Yep. I got sent home - apparently 1cm dilated and cervix too far back. 'You're not in labour'.
5 minutes later, baby was born - in the hospital corridor. Those waiting in the corridor had full view...whilst some moved away to give me privacy, one man just stood there watching before he was told to move.
Oh my goodness!! You poor thing
![Sleepy face :sleepy: 😪](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/joypixels/emoji-assets@5.0/png/64/1f62a.png)
I get how highly trained they are and how many hours they must have under their belt, they obvs know what they’re doing… but sometimes, you have to trust yourself more don’t know, sometimes you know better about what’s going on in your body.
I was fully contracting and a doctor and printing sheet confirmed that. I just wasn’t in any pain (thanks to years of painful periods I think I couldn’t feel it) contractions were every 9 mins and they confirmed i was 6cm. But because I wasn’t in pain or kicking up a fuss, off they sent me! I arrived back not too long after in agony
![Grinning face with sweat :sweat_smile: 😅](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/joypixels/emoji-assets@5.0/png/64/1f605.png)
and almost gave birth in the car park by the bins
![Upside-down face :upside_down: 🙃](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/joypixels/emoji-assets@5.0/png/64/1f643.png)
sorry to derail… haven’t had chance to read today trial yet, will do so this eve probs and update with my thoughts
Edited to add: my contractions never got any closer than 9 mins either
![Grinning face with sweat :sweat_smile: 😅](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/joypixels/emoji-assets@5.0/png/64/1f605.png)