Getting closer...

Good morning!

I'm happy to report that I am miserable having contractions 7-10 minutes apart. So far, it has shown all the signs of real labor, and we are moving into our labor plan of action. I will be working at home until I reach the magic 3-5 minutes interval, and then we'll call the doc.

Please keep us in your prayers!

Mackenzie

My longest day of the week

This is my longest day of the week. I'm at work until at least 7 with my night class.

It's pretty nice in the middle time between when people go home and class. It's nice and quiet here. I can get some creative work done. I think my brain needs the psychic room to play.

I'm very glad I can get home in time to see Lost, too.

Today is kinda fun. I'm having stronger contractions, and I'm actually able to practice my breathing exercises. It's easy to do that with an actual contraction than using sense memory. However, I've got to say that the practice we did in class made it pretty easy to kick in the skills automatically. It's the fact that I know what the contraction feels like now, and know that it works, and I can tweak my practice.

Back to work.

Mackenzie

The second post

Just to update everyone:

The doctor didn't send me to the hospital. It's ok. My cervix is still at the same dilation it was two weeks ago. I guess there are some finishing touches that still need to be done on Baby Bear.

Next week's appt: on Monday, they'll do an ultrasound and non-stress test to make sure that Baby Bear is still doing well. There isn't concern at this point. It's just standard orders.

So more walking at the mall tonight...

Mackenzie

Today will be a double post day

Things are changing. I was having actual contractions last night. I'm still at work, but we have achieved show. (If you don't know what that is, you can look it up. I need to be oblique so that my brother-in-law will feel comfortable reading this.)

I'm just excited that I know I am dilating and, oddly, that the pain is "real" labor.

Now if it just gets more regular and progresses...

I have the weekly OB appt in less than an hour. So, you will probably get an update after that - unless they send me straight to the hospital. Yeah, I know... like that ever happens.

Mackenzie

Can you get the bends on land?

Seriously, I have been getting charlie horses all over my body. I think I have the bends.

On the other hand, it hasn't been a contraction day. Bummer, dude.

We're heading to the mall after work to walk again. I'm also nauseous. Hopefully, I'm not getting flu-ish again.

Back to work.

Mackenzie

One more day

It was great to have Mom and Dad here today. We walked around the mall for a couple of hours. I've been having some kind of contractions around every hour. They last about a minute, but they haven't sped up at all.

So it looks like I'll be at work tomorrow.

Kevin read me the last entry in the week by week calendar that he gets on e-mail. It reminded us that this could go on for weeks.

Well, I guess I should go down and check on our mattress pad. I washed it today, but I'm nervous it won't be try. I had never washed a waterproof mattress pad before. It made a lake under its place on the line.

Good to know before we start washing the baby's mattress pad.

Mackenzie

The random contractions are stronger...

Well, false labor is getting stronger. I think that's good in the sense that it's like I'm in training. I am getting used to feeling of having my stomach get all tensed up.

However, it's only really the top of my uterus that's doing the tensing. Everything else is the same. We walked around Wal-Mart today to keep working the baby down. It's the best we can do when the temperature is dropping back into the freezer.

Tomorrow will be a good distraction. My mom and dad are coming down for the day. :) It's better than hanging around the house or the office pretending that I'm not impatient. I can do something!

Mackenzie