Yesterday was a great day. My awesome little sister and my mom threw hubs and I a co-ed baby shower. They went all out with decorations, and awesome party room that the entire family prepped, and the cutest little invitations. Hubs is suffering from a bad cold so we weren't sure if he was going to come with me, but he popped some DayQuill and sucked it up for the afternoon, and we both had an amazing time. We were surrounded by most of our loving families and friends, and got spoiled rotten on top of it, which we are ever so grateful for! I'll post pics as soon as some get sent to me (I didn't take ANY), but the family took lots, so I can't wait to post them!!!
And well, once the evening drew to a close, we dropped by my parents' place for another slice of cake (yummy!!!), and then headed home. Hubs literally took a swig of NyQuill, and went to pass out. I joined him after doing some more laundry and tidying a few things.
Well I hit the pillow, turned off the light, and snuggled in to get comfy....when I suddenly felt a contraction. Okay, well that's nothing new, I've had Braxton Hicks contractions for a while now - but this one felt stronger. So the light came back on, and when I looked down, I saw my belly turn into a big lump, and it was so intense that my belly button popped out. I'm thinking "No, it couldn't be....this is just another BH contraction, just a little stronger than usual." So I turn the light off again, get settled....and sure enough 10 minutes later another contraction starts, just as intense as the first. Now it's got my full attention. 2 more contractions come at similar intervals, and at this point I wake hubs up to give him a heads up - he of course is completely doped up on NyQuill, and I'm thinking that this is so not the right night to go into labour.
So anyways, I got up again to time the contractions - which then started to get less and less intense - Braxton Hicks, I knew it. Back to bed I go....only to have them start full force again. What the heck is going on? I was exhausted at this point, and figured that I should probably try to get some sleep either way - if this was the real deal, I'd need all the energy I could get - if not, I'd need to be able to keep my eyes open at work in the morning.
In the end I woke up a few more times to go to the bathroom - each time my belly was really tight and hard, but the contractions themselves tapered off towards morning, and at 4:45am the alarm clock woke me up as usual. I was crampy, but nothing more - so here I am at work. Too bad - I mean I don't want him to be born prematurely, but at the same time I know he should be fine at 35 weeks gestation, and today is hubbies' birthday too, so this would have been the best birthday gift ever. Oh well, he'll just have to make due with the CD and German Beer I bought him.
Everything's pointing to my body getting ready for birth: more intense contractions, baby dropped lower into my pelvis, loosing my appetite, and a few more symptoms that are a little too TMI for a blog. So something tells me baby boy won't be holding out for December, and the whole family's betting on a November baby. I guess we'll see what the coming days/weeks bring, either way we're ready for him now, so any day is fine with me!
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