I had another doctor's appointment yesterday. I didn't post anything after my appointment last week because nothing had changed, so there wasn't much of an update. Well, yesterday I was 1 cm dilated, although my cervix had not thinned out at all... but at least SOMETHING changed! I've been feeling it a bit more lately, it's been harder to walk because my pelvis has been hurting pretty bad, so I knew something had to have changed, but I was told the baby was still pretty high (the doc could barely feel him). They did a quick ultrasound check to make sure he really is head down, and he is... he just hasn't felt like coming down a whole lot yet. Well, today I woke up with some pretty bad back pains and some very strong feet in my right ribs! My ribs were hurting so bad if I moved AT ALL, so I had to push him away from there before I could move. As you can probably tell, I'm not at work today... I'm in too much pain to think about work, even though I know I'll be in more pain later on, my threshold for pain at work has been maxed out! :) So that's where things are at.
Last night at birth class I was having contractions that were like 15-20 minutes apart the entire time, but when I went to bed, I was still able to sleep through most of them, so I don't know how consistent they stayed. Now today they're more up to like 30-45 minutes apart, but still pretty consistently there. We'll see how long this takes! ;)
I'll post pictures a little later... I need to get dressed and look somewhat decent before I let anyone take a picture of me today!
5 comments:
2 things:
Water! You need to drink water--even if it causes you to potty every 10 minutes.
Hot bath or shower (I am not a bather)...
If you do those 2 things and the contractions don't lessen, it is probably real. If you do those 2 things, and the uterus relaxes some, then good! Your uterus is relaxing, and so can you...
You could have a very long 2 weeks otherwise.
Back pain is what got Gramma Putnam to the doctor when she had Gramma Maragaret and Maurine. She complained of back pain and her mother (or mom-in-law, not sure which) said "how often are your 'back pains?'" and she recognized it as labor. With no ultrasound, the twin part was a surprise, of course.
I had the WORST back labor with Cambree, so I hope that is not a forshadowing of what's to come. Good Luck with it all you will do great and have a cute little bundle of joy when it is all over with!!
Alright... so I totally didn't even know you were pregnant! Congrats!! I bet you've had the baby already too! Good luck and I can't wait to see pictures!
Haha Amy, no, still no baby... he's stubborn! :) I'm due Friday, and I have a doc appointment this afternoon, so we'll see what the doc says! We're pretty impatient waiting for him to get his little bum here!!
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