The title of this post should actually be "The hoping for an impending labor update." By this I mean to say: No, this baby is not out yet. In fact, it is still very much inside and I am still only 2 centimeter's dilated. If anyone else calls and asks "have you had the baby yet?" I will scream into their ear "no! and my due date is still over 2 weeks away so lay off!"
Sense my frustration? Well, I am actually not too bad off. I was quite comfortable with being pregnant and waiting for another two weeks. That is until last Sunday happened. Let me tell you what transpired.
After a weekend of menstrual-like cramping I began Sunday evening with regular and painful contractions. They were coming every 10 minutes. Then every 7. They got my rapt attention and I began to prepare. While Billy and Liam slept unawares, I packed the hospital bag, swept the floors, unloaded the dishwasher, etc. All the meanwhile feeling my uterus tighten in nicely spaced intervals of every 7 minutes. I finally managed to fall asleep around 3:30 in the morning.
6:30 am Billy woke up for work. My contractions were every 5 minutes. "Should I go into work?" He asked. I mulled the idea over. My contractions were regular but not that painful. I had a doctor's appointment already scheduled at 10 am. I told Billy to go ahead and go to work but to let his supervisor know he might have to leave later on in the day. If I was a betting woman I could have wagered our entire savings that things were going to happen that day.
Where does this all end? In the shaming, pitiful 2 hour nap I took after Billy left for work. As soon as I awoke from the "better catchup on sleep so I am not exhausted during labor" nap, the contractions had slowed to a disappointing 10 minute interval and to the pain equivalent of a unsettled stomach ache. How sad. I had unintentionally cried wolf. Whoops.
So how do days feel normal after you plan an unrequited day in the hospital? I do not know. My Google homepage displays a countdown clock that reads "16 days until Baby's Due Date". Will I be able to wait that long?
Sense my frustration? Well, I am actually not too bad off. I was quite comfortable with being pregnant and waiting for another two weeks. That is until last Sunday happened. Let me tell you what transpired.
After a weekend of menstrual-like cramping I began Sunday evening with regular and painful contractions. They were coming every 10 minutes. Then every 7. They got my rapt attention and I began to prepare. While Billy and Liam slept unawares, I packed the hospital bag, swept the floors, unloaded the dishwasher, etc. All the meanwhile feeling my uterus tighten in nicely spaced intervals of every 7 minutes. I finally managed to fall asleep around 3:30 in the morning.
6:30 am Billy woke up for work. My contractions were every 5 minutes. "Should I go into work?" He asked. I mulled the idea over. My contractions were regular but not that painful. I had a doctor's appointment already scheduled at 10 am. I told Billy to go ahead and go to work but to let his supervisor know he might have to leave later on in the day. If I was a betting woman I could have wagered our entire savings that things were going to happen that day.
Where does this all end? In the shaming, pitiful 2 hour nap I took after Billy left for work. As soon as I awoke from the "better catchup on sleep so I am not exhausted during labor" nap, the contractions had slowed to a disappointing 10 minute interval and to the pain equivalent of a unsettled stomach ache. How sad. I had unintentionally cried wolf. Whoops.
So how do days feel normal after you plan an unrequited day in the hospital? I do not know. My Google homepage displays a countdown clock that reads "16 days until Baby's Due Date". Will I be able to wait that long?
7 comments:
I know it's not the same, but I don't know if I can wait for mine either! it's been over three years...you can do it girl...enjoy your time before she comes!!
oh becca! i'm so excited for you. enjoy your last moments of being the mom of one child. enjoy these last moments when it's easy to carry, feed, and sleep that little girl in your tum; when she's out i'm sure you will feel like you need at least two more arms! i love you and can't wait for the big day!
You can wait because you HAVE TO! :) I almost called you today (but I don't have any minutes left until Saturday :) ), so I'm glad I didn't! She needs to be born on Monday or Tuesday 'cause those are my days off. If she doesn't come, wait another week after that. :) But except for weekends I just have short work days, so I should come up either way... I'm so excited to meet baby-girl-whatever-her-name-will-be!
Thank you for the explanation. Cervixes should never grow that large! What a cruel creation of nature. Really, it was just a freaking piece of fruit, haven't we been punished enough with monthly cramps?!?! Testicular fortitude my ass... I call it ovarian fortitude!
oh man...I know that disappointed feeling :) She'll be out before you know it and that's coming from me who's got a gargantuan size of a baby boy pushing with all his might in my pelvis to get out...and yes he's still in there too! Good luck on the delivery! You'll do great!
I know exactly what you mean. I went to the hospital with pains 3 weeks early with Claire. She came 2 days overdue...and the wait was worth it! You can wait, and wait, and wait.
Hang in there!!! You'll meet your baby soon!
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