I am so tired. I have been having contractions pretty regularly since Thursday evening. We even had my SIL come out & spend the night on Thursday because they were so regular that we thought it might happen that night. Fast forward 3 days, & everything is still the same. They tapered off at one point on Friday, but came back again pretty strong yesterday. By last night, they were even stronger & coming every 3 minutes. I decided to try to get some sleep & slept all night, only to wake up this morning to pretty much nothing. Not really even feeling contractions anymore. Seriously, it's this big tease.
I'm officially at 39 weeks right now, so I understand that I shouldn't be frustrated since I'm not even to my due date yet. But how can I not be when I've been having what I think are real contractions?! I haven't rushed off to the hospital because I know that none of them have been strong enough to mean that delivery is really soon, but it's still frustrating to me. Plus, I feel foolish when I keep calling my mom, my doula, and our babysitters to tell them that maybe it's really happening this time.
This is so, so different from Ava's delivery where my water broke one morning & then contractions started & then I was in labor. Do I have to do this off and on contraction thing for another week? Or even two? I know the baby will come when she's ready, but why does it have to happen this way?!!
Sunday, February 15, 2009
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Sounds absolutely maddening. My water broke last time too... four days past my due date. So, while I don't know what it's like to deal with the incessant false alarms, I do know about the waiting game. I thought I would go crazy even 1 day past my due date. I finally did some hefty lifting at costco and went on a 'hike' along the beach, and, voila, that night my water broke. Good luck, hang in there! Keep us posted!
I've been wondering about you. So sorry that you aren't holding your daughter in your arms yet. I thought for sure that maybe she would be a Valentine's Day baby! She'll come when she's ready, although I know that's hard. Good luck. Sounds SO much like my labor with Lucas! That went on for three days.
Aw Liz, I hope this all ends for you very soon! When is your next dr. appt?? Good luck!
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