What were you doing.........
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Topic: What were you doing.........
Posted By: J0DIE
Subject: What were you doing.........
Date 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?? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: tashzmum
Date 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..... ------------- Natasha Jayde, 1-01-05(7lb3oz) Caroline Elisabeth, 9-04-08 (4lb15oz) Izabella Kate, 9-04-08(6lb7oz) Lexi Brenna, 23-01--2011(6lb6oz) |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date 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.. ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: The_Stuarts
Date 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). ------------- http://lilypie.com">   http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Angie
Date 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!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 1:58pm
| I was trying to sleep! I got woken up by nasty contractions at 1am. Waters were broken in hospital by the MW at 6am. |
Posted By: J0DIE
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 1:58pm
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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  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date 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:) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: J0DIE
Date 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? ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: The_Stuarts
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 2:12pm
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.  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Angie wrote:Posted By: FionaS
Date 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. ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: EmDee
Date 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. ------------- DS 8 DD 6 DS 4 DD 2 |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date 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.. ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: tashzmum
Date 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! ------------- Natasha Jayde, 1-01-05(7lb3oz) Caroline Elisabeth, 9-04-08 (4lb15oz) Izabella Kate, 9-04-08(6lb7oz) Lexi Brenna, 23-01--2011(6lb6oz) |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 2:57pm
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Sleeping, both times! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: Bumble
Date 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! ------------- formerly known as "Bee" Ethan ~ March 2003 Big 6 year old school boy! Micah ~ Aug 2008 ~ Smiley pants who loves telephones! |
Posted By: J0DIE
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 3:11pm
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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  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Redbedrock
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 3:23pm
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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  ------------- http://www.babysfirstsite.com"> 
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Posted By: emachan
Date 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! ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD#1 Sept 08 DD#2 Oct 09 |
Posted By: J0DIE
Date 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. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: The_Stuarts
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 3:34pm
LOL!! I was only taking 5 months off and wanted to spend every second with my daughter. If I had another chance I'd do it again the same but since next time I'll have an older child too I'll take more time off beforehand. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 3:40pm
i didn't have labour with jack as he was an elective c/s......with charli, i went for a walk with DH in the morn and minor contractions (like BH) started...then later that evening my sis was here and she actually told me i was in labour we were just sitting around watching tv...i was in denial because we'd hit 41wks and had lots of false starts
edited to add.....my waters broke in a gush all over the hospital floor while pushing ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 3:40pm
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With Maya I was driving to pick Willie up from work when contractions started, but I didn't realise they were contractions till a few hours later when I had a show in the bath. That was Wed afternoon/evening and I got all excited thinking she would arrive soon, but nope, I laboured at home till Thurs night and she wa born on Fri morning.
With the gremlins I was induced by having my waters broken, so lying flat on my back in the delivery unit lol. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 3:44pm
We were having a nice relaxing Saturday on Labour weekend last year, when I felt my first contraction start around lunchtime, was in full blown labour by 8pm, 8am the next morning into hospital and was 7 cm dialated, MW broke my waters straight away, many hours later Lauren was born via emergency c section at 3:15pm! It was a marathon effort after all those hours of pain  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 3:45pm
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Oh and that was at 38 weeks, I was so not prepared to go early with my frist baby!! I had only finished work the week before! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Redbedrock
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 3:50pm
hMM SORRY forgot to mention Fay was born at 35weeks, I was due to finish the next week ------------- http://www.babysfirstsite.com">
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Posted By: kabe
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 4:19pm
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I had a S & S then started having quite strong contractions on my drive home. Had people over for dinner and I couldn't sit at the table, as they were coming so regularly & strongly. However, Eva didn't arrive until 2 days later ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 4:36pm
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I spent the whole time during my contractions on the toilet except when I was driving an hour to the hospital. When I got there i was really busting and as soon as I got back on the toilet my waters broke. Luckily my midwife showed up a couple of minutes before Keira was born or she would have probably ended up being born there also. There was only half an hour between my waters breaking and DD arriving. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: mamawendz
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 4:38pm
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Both pregnancies I was woken by contractions early morning then had waters broken by m/w at hospital. ------------- mama_wendz My Girls: Maddisyn Tylr & Layla-Mei Virginia
My Baby Boy: Noah Aotearoa
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Posted By: monster
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 5:32pm
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I woke up in the early hours of the morning (as per usual at that stage) and then my waters broke (I was still in bed). Contractions started within half an hour and then it was all on. -------------   
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 5:51pm
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Conor - I was in the hospital as I'd been induced, I'd just laid down in the bed to go to sleep when my waters broken.
Nyah - At home, hanging the washing out, cleaning the house, playing with Conor. Did that until they became unbearable. Dad picked Conor up and as they were backing out the drive my waters broke. She was born an hour later. Cooper - Watching Outrageous Fortune in bed. Went to sleep for two hours, contractions started. Got more frequent, off to the hospital, 5cms dilated, broke my waters, contractions kept coming then they stopped. Ended up on the drip and he was born two hours after the drip was started. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 6:50pm
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with Alan my first contraction was on the moutain with my parent's showing them around the vistor's part and our car had over heated on the way up lucky Alan did not actually make an appearence till the next day. And with Mikey I had jsut made dinner and was handign DH his plate when i had my first contraction. ------------- Deborah Mum to:   
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 7:34pm
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I started having contraction 4.30am but just thought it was BH. Stayed up till 6am where I got my girls up and ready for marching comp at 8am. Still in denial I drove them up to marching and dropped them off. Went home and made lunches for the days and got the DVD cam ready to record the comp. Drove back up and and stood for most of the day watching the comp.recorded both the girls twice and drove me and Mercedes home about 4.30pm. Contractions were really bad at this stage, I couldnt breathe thru the pain and they were 5mins apart. I decided it was just cos I was tired so I put Mercedes to bed with me and tried to sleep. Next thing the waters broke and I couldnt deny it any longer. He was born that night at 10.01pm. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 7:43pm
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That still cracks me up Kels, girl you are MAD! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: gemsmum
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 7:51pm
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Great stories. LOL at the denial thing Kels!
