The Baby's coming!!!
I used to believe.. and probably not helped by television. That when a girl went into Labour, there was a mass panic to get her to a hospital as fast as earthly possible.
"Oh god! I think the babys coming!"
"Hoooly jesus! We gotta go!!"
"neeee naaaw neeeee naaaaw neeee naaaw"
*bursts through the hospital door*
"Its my wife!! She's in Labour!"
"Hooooly cripes, ok go go go go go!!"
*Rush mad panic..* Puuuuuuuush. Arghhhhhhhh!
Plop.. waaaaaaaahh *baby cries*
"Its a boy, Congratulations!!"

All done so quick that the dinner hasnt even started to burn in the oven yet.


How wrong I was. When my friend went into Labour. It was a case of:

"Hmm I think the babies coming"
"Oh ok.. Would you like a cup of tea?"

Rung the midwife, who said. "Oh it doesnt sound like the contractions are close yet. Give me a call back later tonight let me know how youre going on."

Gawd I was soooooooo bored. It was like waiting for a delayed flight. "Is it here yet?" "nooo."

Rung the hospital:

"Can we bring her in yet?"
"No, give it a few more hours"

24 hours later. the babies finally born.

What a boring experience!! :) I was expecting mad rush drama! Bit of E.R Yo!
(Miggyman, Tue 30 Sep 2008, 16:39, 5 replies)

Although sometimes....
I had my hospital bag all packed for a three day labour - books, lavender oil, snacks, DS, etc. Was convinced that since it was my first baby, I'd be there for days, if they admitted me at all.

First proper contraction about 11:30pm, in hospital for 12am, Eva born at 02:26am. Didn't have time between contractions to sip a drink. Now that's how it should be! It was proper ER-stylee.
(Cryptoprocta has abandoned the username of Voodoo Mary, Tue 30 Sep 2008, 20:22, closed)

Missus woke me
up at 0335, phoned the horsepickle who told her to come in. Prepacked bag in the back of the car, dressed and out the door at 0355, 130mph bish down the empty motorway, at the horsepickle (20 miles away) at 0407. Baby born at 0702.

Nicely.
( shadyron, Tue 30 Sep 2008, 22:28, closed)

My ex went into labour at about 3am
the contraction started then stopped at about 11amm then we waited all day then they started again at about 5pm, went to hospital at about 9pm, Son was born at approx 1am.

nearly 24 hrs.
(Dan dan dan They tik urh jerbs!!!, Wed 1 Oct 2008, 11:33, closed)

that's NOTHING
regular QOTW man about townwas expecting a baby. well, not himself obv, his lovely wife was.
i saw a facebook update saying 'xxx has gone into labour!' so being the concerned buddy i am , i rang him at 11pm to give a quick 'good luck buddeh' only to find out she was technically in labour, but not properly. she spent somethign ridiculous like 10 days in labour, then her waters broke, the about a day later she had the thing! sorry, the baby. and a lovely baby she is too. for a baby.
bit stary mind you... stary mary i call her :D
(UppityDamnPrimate LET'S OPEN THIS F*CKING PIT UP, Wed 1 Oct 2008, 11:41, closed)

Mrs T woke me up at about 3am that morning
and informed me that baby T was on its way.
I immediately called for an ambulance, and was asked a number of questions by the person on teh other end.
Them:"When did it start?"
Me(to Mrs T): "When did it start?"
MrsT: "Oh, about midnight"
ME: "Midnight! Why didn't you wake me?"
MrsT: "Oh, you looked peacefully asleep and I didnt want to wake you, so I had a bath and painted my toenails so I look good".
Me: "You did what?"
Then:"Erm,. Hello?"
Me: "Oh sorry, did you get all that?"

When the ambulance arrived, they were refusing to take Mrs T to the hospital. (Mrs T has a particular condition which meant that she had to go to a specific hospital which had all the right bits of equipment). The ambulance guys refused to take her because it was too far, and they wanted to take her to the nearest hospital. Nearest = 4miles, Special = 9Miles.
there excuse was that the hospital might not let her in, and they didnt want to drive that far, but they couldn't comprehend that she had a bed reserved for her for the last 2 weeks.
After 10 mins of radio calls (time wasting) they took her to the right hospital.
When we arrived, Mrs T was screaming at everyone who even looked at her, nevermind touch her. What I didnt realise was that there was a cut off point after which they couldn't administer the epidural (I'm unsure if this is generally, or it may have been because of her specific condition), however, she was in hospital, only just in time for them to allow it, after which she became totally peaceful.
4 Hours later, we had a lovely baby girl.
My advice, is that when the first sign starts, get to the hospital as fast as you can, because you don't know how long or short the labour will be.
You're better off spending 24 hours in hospital than running the risk of leaving it oo long.
( turb0t, Wed 1 Oct 2008, 13:19, closed)