Day 10. Nil by Mouth.

What a day... I am exhausted! This kid just can't seem to make up its mind whether it is ready to come out or not!

I was hooked up to the baby monitor around 10.30am this morning to measure baby gee's heartbeat (routine - twice daily) and at the same time mentioned I was having a few 'tightenings' (small contractions) and cramps/pains. After half an hour the midwife decided that one of the registrars needed to take a look at this... his visit coincided with my Mum arriving shortly after 11am.

After checking me out I was advised to give my husband a call and let him know to get here right away as it looked as though I'd be taken in for surgery within the next half hour. An IV was put in and I was told - Nil by Mouth - no more food/water from this point on... OK... it seemed as though it was all happening.

Cam turned up in a sweat shortly after then and the assisting specialist arrived to give me an internal exam to see whether my cervix was dilating (it wasn't). Bloods were taken to check for infection (clear). It was decided that I should stay on the monitor a bit longer and start timing the contractions to see if they were getting closer together/more painful. Ok then.

Seems as though they are not in such a hurry to whip the kid out (through the sun roof - as Cam says) after all. Meanwhile the midwife has a completely different opinion and from her '20 years experience I am certainly in pre-labour and this baby is going to be making an appearance shortly'. She was of the opininon I should have been taken through right away and probably wasn't doing the greatest job of keeping me calm despite best intentions.

By 4pm I was well and truly over it and even the specialist commented that 'I was about to throw my toys out of the box'. Very observant of her. To make matters much worse, while I had been suffering from 'Nil by Mouth' for the last 5 hours (that is a long time for me) Mum and Cam had been scoffing their faces with muffins that Mum brought. And then a lovely box of cupcakes arrived from Wendy and Neil (see pic) and I wasn't allowed to have any! I could have cried at this point.

The specialist could see that enough was enough and agreed that I could come off the monitor and drip and get some food/drink in to me. We are now back to square one monitoring the situation to see if the contractions get any worse (they are still present but infrequent).

So, busy day and we are all exhausted. Will keep you updated on any more developments!!!!