Some of you have seen already on twitter, I’ve been having contractions since about 3pm today. I still went out, ran errands, bought some plants. I had to stop in home depot and just hold my cart because one of them really hurt. But then I came home and put the plants in the ground (with Den’s help). After I came inside things started picking up. Wow, I do not remember contractions hurting this much until I was in HEAVY labor…. in fact, I’m absolutely sure I did not get ones this painful, making me gasp and rock, until I was 6cm. (I am definitely not 6cm. Just sayin’.) But I also know – and was prepared for – a longer early labor because of her position.<\/p>\n
I’m getting lower back pain unless I lean forward or get down on my hands and knees. Den’s been rubbing my back while we watch a movie, me perched at the edge of the couch, legs apart, leaning slightly forward. I seem to weather them just fine that way. At first I tried leaning sideways up against Den to watch the movie…. ow ow, holy ow. A contraction hit and I couldn’t move, even though it was hurting pretty damn bad. I learned my lesson from that one.<\/p>\n
From 8pm until 10pm they’ve been coming every 6-8 minutes. It’s weird, getting such strong contractions even though they’re not close enough together to warrant heading to the hospital. It’s just not consistent enough yet – some are really strong, some are just little waves. So weird.<\/p>\n
For now I think we’re going to try to get some rest. I didn’t sleep well last night at all, I slept for maybe 4 hours total. I don’t want this to stall out, but if this is going to be a longer labor I need some rest. Hopefully this will continue progressing! I still don’t feel comfortable calling this labor for-sure… I think<\/i> I’m in early labor, but it could very well stop and start up again in a day or two. But things are definitely happening, and that is a great sign!<\/p>\n
Funny…. when I started getting the strong contractions I didn’t get anxious or start running around like mad like I did the other day. We’re both very calm, making sure the bags are ready to go, just in case.<\/p>\n
Kate is moving around a lot, so no worries on that end. Very reassuring (though at times painful, when she’s stretching at the same time as a contraction.) I have a feeling she’s going to propel herself out of the womb, when the time comes, hehe.<\/p>\n
Update: Contractions stopped almost entirely soon as I layed down. (And then I couldn’t sleep, ha.) I got back up to eat a snack and see if they’d start up again, but nope. Only getting one here and there. This is a near-textbook early labor of a posterior baby: long, start-and-stop, with strong contractions. I absolutely swear to you I can feel my body trying to turn her. I am doing what I can to help: hands-and-knees, birth ball, walking. I just feel like my body is trying to get this going, but until she drops properly into my pelvis I’m not going to hit high gear. And even though I can feel her back along my left side frequently now, I also feel her hands in front, which means her head is still facing the wrong way. So I am not surprized that it has stopped. Hopefully tomorrow it will start back up again when I’m up and active, and this time I’m going to be more aggressive about trying to get her to turn and drop.<\/p>\n
Update 2: Scratch that. They started again, waking me up and nearly making me shoot straight up out of bed. Lost my plug (or most of it, I think), diarrhea, and the baby is low. The contractions aren’t really getting closer together, really (they vary between 4 and 10 minutes apart), but I’m really starting to think being in the hospital where there’s a fetal monitor might be a good thing for me right now. Also I am NOT looking forward to a 30 minute ride in a vehicle. These contractions hurt. I checked my cervix and was really really shocked – everything’s dropped and I have no idea how dilated I am, but I am definitely dilated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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