Contractions, Contractions

Yesterday was quite eventful.  I went to my 39 week checkup with Scott and my mom (and Madison) there too. 

Dr. said the baby’s head was definitely engaged, and that this weekend would be good for him because his wife is going out of town and left him with a to-do list!    I really do love my doctor.  I have to drive 25 minutes to his office, but it is soooooooo worth the drive knowing he is supporting me in my decision and truly wants to help his patients’ birth experience to be one that they desire.

I did make sure to get in a nap after my appointment (thanks to my husband’s encouragement and promise that he’d take care of the laundry that is still sitting in the laundry baskets!)  I experienced several contractions for that 1 1/2 hours and woke up noticing my belly dropped even more.

We rushed around, picking Dwight up from summer school and then Mom colored my hair for me (because as I told Patrick, all the gray hairs that keep growing in are a result of the stress my kids cause me!  He doesn’t quite believe me yet). 

Then Mom and I headed out and met up with a couple of my girlfriends for a Girl’s Nite Out dinner.

These two lovely ladies even brought me baby gifts.  They are so thoughtful!  It was fun.  But we are all moms so the night ended fairly early.  Mom and I were heading back home by 8:30!

We stayed up a bit.  Mom took pictures of me with the kids and then we chatted for a bit and then headed to bed.  I was really looking forward to a good night’s sleep!

But a good night’s sleep wasn’t happening.  I was up til 4:30 this a.m. with more contractions.  They started last night before going to bed, first 30 minutes apart, then 20…I even had a few as I typed up last nights’ post.  Then they got closer.   10 minutes, 5 minutes…and more intense.  I really had to focus on breathing through them.

I remember lying there thinking, I am not going to wake Scott up yet, because I can handle these and I’m going to need him to be well rested to help me through the rest!  And then they just stopped.  I may have woken up here or there with another contraction, but I went from wondering if it was finally time to knowing I was going to be miserably tired in the morning.

I’ve had contractions on and off all day.  And of course, now that evening approaches, they are coming on with more consistency again – Less than 10 minutes apart.  I just hope this doesn’t carry on for another week!