Forty week plus 3 days, and Boo’s “tightenings” are getting stronger, it appears.
It’s 11.24pm.
Oops, I just missed a timing - apparently I am “crap at timing”.
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It’s 12.55am, and the tens machine is apparently working well. Could still be practice contractions.
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Okay, it’s now 1.40am. Apparently the last set were “I want drugs” painful. Rosie maternity are being all nice, helpful and reassuring. Happy for us to sit tight until it gets “unbearable”. Thing is, I remember when Boo bust her finger playing netball, and I sent her off to work despite its swollen state because of her complete failure to make a fuss. Anyway <3 and 1/2 mins apart and they’re lasting about a minute.
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Ten to four in the morning, and contractions are still going strong. Regular “I just want to die” moments during the contractions, but relaxed enough between them to consider feeding the cats. She’s doing really well. Probably off to the maternity unit soon.
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Well, it’s 6.38am now. Contractions alternating between every 2 minutes, and about every 3 and 1/2, still lasting about a minute. I wish “the car is out of the garage” was a euphemism, but it isn’t. Off to hospital soon, I am sure.
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Had a telephone assessment about 7.30am. They reckon another couple of hours before we should head in. The tens machine is still working it’s juju.
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Well, it’s 9.15pm (yes, pm) and we’re still at home. The midwifery unit don’t want us in until the contractions are less than 2 mins apart and last over a minute. Unfortunately, since about 9am they’ve been fluctuating between 6 minutes apart and about 2 minutes apart. Boo’s doing fine tho’.
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11.11am: A quiet night last night - contractions are about 8 minutes apart at the moment, and don’t seem to be getting any stronger or closer together. I slept through, but Boo’s been solidly awake since 5am. We’ve both got that 1000 yard stare thing down to a fine art, but then that could just be because the Archers omnibus is on.
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It’s 8.29pm (on 4/12/05, if you’ve lost track). Just off to the midwifery-led unit at the Rosie to check that it’s all okay.