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guess what? I'm in labour!

I had a show on sunday night (tmi - mucus plug plugging up the cervix came away), and started having contractions straight away. On Monday I called the delivery rooms and they said to take some panadeine and rest and see if they intensify or die down. so I did and they stretched from 7 mins apart to 10 mins apart. This kept going Tuesday and then on Wednesday they became 5 mins apart lasting about 1 min each. So I called delivery again and they advised as I was still considered "prem" until Friday I should come in to be checked.

But - Hubbs didn't want to leave the shop if he didn't have to , and we selfishly had tickets to the circus for last night, and I was really looking forward to going. But we both decided if it got worse we would forgo the circus and go to the hospital.

Anyhow we decided I would try staying home a little longer. We went to the circus and I coped with the contractions fine there. But after that it started getting more intense so at 1am we went to the hospital to be checked. The put me on the monitor and and concluded I wasn't in real labour as my contractions, although intense (going off the top of the chart) were erratic. I would have them 5 mins apart for a while then have 2 a minute apart and then one 7 mins later.

They decided I should stay the night, so I hunkered down in the delivery room for the night and slept sporadically in between contractions and listening to the nurses gossiping.

This morning they monitored me again and again concluded that I probably wasn't in real labour yet and this was all just "practice". However they tried to call my OB and found she was in Sydney and they got her stand in to visit - he was LOVELY. Talk about a sweet compassionate man. He made me feel at ease and was very sympathetic. He told me he really needed to do an internal to check the state of the cervix.

He told me it would be very uncomfortable but I didn't care - you gotta do what you gotta do.

He did the internal as a nurse held my hand and while he was doing it he kept saying "i am so sorry this is uncomfortable - I am doing my best not to hurt you" - and he didn't hurt me - yes it was uncomfortable but an IUI was worse.

Anyhow, he concluded with "Well - looks like we will be having a baby soon - today or tomorrow at the latest". My cervix is totally thinned, 3 cm dilated and my waters are bulging through the cervix ready to break any second. He said he could break my waters today but because my body is doing such a good job on it's own, he doesn't want to do that. He said to go home, relax, walk around if I could and see if I can get some progress on this labour. Then if my waters break or I get down to like 3 mins apart to come back in today. If it hasn't happened by tomorrow to call my OB and see if she wants to break my waters to get things progressing.

He said since I have been contracting for 4 days now, they wouldn't want me to go for too much longer as both wriggles and I would start getting tired and may have trouble delivering.

So I am home. Hubbs dropped me home and went to the shop - yes you heard right. He decided I didn't need anyone with me (despite being in labour) and that if I needed him I just had to call and he would come home immediately. I am pissed with him but trying to understand his point of view. Even when he was gone for 4 hours without even calling to see how I am (he did finally call but that was more to tell me that he has heaps more stuff he wanted to get done and wouldn't be home yet (not unless I really needed him and then he would drop everything and come home)). I wonder if he just doesn't cope well seeing me in this pain????

Hubbs had been chatting to a friend's wife on msn while at the shop, and never mentioned I was in labour. However she was telling him how she was feeling really low after recovering from a bad car accident and he suggested that she call me, and I might cheer her up! What the? I told him the last thing I really want right now is to "cheer someone else up"! Not when my supposed support person is doing nothing for me right now, and I am here, alone at home, in labour! The baby room is not finished, the house is a mess and there is little I can do about it. When I asked him if he is going to be able to get everything done in time he said "you will be in hospital five days - I have heaps of time to do it all" - double what the? Does that include cleaning up the house, vacuuming etc? I don't think so, cause that stuff just gets overlooked by the male pair of eyes in this house.

Anyway, I am fine, wriggles is fine, and it looks like sometime in the next 48 hours I am going to meet this incredible little person wriggling inside me.

I have asked the incredible Katt to be a guest poster on this blog and she will let you know when we have news on the impending birth. I just hope Hubbs gives her enough information!

Wish me luck - the next bit is pretty scary! I think I can do it. Gosh I hope I can do this! I want wriggles to be proud of his/her mumma!