Re: Where were you...labor?

[VirginiaGirl]

"annafine" > wrote in message
om...
> ...when you went into labor?
>
> I've heard stories about people going into labor at the grocery store,
> movies, out to dinner, etc.
>
> Had to ask.
>
> Also, were you alone or was your spouse/coach with you when you went
> into labor?
>
> Thanks,
> Anna


In bed, next to my husband, as would be expected at 1:30 AM :) But I didn't
get him up for another couple of hours after I figured out I was in labor.

VG

[AGreen1209]

Let's see, with #1 I had just finished watching The Mummy on video, DH had gone
to bed, and I was getting ready to take a nice warm bubble bath and then go to
bed myself when my water broke.

With #2, labor was induced, so I was at the hospital when I went into labor :-(


Amanda

[Phoebe & Allyson]

annafine wrote:

> ....when you went into labor?


Home in bed.


> Also, were you alone or was your spouse/coach with you


Partner/coach was with me.

Phoebe :)

[Nina]

"annafine" > wrote in message
om...
> ...when you went into labor?
>
> I've heard stories about people going into labor at the grocery store,
> movies, out to dinner, etc.
>
> Had to ask.
>
> Also, were you alone or was your spouse/coach with you when you went
> into labor?
>
>
Hospital bed with an IV drip, my husband and some nurses. Both times.

[Naomi Pardue]

>..when you went into labor?
>
>I've heard stories about people going into labor at the grocery store,
>movies, out to dinner, etc.

I was puttering around the house when I went into real labor. It was late in
the afternoon. I'd been pretty much expecting it since I'd been in prodromal
labor since the middle of the previous night. (I'd been in bed, asleep, when
THAT started.) DH was home.


Naomi
CAPPA Certified Lactation Educator

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[Kerry J. Renaissance-McAdams]

On 11 Sep 2003 16:26:42 -0700, (annafine) wrote:

>...when you went into labor?

Waiting at home, drinking red raspberry leaf tea, wanting labor to
happen soon.

>Also, were you alone or was your spouse/coach with you when you went
>into labor?

My husband just arrived home from Alaska (doing fish processing work
up there) that day, which was the day before the actual birth. It was
my first pregnancy; he helped confirm that it was in fact, real labor.
Having already had a false alarm, I was reluctant to go back to the
hospital unless I was sure, so it helped.



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[Alphawave]

> ...when you went into labor?

The first time, I was in bed with DH; it was somewhere around 11:00pm.
Second time, in the hospital (induction).

-- Alpha
alphawave at earthlink dot net

[Cheryl S.]

annafine > wrote in message
om...
> ...when you went into labor?

Both times, I was at home, just after having gone to bed for the night.

> Also, were you alone or was your spouse/coach
> with you when you went into labor?

DH was with me both times.
--
Cheryl S.
Mom to Julie, 2 yr., 5 mo.
And new arrival, Jaden

Cleaning the house while your children are small is like
shoveling the sidewalk while it's still snowing.

[Carolyn Jean Fairman]

In article >,
annafine > wrote:
>...when you went into labor?

Going home from the non-stress test at 24 hrs after my water broke.
We had gone literally 1/4 mile from the hospital when every two
minutes I got contractions .. and they stayed that frequent the whole
time!

My water broke when everyone was over the day before, to go out to
lunch for a birthday celebration for DH and my brother. Luckily it
broke in the bathroom.

--Carolyn

--
Carolyn Fairman
http://www.stanford.edu/~cfairman/

[Anne Rogers]

> ...when you went into labor?

I was sat on my bed when I had a show, meaning I had to wash the sheets,
hubbie was at work.

Next day we went out for a meal, had to dash to the loo with an attack of
diarrhoea and had the first contraction on the way back to the table.

Spent the next 2 days going to places I would be embarrassed if my waters
broke, but they went in the middle of the night, in bed, hubbie beside me.

Eventually was induced, so active labour according to my delivery summary
hit after I had an epidural.

