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Labor Part 1-36 hours

I've always heard, at least for 1st time moms, that labor is a hindsight diagnosis. Mainly because you don't always know what to feel or expect. I'm certainly no exception. Back pain has been onset for about 2 weeks now, but on Thursday, there was a new intensity to it and it grew on Friday and Saturday. It felt like a really really bad PMS day, one of those where its painful to get out of bed, let alone move.

In hindsight, I felt my 1st contraction of early labor first thing on Saturday morning. Every says, oh you will know, it's painful. Well it hurt a little but nothing to cry over. Then a 2nd one a few hours later. So we started keeping track but knew we were a long way off. As the day progressed, they got closer and closer together. That didn't stop me from joining my friends at The English Rose for a tea time baby shower at 4pm on Saturday. The contractions didn't hurt but it was uncomfortable sitting in that hard seat. Before bedtime, the contractions were about 35-40 mins apart. I knew it would be a while before active labor set in, at least that is what I have learned through my copious reading about pregnancy and labor. At 11pm, I called Michelle, our midwife, to give her the heads up. She asked me if I slept the night before which I hadn't very well. She warned me to rest up as the next day would probably be a long one when the "real" labor kicked in. So with that, I tried to remain calm and not get excited and turned in for the night.

Falling asleep is always a task and tonight was no exception. I read for about an hour and then for the 1st 3 hours, I got up every half hour, but then at 3am, I got a stretch of 4 hours of glorious sleep. I didn't feel completely rested and back was still throbbing. We decided to stay home and I stayed in bed and dozed in and out until about 11am. I finally felt rested and got up to cook, take a walk and hang out. Chris was busy cleaning the house all over again. When I asked him what he was doing, he said, our house is too dirty to bring our baby girl into. Lol! Chris has more of a nesting instinct that myself.

It's now about 1pm on Sunday. Contractions are about 12-15 mins apart. Our midwife is on the way over to the house for our weekly prenatal appt and Dr. Yoon is coming as well to give me some acupuncture to help thing and relieve pain. Lana will be here soon!!!
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Shara Lana said…
I am dying!!! I want to call so bad. I wish that I could be there to welcome her into this world.
April 18, 2010 at 9:45 PM
Shawna Lee said…
I don't know if Lana is here yet, but I've been praying all day. Can't wait to see her little face next to your beautiful one.
April 19, 2010 at 12:46 AM
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