labor?
i thought i was in labor last night...the baby was moving around in ways i hadn't felt before and it kept putting a lot of pressure on my bladder and cervix. it felt as if the baby was trying to push his way out! i told steve about it but also said not to worry, that it's probably just me hoping the birth was coming...but then we went to bed.
about 15 minutes after laying down i started contracting. i couldn't figure it out because it didn't feel like normal contractions. it felt more like i really had to go to the bathroom, but when i got up, nothing came...then my mind went reeling...i've heard going to the bathroom is a sign the birth is coming...so then i thought, well, this is it! the contractions though were never ending, just one long continuous ache. they stretched over the front of my belly and towards my back...it was surprisingly uncomfortable...
i kept pacing and rolling on the ball trying to figure out the sensations i was feeling and trying to focus my mind away from the pain. but then my mind went to steve. when he went to bed last night, he said he was achy and i just had this feeling that i was going to go into labor and steve was coming down with the flu. great!
the contractions went on for about 30-40 minutes. after i finally went to the bathroom, some of the pain was relieved, but the contractions still kept coming. i laid down on the couch for about an hour and then finally decided to go up to bed because they had settled down to the point where i could sleep.
by the time i went upstairs, steve had a fever. he woke up freezing and put on sweats, a sweatshirt and socks and then crawled back into bed. we both we waking up every 2 hours or so...my contractions were getting less and less frequent but his fever was getting higher and higher. this morning they're both gone and we both feel pretty normal. crazy!
i don't know what happened last night...if we both ate something that our bodies didn't agree with or what...but it was crazy! so now, steve keeps telling me to keep the baby in until the weekend. i hope he doesn't get too bummed if the babe doesn't arrive for another week or so...i think we're both so excited. when i first felt the contractions last night i was excited...and then a bit scared thinking about what's to come...now that i'm no longer contracting, i'm bummed a bit...i want our child's birth to come. at the same time, i'm scared to become a parent of a living child...
maybe i'm just going crazy!
about 15 minutes after laying down i started contracting. i couldn't figure it out because it didn't feel like normal contractions. it felt more like i really had to go to the bathroom, but when i got up, nothing came...then my mind went reeling...i've heard going to the bathroom is a sign the birth is coming...so then i thought, well, this is it! the contractions though were never ending, just one long continuous ache. they stretched over the front of my belly and towards my back...it was surprisingly uncomfortable...
i kept pacing and rolling on the ball trying to figure out the sensations i was feeling and trying to focus my mind away from the pain. but then my mind went to steve. when he went to bed last night, he said he was achy and i just had this feeling that i was going to go into labor and steve was coming down with the flu. great!
the contractions went on for about 30-40 minutes. after i finally went to the bathroom, some of the pain was relieved, but the contractions still kept coming. i laid down on the couch for about an hour and then finally decided to go up to bed because they had settled down to the point where i could sleep.
by the time i went upstairs, steve had a fever. he woke up freezing and put on sweats, a sweatshirt and socks and then crawled back into bed. we both we waking up every 2 hours or so...my contractions were getting less and less frequent but his fever was getting higher and higher. this morning they're both gone and we both feel pretty normal. crazy!
i don't know what happened last night...if we both ate something that our bodies didn't agree with or what...but it was crazy! so now, steve keeps telling me to keep the baby in until the weekend. i hope he doesn't get too bummed if the babe doesn't arrive for another week or so...i think we're both so excited. when i first felt the contractions last night i was excited...and then a bit scared thinking about what's to come...now that i'm no longer contracting, i'm bummed a bit...i want our child's birth to come. at the same time, i'm scared to become a parent of a living child...
maybe i'm just going crazy!
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