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I worked the whole day not noticing that I was in early labor. I organized yarn and the nursery. I tried to eat dinner, but couldn't. I found myself pacing down our hallway. By about 10pm, it became obvious I was having contractions. We left for the hospital about an hour later.

I shoveled snow, I was in labor during a huge snow storm. Tried to get some house work done. I played outside with the dog. Pretty much anything to keep busy and keep moving. I know I tried to lay down and rest, but it was too uncomfortable and I was too excited.

I got to the hospital at 7 cm so I think it helped:)

I slept through the earliest part of labor, and then *tried* to sleep through some of it in the morning until we both woke up. Then I made breakfast for us and after we ate I took a shower and did my hair and makeup so we could take some last-day-pregnant photos (and so I could feel sort of normal during a very abnormal day). DH did chores around the house to keep himself occupied and burn off nervous energy. People totally laugh at me though when I tell them I blow-dried and straightened my hair during labor!
When all that was done (things took a lot longer because of pauses for contractions), it was pretty much time to head out.
I had a fairly short labor - started in the early morning hours and then had LO at 7pm that night.

Mine went really fast, after my water broke I finished a work assignment and watched a basketball game while my husband took down the Christmas tree.

We headed in after about two hours to get checked since my contractions hadn't started and my doc wanted to check my blood pressure since I'd had a few issues with it. By the time we got to the hospital 20 minutes later I was having major contractions and was at 5cm.

during ultra early labour i just did normal things like go on the computer, etc. that night we went to a bbq party near our house. contractions were few and far in between at that point -- one per hour. and they didn't hurt too bad. then i went directly into active labour with no warning when we got home from the bbq -- like, crazy scary pain and contractions 5 mins apart lasting 1-2 mins long. then i just held on for dear life until we decided to go the hospital a few hours later.

for this next LO coming, i'm gonna just SLEEP as much as i can as soon as i start feeling any kind of contractions! i'm sure this one is going to come furious and fast and i want to have ALL my sleep saved up!

I dozed on the couch between contractions for a couple hours until they got worse, at which point I emailed my coworkers letting them know I was going on maternity leave right then, called my mom to let her know the baby was coming, and showered while DH packed the hospital bag. At that point things were much too intense, so we headed up to the hospital. My labor was quick, so I didn't have much time to spend at home.

Watch tv, sit in the bathtub, shower, complain...lol! When I was admitted to the hospital I was 8 cm.

I guess I was kinda lucky and didn't know I was in labor. We had a busy day, lunch with friends, shopping and then dinner with the in-laws. I kept having to stand up and move around since sitting in one spot for any length of time was uncomfortable. Looking back I was totally having contractions. My water broke at 1am and that is when I finally realized I was in labor. I spent around 2 hours in the bathroom and then DH and I went to the hospital. I kinda wish I had showered and stayed home for a bit longer though. Once I got to the hospital I had to be monitored the whole time because of previous blood pressure concerns and I couldn't move around very much.

Next time I'm going to rest A LOT and take a couple walks. What I did was clean, cook, go to already scheduled drs appointment, take the dogs on a walk and even ran a little bit with them, gardened, went out to dinner, tried to watch a show but was getting uncomfy at that point so just paced, and then I paced for the next 4 hours while my husband occasionally suggested going to the hospital until my water broke and then we went. My labor wasn't like my moms but she had all her kids within a half hour of her water breaking so I was a bit freaked out since I'd already been having contractions for 24 hours that were getting closer and closer. It took me another 12 hours in the hospital though.

walked around, knelt on the floor with my head on the couch, took two showers, took a bath. Moaned a lot. Thought i was dying!

I bounced on a yoga ball and watched The Stand. When my contractions got really bad I paced around the house, hunched over the counter, knelt on the bed, sat on the toilet and tried twice to take a bath.

My water broke at 9pm, no real contractions though. DH and I just tried to stay calm and get some rest. I slept on and off that night, then woke up the next morning concerned that labor hadn't really picked up so I spent the next day and a half alternating between pacing, bouncing, pumping and then resting when I was sick of it all waiting for labour to really start. I slept on and off on the couch the second night, waking with contractions then falling back asleep.

My labor was fairly quick. It started roughly at 3 am. I tried to sleep. Gave up at 5 am. DH and I got up and packed the hospital bags. I took a shower, ate breakfast. I was on HB posting a question whether it could be the real deal. Then they started getting really painful around 10 am.