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@MrsKoala: I'm so jealous that you could talk through contractions at 5-1-1.

@Mae: I had a similar situation, with the hospital being kinda far 35-40 min, 1 hr+ in traffic. Luckily my parents were planning to get a hotel near the hospital, so that made it easier. I had a long, 34 hr labor. Contractions started at 11-1. Even at 10-1, I could not talk through them. I labored like that for about 16 hrs. We left the house at 8am after I'd been at 5-1-1. The drive took 1 hr and was rough....not fun having contractions in the car at rush hour. We went to the hotel first and my contractions moved further apart - ugh! From 5-1-1 for an hour back to 7-1 for the next 10 hrs. I was unable to walk/talk though any of them, and by 6pm I was crying a lot. At that time, my contractions were at 5-1-1 again and I was sick of being in labor. I called my doc and he said to come in, that Id been laboring on my own long enough. I was 4-5 cm at triage. I got an epidural and was 7-8 within minutes when the doc came to check me.. LO was born a few hours later. I wish I had gone in sooner.

ETA: My LO was born with her hand above her head, so I think her poor position was why my labor was so slow/painful.

@Mae: did you have your little one yet??

I had pre-term labor that started about 32 weeks, there were many times where I reached 5-1-1 and went in just be sent home (happened with baby #2 and #3). So I didn't go by that rule, I had felt great near perfect even the day before, but the morning of I felt really drained and just off. My contractions never really stopped, but they picked up in strength and consistency that morning and I was just a few days from my due date so I called and the on-call Dr. listened to me and told me I needed to come in except that my hospital was full! I had to wait for her to find hospital that had a room open, then drive an extra 20 minutes to it, making our trip 45 minutes long. The ride wasn't awful but it wasn't fun either. Once I got there I was at a 5, my water broke just as they were calling the Dr. up to break it for me. She was born at 4:24pm and we arrived at 12:20pm.