Who knows. I had the painless contractions this morning every ten mins. Mum and Dad came over and it was really good to have extra company to get my mind off things. It really really helped me calm down.
Soon the painless contractions started being accompanied by mild period pain but I could talk through them okay. Dad went out and bought me subway for lunch because I didn’t really want to leave the house in case, I was feeling really nauseous but as soon as I smelt the sandwich I ate it and was fine.
Having Mum and Dad around was really really helpful.
When Brentyn arrived home from work at 2pm my contractions stopped abruptly. I think it was cause he was grumpy and put me on edge. Phantom labour!
I decided, great, now Il get some sleep then, I slept for 20 mins and woke up RIGHT on the peak of a scary intense contraction. The first thing I said to Brentyn is "OMG I cant do this! :(“
He was good and told me I can and will :) I had a few more that were really sporadic. Mum called up to see how I was and while i chatted to her I had to keep giving the phone to Brentyn when i contraction came cause they were too intense to talk through.
As soon as I got off the phone Brentyns Grandma called up to see how wed been (like, straight as we hung up, lol) Brentyn put me on and almost as soon as I said hi I started getting a real intense contraction and handed the phone back to Brentyn. I felt seriously rude. I asked Brentyn to tell her to just wait one min, but she ended the call :(
Then I called the hospital to double check what on earth is going on. They weren’t in pattern anymore but they were intense. The midwife said “Good news, your body is getting ready for labour”
WHAT?! Ugh. I thought I was in labour. Poo. Its scary, made me think.. well…. labour will be INSANE.
She told me to stay home till I get a pattern and they come 5 – 3 mins apart…. she said if I came in now my contractions would stop from the change of environment. She told me to have a hot shower and put a hot water bottle on it. Which I have.
I had a bunch of short contractions in the shower, which I guess was because I wasn’t sitting down anymore. They were all 3 mins apart but I could handle them without squeezing Brentyn’s hand to nothing. He went and got me the hot water bottle and I put it on… I haven’t had any for 15 mins or so, longest break in a while so the heat must be doing the trick.
Hes playing drums now, I guess hes trying to milk the independence while he can!
The annoying news is that the midwife said there's a chance the contractions will just stop and not come back for a few days. Ugh. Which means I’ll have to be induced :( I really want it to start naturally, and I really want it all over and done with :(
Looks like there'll be a longer wait yet.
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