On March 11th at around 12:30am I
woke up having contractions. It took
several times of being woken up by an uncomfortable pain for me to be convinced
that I was truly having contractions! I
got up several times to use the restroom and get a drink, but mostly tried to
stay in bed and time them without waking up Mitch. They were very irregular and sometimes lasted
longer than a minute and were not at all consistent in how often they
came. I was uncomfortable enough to get
up around 3:00 am or so, and went to the living room. I told Mitch what was going on, and he had a
hard time sleeping after that.
Contractions kept up, but they were very irregular.
After Mitch left for work I tried to go back
to sleep and slept on and off from about 6-9am.
I called the doctor around 9:30 and they had be drink a glass of water
and lay down on my side and time the contractions. I called back and told them that I had 6
contractions that hour, but that they were not regular. They asked me to come in to be hooked up to a
monitor.
I arrived at the doctor around 11:30 and was
put on the monitor and told to push a button every time Evin moved. I was on it for about 15-20 minutes. They confirmed that I was definitely having semi-strong
contractions and asked if I was in pain.
I was uncomfortable, but they were definitely tolerable. Evin was moving around just fine and doing
well. The Nurse Practitioner checked me to see if I was
leaking fluid, and I was not. I was 2
(almost 3) centimeters dilated and 75% effaced.
This was a big change from 4 days earlier when I was 1 cm and 0%!
The NP said I was in early labor and to go
home. She said if the contractions
became much stronger and become regular, or if my water broke, I needed to go
to L&D immediately. She also warned
that the contractions might go away completely and come back a week later.
The contractions did ease up and then came
back later that day. They did this for
about a week straight! There were some
days that I had them all day long and other days that I would only have a
couple. My body was certainly beginning
to wear out and I was getting super anxious for Evin to make her arrival. I tried many “natural” ways to induce
childbirth and did lots of walking.
Taking a stroll with our nephew, Lane, to try to convince Evin to make her appearance!
On March 14th I went in for my 38 week appointment. I had been having contractions on and off for 4 days. I was 3-4 cm dilated and 75% effaced and Evin was head down and very low. The nurse told us that if I had been 39 weeks they probably would have broken my water and sent me on to the hospital, but since I was 38 weeks they wanted to wait. Mitch and I were OK with that!
Third Trimester Belly Pictures
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