How long do I wait?

I'd give triage a ring and ask them. My hospital tells you to go in when you start having 4 contractions within 10 minutes.

it’s been so different to my first baby who arrived super quickly after waters breaking.
I wasn’t expecting such slow progress this time round!

You can give triage a call, it might depend on your hospital’s policy, but at my hospital they encouraged me to stay at home for as long as possible, they weren’t particularly bothered about frequency/length of contractions.

with my first it depended on how busy they were at the time of me calling. I think I’ll give them a shout and see what they say x

It’s deffo worth giving your maternity unit a call, I’d mention to them about you bleeding too (if you haven’t already) as they may just want to check you over!

I think it just depends on the hospital, with both of mine they said to just come in when I couldn’t handle it at home.. almost ended up giving birth at home with the second as it progressed much faster 😂

Rang triage and they’ve recommended paracetamol & a hot bath as I’m progressing pretty slowly and ring back when I can’t handle things😅😅

They say when the contractions are coming every 5mins for over an hour to call the maternity unit x

Have a look at spinning babies, might help your body get baby get into the optimum birthing position (that’s what your contractions are currently doing so it’s a helping hand) & then bring contractions closer together x

Paracetamol can also slow labour so if you’re not in too much pain I would personally avoid taking it x

Thank you for the advice guys! Little guy was born this morning at 1:40am..
We progressed to 4cm at home and had a fantastic delivery despite a failed epidural😅xx

Congratulations! Hope you’re both doing well 🥰

Amazing! Congratulations xx