[Andrea]

With #1 I hd just watched video in bed, it was 3am and I had been up all
night. I was due to be indced the next day, but was too exited to sleep, so
when I turned the light off my waters went pop!

With #2 I was in hospital insisting I was in labor only to be told it was
indigestion! I was given sedatives, but refused to go home and had my baby
girl in an hour!

With #3 was an induction.

With #4 I had a little drip to make my exiting contractions stronger.
Contrax started at home in bed.

With #5 my waters broke full on while I was standing in my living room at
8am getting the kids dressed for school!

No matter what I have always gone into labor when I had stopped thinking
about it.

--
Andrea mom of 5 - latest addition Kamron David 14 weeks -16lbs 5 (7lbs 9 and
a half born).

"annafine" > wrote in message
om...
> ...when you went into labor?
>
> I've heard stories about people going into labor at the grocery store,
> movies, out to dinner, etc.
>
> Had to ask.
>
> Also, were you alone or was your spouse/coach with you when you went
> into labor?
>
> Thanks,
> Anna

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On 11 Sep 2003 16:26:42 -0700, (annafine) wrote:

>...when you went into labor?

1995 #1: In hospital after being told my fever was too high and they
would induce me in the morning. I was about 9 days o'due, but labour
started at about 10.30pm the before the induction - I just felt funny
and for some reason had to stamp and pace the room every few minutes.
Midwife came in to check on me and laughed, she knew labour had
started before I did.

1997 #2: Induced on the due date. Was apparently having massive
contractions (according to the stupid monitor) but I couldn't feel a
thing. When my water broke and I suddenly felt pain I remember yelling
out something like "I remember THIS, THIS is labour".

2000 #3: At home at about 5.30am. I was asleep and dreaming I was in
labour. Woke up feeling funny. Had a coffee and realised I actually
was in labour. Showered, washed my hair, packed my bag. Phoned my Mum
to come over to watch #2. #2 followed me around the house copying me
while I breathed and stamped through contractions (Ju Ju Sundin
style). Then woke DH. Laboured at home for most of it until I got that
freak out feeling. Sat on a towel on the way to the hospital just in
case the water broke. It was 4 days before my due date. I finally had
an undedicated natural birth - it was hard work but really easy in
comparison with the others (re pain afterward etc).

Would do #3 over again if I wasn't feeling so tired and old!

H

[April]

In bed. We had just spent a whirlwind day Xmas shopping as I had massive
energy, and then went to bed at 10pm and boom. Contractions. LOL. That went
on for 3 days until she showed up........

--
April
Proud mom of Julianna 11/28/99
Baby Bean due 3/23/04
"Making the decision to have a child-it's momentous. It is to decide forever
to have your heart go walking around outside your body."
--Elizabeth Stone
My Site www.breastfeedingmatters.com

"annafine" > wrote in message
om...
> ...when you went into labor?
>
> I've heard stories about people going into labor at the grocery store,
> movies, out to dinner, etc.
>
> Had to ask.
>
> Also, were you alone or was your spouse/coach with you when you went
> into labor?
>
> Thanks,
> Anna


..

[Sue]

I was at home when all three of my labors started and yes my husband was
home with me as well.
--
Sue
mom to three girls

annafine > wrote in message
om...
> ...when you went into labor?
>
> I've heard stories about people going into labor at the grocery store,
> movies, out to dinner, etc.
>
> Had to ask.
>
> Also, were you alone or was your spouse/coach with you when you went
> into labor?
>
> Thanks,
> Anna

[Nikki]

annafine wrote:
> ...when you went into labor?
>
> I've heard stories about people going into labor at the grocery store,
> movies, out to dinner, etc.
>
> Had to ask.

#1 - at home around 11pm. Dh was home as well
#2 - in hospital/induced. My aunt was there and dh followed a few hours
later.

