is it labour?

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  WoWbabies

  Oct 19, 2009 8:08PM

  hi sorry only just seen this, i suggest u phone labour ward asap if u haven't again alreday as altho i know its not great going and being monitored unnecessarily but u cld well be having somehting labouir like happening and best to be on the safe side. u can take ur 1yr old with u they ownt mind usually, not that they'll have a choice lol. the blood stained discharge cld be ur plug, but it cld also mean ur bleeding so that needs to be checked
  
  take care xx

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  dad1

  Oct 20, 2009 11:56AM

  Hello, I am just wanting a bit of advice. My partner has been having some pains since yesterday. She said they feel like constant perod pains but every 5-10 mins she was getting sharp pains. she said they werent unbearable but still a bit painfull. these have went on since 6pm yeterday until this afternoon which they have seemed to ease. Her bump is really really hard and when she was getting the pains the bump was tensing up. we rang the hospital and they didnt seem interested.
  she is now 38 weeks and has gestational diabetes, baby was weighing 7lb 6oz last thursday.Also she hasn't felt baby move properly since yesterday lunch time.Is she going into slow labour.
  
  Thanks

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  WoWbabies

  Oct 20, 2009 6:39PM

  hi i wld suggest u phone labour ward again, tell them she's having regular tightenings, and tensing of bump, and that baby has gone very quiet, and that the pains are becoming very uncomfortable now and TELL them not ask but tell them u r coming in to be looked at, as she has gd she is considered at risk anyway so they really shld be getting her in to just give her the once over.... has she had any losses (like blood or waters? have the tightenings got any closer? how long are they lasting? take her temp if u can to hust make sure she's not getting a fever, while ur waiting to go get her to take a nice warm bath (not hot) and if she wants she can take some paracetamol but if she does she needs to tell the mws when u get to the hospital.
  
  i can't tellu if she's in slow labour , only a mw/doc can do that once they've examined her but definately sounds like something is starting
  
  good luck xx

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  dad1

  Oct 21, 2009 4:43AM

  Hello, thanks for advice. She hasnt had the pains now since yesterday lunch time. but bump is still really hard and no she is suffering with a bad back. we tried the bath and paracetemols.but didnt work. she has been getting excess discharge for the past few days. We are booked in for her to be started off on tuesday due to baby being big because of GD, and she is at hospital tomorrow for her regular growth scan and GD clinic.
  The pains were lasting for about 1 min but between 5-10 mins apart. we still havent felt baby move properly since the other day.
  
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  WoWbabies

  Oct 21, 2009 9:43AM

  if she's not feeling baby move properly then she shld really get checked over... don't feel like its a waste of time cos she's going in tomorrow anyway, the sooner the better, always best to be safe, and mws will prefer u go in and nothing be wrong than not go and something to have happened. she really shld be getting at least 10-15 movements a day, even little kicks but definately shld have notced them. it won't take more than an hour or two, phone ur labour ward or if u have a birth centre nr u, and say to them baby doesn't seem to be moving much and u wanna come in for a monitoring, or phone ur mw and ask if she can do a quick doppler reading. xx

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