With Gem I had a S and S at 40 + 3 then woke with contractions two days later. My waters didn't break till they were putting in my spinal before trying ventouse/forceps etc the next morning. With Cam, I woke up in the middle of the night and feeling a bit 'wet' (tmi) trotted off to the loo to find blood running down my legs (eek - turned out to be a bloody show). Rang m/w who asked if I had any contractions at which point I realised I was having period type pains, Cam was born less than 5 hours later - once again waters didn't break till near the end when I was pushing! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: Shorty
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 9:12pm
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I worked a full day on Friday after having induction needles. Had back pain that night but thought nothing of it. Following day was EDD, was up at 7 and waters broke at 7.15. Spent the day with a towel between my legs. Went to hospital Sat night at 10.30 and T was born via emergency C section on Sunday morning.
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 9:30pm
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With Paris, had just got back from early morning wee stop, about 5am, hopped in bed, felt a pop, sat up and felt a gush, contractions started 1 hr later at 6am, 5mins apart from the start, and i had her in my arms at 11.07am so about 5 hours of actual labour, 2hrs pushing.
Ayja, he he, Had really only just gone to sleep, had decided to try a bit of natural induction - much to Mike's approval, went to sleep at 11pm, woke at 1am with niggles, more niggles till about 2ish, got a bit more hurty at about 2.30 while waiting for mike to get back with mum, got really full on at 3am when i got in the bath. Water's this time were broken for me at the hospital, at 4.15am, went from 7cm to 10cm in 10 minutes, pushing at 4.25am, had her in my arms at 4.35am.
I think waters breaking gets rid of alot of the pressure, I think labour hurt soooo much more when my waters hadn't broken! I really didn't undewrstand the thing people said about having the urge to push until i had ayja, they broke my waters, i had a wonderful feeling of not having all that horrible pressure, and them bam, you get that urge and you can't stop yourself. I never had that with paris. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 9:31pm
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Andrew - I was induced so I was trying to get to sleep - on a hospital bed - after a day of nothing happening. I heard the pop and then felt the gush then the contractions came on thick and strong. Josh - my MW broke them after the induction was going to work slowly. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 9:31pm
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I was asleep and woke up at 1.00 with the contractions. Before I woke up I was kinda semi-concsious and wondering how on earth the other girls in my thread could cope with going through all these kind of contractions for the last few days LOL ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 9:37pm
| I went to the toilet and had a show, then got up about half an hour later and went to the toilet where my waters started leaking and continued to do so until they were properly broken at hospital. I was in pre-labour for nearly 3 weeks though (Jack was trying to get out posterior but mummy was saying NO) so contractions started at 3 mins apart right from the word go. |
Posted By: missy_girl
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 10:03pm
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I was asleep. I woke a 2am because I had a sore tummy and thought I had to go loo. Nothing happening. So I went back to bed and woke up 8mins later. It took me a while to figure out that labour had started. ------------- Michelle http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 11:37pm
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Id had back ache the night before but nothing in the morning, then around lunchtime i was playing barbies with my sister (shes special needs ) and they hit hard and fast, and my sister told me off for not playing
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 7:41am
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I was in hospital sleeping after being induced. Not very exciting huh? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 7:52am
i was in the hoispital bath srceaming my head of when they poped hehe then it all went wrong and james was born by c/s 8 hours later ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: AndysMummy
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 9:44am
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We were watching Shortland Street. Hehehe ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: J0DIE
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 11:05am
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haha Paws, thats about the same for me, unless we talk about the castor oil story
james - i was screaming my head off too, damn midwife told be i could be as noisy as i wanted as there was no one else in the other labour rooms, big mistake of her!
hope to have something more exciting and NATURAL this time. But dont feel like babys coming anytime soon.... Not even engaged yet 
having a Sweep done tomorrow, hopefully that does something, although starting to think twice about it now because baby aint engaged. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 5:25pm
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I was in bed asleep when waters broke I was in hospital (the following night - and 12 hours before my induction booking) trying to go to sleep when contractions started (just after dh left to go home to bed!) ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: Kicker
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 7:23pm
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I just put a movie on (sky box office), then went to the loo, had a massive show so cleaned myself up. Stood up and my waters broke, cleaned myself up again then contractions (3 mins apart, lasting 90ish seconds)started. We went to the hospital before the end of the movie (which i missed all of it), arrived and was 8cm. Luckily i was taping the movie and watched it a few days later when i got home. -------------  
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Posted By: Brenna
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 8:52pm
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I was standing in only a pair of knickers having pregancy photos taken by my midwife (who's also a professional photographer) and my wtaers broke all over he studio floor!! Brenna arrived 4 hours later ------------- My beautiful 2 girls...nearly 4 and 13 months
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Posted By: J0DIE
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 11:54am
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haha Brenna
sounds like a case of being in the Right place at the Wrong time. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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