getting the baby out part 2, the night before

Soeun hadn't been feeling well, sore tummy, so when i started to get a sore tummy i thought we had both eaten the same dodgy food. In the evening we went for a swim, I started to feel more uncomfortable,I'd been having fake contractions since easter, so i just thought i was having more of those with some dodgy-food-sore tummy.

Then when we were out of the pool and about to go to bed I started to think these painful contractions might be something a bit more productive. I think I was sure around 10 or 11pm, so i sent an sms to D our doula, shes a Swiss midwife student, also sms to the guesthouse manangers who were going to drive us to hospital. Also sent text to one of the other pregnant women here, whose due date was actually the next day- I let her know I was probably going to steal her due date!

Then, somehow we locked ourselves out of our house, neither of us were dressed properly so neither of us wanted to go and visit the manger to get the key, so we both went.

I spent the next 12 hours trying to convince Soeun to rest, as tomorrow would probably be an exhausting day. I walked, showered, ate, moaned and sometimes timed contractions.

In the morning I sent an sms to the women who was actually due that day, she cheerfully brought us breakfast, took our washing and got us some drinking water. We ate some breakfast, with me running to have a hot shower every few min. During this time contractions became 4 min apart, so we rang the manager and she brought a hot pack and the car. We got our bags and borrow birth ball and off to hospital.