Ok... at about 7:30 pm I started having pains in my stomach. Not very bad ones but every once in a while they would get worse and then go back to the regular pain. Well 2 hours later I called the doctor and it's hard for him to tell at this point if its true labor, but he said it sounds like the onset of contractions. He told me what to watch for and what to do to help the pain. It's been almost 3 1/2 hours how and I still have the constant pain and it still gets worse every once in awhile, but the pain is starting to get a little stronger. Not terrible, but enough for me to be uncomfortable. I still feel the baby moving so that makes me feel better. So now I just have to wait and see... Oh! And Noel's not even home! He went down to his mom's house tonight. He'll be back early on Sunday. But he might be getting a call to meet me at the hospital. I hope I don't go into labor until he's back home tho. The doctor said if it is true labor and contractions, that I could be like this for a couple days. Great... but im getting excited now!
2008-03-28 (38 weeks)
Maternity Portraits Last weekend I was going thru some papers from my baby registery at Babies R US, and I found this coupon for a free maternity portrait. So of course I went and got it done. We ended up buying one too. We got one of me looking at my belly with this really nice poem on it... *Only a Mother knows the love of her baby before it is born*. I really like that poem. It brings a tear to my eye. I could never tell Noel that, because he was giving me a hard time about going to get the pictures done. He just doesn't understand how big of a deal being pregnant is to me. So he makes fun of me alot. And of course I cry and take it so seriously because my hormones are crazier then ever! But anyway... the other photo I got is a collage of 5 of the different photos taken and it says It's a boy! There is this one of just my stomach with my hands in the shape of a heart on it. I really like that one too! What am I saying... I like them all!
2008-03-26 (37 weeks)
Doctor Visit Yesterday afternoon I went to the doctor and im still at 2 cm dilated but I went from 25% to 50% effaced. So im seeing a little bit of progress at least. The doctor told me that he is pretty sure that I will go into labor on my own by my due date. Which is nice to hear. He said that if I am late, he won't let me go any longer then a week after my due date (41 weeks). I'm measuring 34-35 cm instead of 37-38 cm. Throughout my pregnancy I measured within a centimeter of the right week im in (does that make sense?) For the most part, I was measuring correct. My last visit I was told that im measuring smaller because the baby is dropping. But just to be on the safe side, im scheduled for a weight ultrasound on Monday, the 31st. My doctor didn't seem so concerned, so I hope everything is ok. I asked him what it would mean if he weighed smaller... and he said it just means im having a smaller baby and it will be easier for my to push him out. So let's keep our fingers crossed that it's nothing to be worried about. The baby seems ok. He's very active.
2008-03-20 (37 weeks)
Doctor Visit/Maternity Leave So I went to the doctor yesterday and she told me i'm 2 cm dilated and 25% effaced. So it's a start at least. The doctor said that I could go into labor tomorrow or I can stay at 2 cm for a another month! What a wide range! I hope when I go to the doctor again this Tuesday, that I progressed and i'm dilated even further. I still doesn't seem like he's actually going to come out. Besides not having any signs that labor is coming, I just can't see myself in the hospial and holding him. It doesn't seem real! Which is scary, since i'm only about 3 weeks away. *Sigh* Don't take me wrong, because I am really excited. Also, I start my maternity leave on the 27th. Thank God! Because work sucks anymore. Probably because i'm so tired all the time. i get 2 weeks before he's born and then 6 weeks after birth. AND I get paid! I don't get a full paycheck, I think i get 75 or 80%. But that's better then I thought I was getting, since I thought I wasn't getting paid at all! I was trying to save all this money and figure out how much money i'm going to be left with. And if Noel can afford to pay everything himself if he has to. He said he would handle it. But now that i'm getting paid, that takes alot of my back. I don't have to be as tight with money now.