--
Nikki
Mama to Hunter (4) and Luke (2)

[Allie]

My water broke at 10:30 on a monday night, I had just gone to the
bathroom and was about to go to bed. DH was home as well. (he had been
nesting....hanging shelves in the nursery) I was at 38 weeks.
Contractions started at 4:30 am and I managed to wait awhile before
waking DH up. (it was our first.)

Allie

(annafine) wrote in message >...
> ...when you went into labor?
>
> I've heard stories about people going into labor at the grocery store,
> movies, out to dinner, etc.
>
> Had to ask.
>
> Also, were you alone or was your spouse/coach with you when you went
> into labor?
>
> Thanks,
> Anna

[[email protected]]

(annafine) wrote in message >...
> ...when you went into labor?

I never went into labor; my pregnancy only lasted 34 weeks and then
ended in emergent C-section for severe pre-eclampsia.

> Also, were you alone or was your spouse/coach with you when you went
> into labor?

DH and I had just finished watching SNL on the hospital TV. They'd
given me Cervidil about 4 hours earlier; I had just told him to go
home and try to get some sleep in case anything got going in the
morning. Then my DS started having heart decels after not bothering
to move much for the previous hour and it became obvious that he was
reacting strongly enough to the magnesium sulfate that we had to get
him out of there. So I had a section less than an hour later.

--
C, mama to 10 month nursling

[Shannon]

With my first I was in bed(night but didn't know it was labor till next
day), I was 16 so I was at home with my mom.
With my second I was at home watching TV, it was the daytime and my spouse
was there but couldn't come to the hospital right away.
With my third I was at home sleeping(night/morning) and my spouse was there
but with no sitter for the kids I had to go alone.
With my fourth I was induced so I was in the hospital for the entire thing.

Shannon
due today

[Sophie]

"annafine" > wrote in message
om...
> ...when you went into labor?
>
> I've heard stories about people going into labor at the grocery store,
> movies, out to dinner, etc.
>
> Had to ask.
>
> Also, were you alone or was your spouse/coach with you when you went
> into labor?
>
> Thanks,
> Anna

Technically with #1 I guess I went into labor at the hospital. I was
induced. Had a c-section about 8 hrs later. Husband was with me, friends
kept popping by, we watched videos.
#2 and #3 - no labor.

Fascinating thread :)

--
Sophie -
TTC #4

[Ericka Kammerer]

annafine wrote:

> ...when you went into labor?
>
> I've heard stories about people going into labor at the grocery store,
> movies, out to dinner, etc.
>
> Had to ask.
>
> Also, were you alone or was your spouse/coach with you when you went
> into labor?


#1 - woke up in the morning in labor (w/husband)
#2 - water broke as I got into bed at night (w/husband)
#3 - early morning at home (w/husband)

Best wishes,
Ericka

[sher]

(annafine) wrote in message >...
> ...when you went into labor?
>
> I've heard stories about people going into labor at the grocery store,
> movies, out to dinner, etc.
>
> Had to ask.
>
> Also, were you alone or was your spouse/coach with you when you went
> into labor?
>
> Thanks,
> Anna


#1 - Sleeping on the couch when my water broke
#2 - Sleeping on the couch when contractions started

DH was sleeping in the bedroom both times. He is getting impatient
for #3 to arrive and is convinced that I need to start sleeping on the
couch again.

~ Sher, due with boy #3 9/27/03

[Liz S. Reynolds]

In article >,
annafine > wrote:
>...when you went into labor?
>
>I've heard stories about people going into labor at the grocery store,
>movies, out to dinner, etc.
>
>Had to ask.
>
>Also, were you alone or was your spouse/coach with you when you went
>into labor?

Home in bed next to husband, woken up by pain around 1am.

-Liz

[Anne Rogers]

>
> So OK, when did Monika go into labor. What it Thusday night? Friday night?
> Saturday Evening? Sometime Saturday afternoon? All of the above?

here in the UK they define the start of labour as when you are 3cm
dilated, my early labour sounds similar to Monika's , but dh did sleep,
even if I did't, still ended up being induced and the summary that says I
was in labour for 1hr30mins seems a little unfair cos it seemed like 4
days
to me!

