eggs to make egg and lettuce and egg and ham sandwich which I ate in between contractions about 30mins before ds2 was born, in the shower on a birthing ball lol
Had a shower and got ready into my comfy clothes to go to hosp - yoga pants and a top
After that I ate dinner and then said goodnight to ds1 when he was in bed(mum was there to get him ready for bed, do books etc) contractions were really strong at that point and Noah knew something was going on and was gettign a little worried when he could see my pain so was trying to be as quick as I could to say goodnight but do it pproperly, telling him he would meet his baby brother in the morning, he gave my belly lots of last kisses and then I retreated to our bedroom and dh set up birthing cd on the laptop and candles EVERYWHERE, electric oil burner and I was in our room for a bit and then got in the ensuite shower and decided to go to hosp when we ran out of hot water lol which was a good thing cause contractions were very close when we got there and I spent the rest of my labour in the shower and a bit in the bath and ds2 was born there
WHOOPS sorry got a tad carried away there...reminiscing!
I've been induced both times, so if it comes on by itself I reckon I might panic!! Especially as though we are a good 25 minutes from the hossy and last labour was 2 hrs. Plus, I still don't know who we're going to leave the kids with and how to get them there if DH is not home at the time..
I started with back pains, was up all night on BB :lol:
Then when I realised it was labour, I woke up DH and told him it was time for the TENS machine... look on his face was priceless... then my mum and sister came round, brought some lunch which I ate but promptly threw up and then it was really on from there! So I think the start of labour for me is throwing up :D
DD1 - i woke my mum up - and walked and did alot of complaining!
DD2 i was already in hospital under isolation (swine flu) I buzzed the midwife, She came in said to buzz her it was time LOL, I msg my *p* to come in and i walked around my room texting ozzyhof... keeping her updated LOL
I kept driving home (waters broke while driving home from Yoga) :lol: then called the hospital when I got home and had the Phone No# and DH with me :D We got to the hospital about 1 hr 20min after my waters broke and I was 7-8cm :o
This time....
If I am not already in my car, I am jumping in the car and getting to hospital as quickly as possible, calling an ambulance if needed, as this labour is likely to be quicker :rofl:
went on BB to find out if it "was it" haha or just prelabour
and dragged DH off shopping for food/drink
spent most of the night on BB/ contraction master dot com. BB kept me sane!
( all up 31hours later had DS.)
This time? BB and more BB :p
With DD i hopped out of the shower to a trickle down my leg.
DS1 was induced
DS2 Woke up and thought "this is it" and woke DH
DS3 Stressed and called all my support as DH was stuck in sydney... found my comfort zone and stayed there till he got to the hosp!
This time i hope he near by coz im scared of going into labour without him. :)
I mopped up the mess from up the hall way where my waters broke and I was running around like a headless chook trying to decide what to do first :rofl:, then rang DH still wondering if I was actually in labour despite having contractions 7 minutes apart and getting stronger :shakehead: Gee and they say if you are in labour you 'just know' hehehe.
I posted on BB :) https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...ml?pagenumber=
After that I woke my Dh and rang the hospital!
I got out my Preggo books and tried to convince myself i was in false labour by reading all the symptoms of labour and telling myself that this wasn't really it- i wasn't false and bubs was born that day! hahaha
Woke up, made this face -->:o (5am) and ran to the bathroom leaving a trail of fluid behind me, *TMI* smelt fluid thought "ew" and "smells like semen"
Then waited for DF to wake up and realise I wasn't there while still leaking like a burst water main. Then he cleaned up the "trail" (haha sucker) and called the hossy, finished packing bags and went in for a check up.
Got sent home to wait for contractions, so had a snack at the shops, got some accupuncture to get things going, get lunch on the way home (freak out whoever asked when I was due by telling them my waters broke already lol).
Spent the afternoon watching movies while waiting for regular contractions that never came.
When I was getting to uncomfortable at home we went to hossy, the drive was horrible as MIL seemed to think we were in a huge hurry and every (very hard or at least it felt like it) acceleration triggered a contraction.
Lol Um... Got a bit carried away there, sorry, but that's how it went- I'm kinda amazed I remember every little detail, especially since I cant remember yesterday or any other day of the last 11 and a half months :rolleyes:
When my contractions start, they start with a massive bang! So I don't get a chance to do anything like cleaning, showering or anything like that lol. I usually just scream at dh about how I reeeeeeally hate labour, and I want it to all go away lol
My first labour was under two hours from first contraction to holding my baby, I thought when it started that maybe it was a false alarm, luckily I had my mother there and my partner making me go to the birth centre. I thought my first quick labour was a fluke until my second baby, who was born 5omin after first contraction, needless to say alot of the same running around to get in the car and go, it took all my might not to have her in the car. THe third baby (10 weeks ago) we decided a home birth, no more horrible car trips I wanted to stay in. The midwife lived an hour and a half away, so the plan of attack was for me to lay down and stop gravity a little. The break between babies was 6 years and I was told (by varying people)that all births are different, it's been 6 years, it might be longer this time etc etc. So i thought yeah maybe it will be longer. One contraction I knew this was it, within 15 minutes i was in transition but stayed laying down for as long as I could, hubby filled up the pool, which slowed it down a little, but all i wanted to do was push... PUSH, so again I was holding on but this time for the midwife to come to me... she arrived I was so relieved and had bubba 15 minutes after she arrived. So my longest labour thus far 2 hours! It was glorious being at home and having a 'slower' labour. So basically when I go into labour it's not much time for anything but the essentials.
we went fishing for a few hrs lol. we were there for about a hr and contractions got to 5min apart so headed home and went on BB chat to se if it was real then rang the hosp to let them know and tried watching greys anatomy.