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J0DIE 
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Posted: 11 March 2008 at 1:35pm |
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Right before the contractions started really good,or your water broke...or you dialated quickly?
Me nothing interesting, sitting in hospital after being induced with one and sitting on toilet after taking castor oil with another.
Hoping it will just happen naturally this time doing something normal, like watching t.v?
Thought it would be nice to share different experiences.
So ladies, what were you doing??
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tashzmum
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Posted: 11 March 2008 at 1:46pm |
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with tash my waters broke just as i was in the process of climbing over df to get back into bed at 320am after one of my many toilet stops.
still waiting for the twins to come.....
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Posted: 11 March 2008 at 1:46pm |
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i was waiting in the assessment unit with the other induced ladies( i went a full day earlier than them!) and went very quickly after second induction into full labour.. and then csection..
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Posted: 11 March 2008 at 1:51pm |
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When my contractions started it was just before morning tea time and I was sitting at my desk at work (but the labour signs were there when I got up that morning). When my waters broke I was in the back seat of my car going around the basin reserve (5-10 mins away from the maternity ward).
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Posted: 11 March 2008 at 1:54pm |
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With 1st bubba - absolutely no contractions all morning till standing in the kitchen making late breakfast when waters broke! Lucky it was on the lino!! Then spent the rest of the day in labor STARVING as I never got time to eat!!
Second bubba - had contractions all day at work 10 - 15 mins apart until the old nana's started to freak out I would give birth there & so sent me home around 3 o'clock, waters then broke about 1 hour later in the shower!
With 1st babe a friend of mine would completely cover his car seat in black rubbish saks each time we went out from about 30 weeks in case my waters broke in his car - it was kinda funny but also rather annoying cause I felt really silly!!
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Posted: 11 March 2008 at 1:58pm |
kawwww - my induction went really fast also, started an hour after they used the gel, ashame baby was OP and sitting up on my pelvis OUCH back labour, but he turned and and they vontused him out (had cord around neck) as they were getting me ready for c-section.
tashzmum - i wish i could do that, would teach my dp, for making it such a mission for me to get back in bed after a toilet stop. lol 
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Posted: 11 March 2008 at 1:58pm |
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I was trying to sleep! I got woken up by nasty contractions at 1am. Waters were broken in hospital by the MW at 6am.
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Posted: 11 March 2008 at 2:01pm |
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jodie...i got induced twice...1st time caused early labour but nothing else.. he was posterior and then face up and in trouble so had to come out via c-section so i guess the only good thing was i was already at hospital:)
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Posted: 11 March 2008 at 2:05pm |
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did you have to labour long before they decided to do a c-section?
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Posted: 11 March 2008 at 2:12pm |
 Angie wrote:
Second bubba - had contractions all day at work 10 - 15 mins apart until the old nana's started to freak out I would give birth there & so sent me home around 3 o'clock, waters then broke about 1 hour later in the shower! |
LOL Angie, I had the same thing. My labour started early am but I had no idea whether it would go for hours or days so I went to work for my last day anyway. Contractions were really obvious by 10am, I told my boss that I was in labour at 11am and I was bundled out of the office and into a taxi within 45 mins (it would've been sooner but I wanted to finish a job). You should have seen their reaction when I said I wanted to go home and not to the hospital. 
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Posted: 11 March 2008 at 2:14pm |
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Went into hosp for monitoring as I was overdue and they suddenly decided to break my waters. Was then told to go and relax or talk a walk for an hour and then come back to be induced.
I hadn't eaten and knew I wouldn't be able to for a while so DH and I walked from Akl hospital, through the Domain to Starbucks Parnell and had hot chocs!!!! I was having mild contractions all the way back and they fully kicked in once they put me on the drip.
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Posted: 11 March 2008 at 2:33pm |
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My contractions started just as I was falling asleep at 11pm (of course!). Should have stayed in bed and tried to sleep, but was too excited. My waters didn't break until my mw broke them about 6.30pm the following night.
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Posted: 11 March 2008 at 2:43pm |
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laboured 5 hours before he got in distress 2-9cm in 1.5 hours! they put me on a drip as well.. to speed up contractions.like i needed that..and i had just eaten pumpkin soup and pasta(i dont even like pumpkin soup) a they said it would be a whole day before labour...gross coming back up i can tell you and i NEVER ever vomit..ick:( but i didnt care at the time..
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tashzmum
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Posted: 11 March 2008 at 2:53pm |
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jodie- my side of the bed was up against the wall as while i was preggy with tash i kept falling out of bed!
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Posted: 11 March 2008 at 2:57pm |
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Posted: 11 March 2008 at 3:04pm |
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I was in the hospital when waters broke.
They had sent me upstairs for the night, then WHAM!!! It was all on!!! 3.5 hrs later he was here!
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Posted: 11 March 2008 at 3:11pm |
thats a nice quick labour bee.
tashzmum, i really have never thought to change sides of the bed, im not by the wall for any reason.
I'll just put it down to pregnancy brain 
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Posted: 11 March 2008 at 3:23pm |
I had just finished a 9 hour work day and cooking dinner for 6 people and clearing up after it. I pushed the visitors out as early (9.30pm) as I could as I really just wanted to go to bed to sleep. As I went downstairs I felt my waters break and by 7am the next morning I was ringing my boss to say I wouldn't be in for work that day as I had just had my daughter
It was all a bit of a surprise really 
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Posted: 11 March 2008 at 3:29pm |
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wow, there were a lot of you girls at work with contractions! you deserve a medal for working that late into your pregnancy! I can't wait to start maternity leave already!
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Posted: 11 March 2008 at 3:33pm |
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i'm still milking cows lol, aint gonna stop either hoping keeping active will stop me going over due.
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