-----------
Anne Rogers

[Circe]

"Anne Rogers" > wrote in message
...
> here in the UK they define the start of labour as when you are 3cm
> dilated,

LOL, I've heard this before and it always cracks me up. Plenty of women walk
around 3 or more centimeters dilated for weeks. How do they know when their
labors started if that's the only criterion?

With my second baby, I was 3cm dilated upon arrival at the hospital after
having had 60-90 second contractions every 4-7 minutes for several hours. I
was holding my daughter 90 minutes later. And since I'd been 2-3cm dilated
at my previous OB appointment, it would be pretty hard to say 3cm dilation
was the point at which my labor started!
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[Irish Marie]

"annafine" > wrote in message
om...
> ...when you went into labor?
>
> I've heard stories about people going into labor at the grocery store,
> movies, out to dinner, etc.
>
> Had to ask.
>
> Also, were you alone or was your spouse/coach with you when you went
> into labor?
>
> Thanks,
> Anna
#1 8:30am lying in bed next to dh when my waters broke
#2 induced in hospital
#3 at home niggly contrax through the night, show at 9:30am, established
labour at the hospital by 1am
--
Marie
Mum of 3
DD born 03/98, DS1 born 11/99 DS2 born 08/03

[annafine]

Larry,

Sorry, I don't have the answer. I suppose it's possible that it was
all of the above. Hard to say.

Thanks for your story...I'm not looking forward to days of "labor"
like Monika had...I like some of the other responses better...they
sound more like what I'd like to experience with DD #1, due October
18, 2003.

Thanks again,
Anna

[Joybelle]

"annafine" > wrote in message
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> ...when you went into labor?...

I was at home all three times. The first time was at 5 am, second time at 2
am, and third time was around 4 or 5 in the afternoon. The first two times
my water broke while in bed.

> Also, were you alone or was your spouse/coach with you when you went into
labor?

I was sleeping next to hubby first two times, and this last time I was with
my older two kids. Hubby was on his way home from work and got home before
it really kicked in.

Joy

http://community.webtv.net/joybelle15/ROSESCLUBFOOTPAGE

[Cathy Weeks]

(annafine) wrote in message >...
> ...when you went into labor?

Well, aren't I the boring one? I was in bed about to fall back to
sleep when my water broke. I paged the midwife, spoke with her, then
went back to bed. Contractions started about 45 minutes after my water
broke.

> Also, were you alone or was your spouse/coach with you when you went
> into labor?

I should hope so! My water broke at 1:45 am, and contractions started
at 2:30am. :-)

Cathy Weeks
Mommy to Kivi Alexis 12/01

[Iuil]

"annafine" wrote
> ...when you went into labor?
>

Define going into labour :-).

I lost the first half the mucus plug in the bathroom of a fastfood
restaurant at 3:30pm on Thursday, less than 4 hours after my doctor had told
me there were no indications that I would go into labour that weekend. The
second half came out about 12 hours later, though in my own bathroom this
time. First contraction was a short time later while I was falling back
asleep. And my waters broke an hour or so later again when I had to use the
loo again. So take your pick - I was in a fastfood restaurant, in bed or on
the loo :-).

>
> Also, were you alone or was your spouse/coach with you when you went
> into labor?
>

He was at the table in the restaurant and in bed asleep later on. I woke
him up when my waters broke.


HTH

Jean

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[Catheleijne Berck]

annafine > wrote:

> ...when you went into labor?
>
> I've heard stories about people going into labor at the grocery store,
> movies, out to dinner, etc.
>
> Had to ask.
>
> Also, were you alone or was your spouse/coach with you when you went
> into labor?
>
> Thanks,
> Anna

I was in bed with DH, it was 1:15 am. We had just been out to a great
dinner, if it had started a few hours earlier it would have been right
in the middle of dinner...
I did end up throwing up most of it anyway...:-)

Cath
Mom to Fenna july 5 03