25, 2, 13, 1, 8....

bigger numbers are numbers between contractions the contractions are getting vicious. it's 2 in the morning. i don't know if i'm going to be able to sleep thru this nite.

OB visit

BP normal, wt up 2 lbs, trace plus 1 in urine and 2-3 cm open plus 50 percent effaced. Yow. Looks like the braxton hicks are doing their job said my OB. We have made appt in labor/delivery for tuesday morning in case I don't go before then. I think I may. The plug is gone, and there has been mucously leakage today....

uh.....


my head is spiinning. doula alerted, I'm walking w/difficulty, the contrax continue but in a nonpredictable non accelerating way. The body has done this once before, the body is remembering what to do the body is following directions. The leakage could be from tear high up in membrane that baby's head is basically plugging so if I move/change position, there may be more leakage. Breaking water is a cup, more than a cup. I write this so I can remember. Will I make it thru the nite? I would like to......

March ram baby it looks like.....

something different

I've been staying up late doing various projects -- i mean really late, deep into the night early morning radio late -- there is SO MUCH to do and before I finally collapsed there was, um, some bloody show. That's actually a sign of labor, not some britishism. It was more pinkpale than bloody and the mucous plug is apparently still engaged but I have no gone into modest freakout mode. This is called "early labor" and tomorrow at 3 when we see the OB she will check me. I called the Ob this morning and got the info re: contractions 5 minutes apart for more than an hour. I'm feeling contrax plus baby moving. There was more mucous in the afternoon and my parallel parking, which is usually award-winning totally sucked today. I hvae no spatial relationships. I have no sense of proportion. My husband bless hiim has gone thru the little pile of duds and put on shelf in our son's playroom so that's done. And car seat ready to go in. And my bag is packed. And now I have another contraction.

So I think it's soon. I ran into a woman I know who's a photog. who takes lots of pix of kids and moms and said she could tell from my face I wouldn't last ths wkend. Tomorrow is the new moon. So a fresh start. I was thinking we'd be in that fullmoon zone, april 8, but I don't feel I'll last.

It's really hard to get off the couch. I'm trying to drink a lot of water. Am trying not to be too freaked out. I was induced for my son so this is all new. . . .

nearly 39 wks

Huge, tired, losing weight from sleeping so much. I mean A LOT. On my left side. Baby moving vigorously and purposely so clearly not ready to get on the launching pad, never mind the gantry. OB appt on Thursday, wt. 164, bp 120/54, urine trace of protein (lowest level, per previous weeks). Next. appt. 2:50 Thursday, March 26. Then the following Monday, 3/30 is 40 weeks.

38 wks monday, 2nd round of A/B

I've had bronchitis since 2 fridays ago. Saturday was at the E/R, missing a huge event I'd put together. Thank goodness it was in good hands

I'm wiped out. Same old braxton hicks, next appt is Thursday. then one more then....who knows. I dread another induction, but this is wearing me down. I'm sleeping 3 hours, up for 45 minutes, sleeping more. I need to be in shape for labor damnit....

36.5 / OB visit

negative on strep test, yea, b/p normal, trace of protein in Ur (also normal), baby active, good heart rate. U/S Monday. Counting down, freaking out, got another cold, can't lie down for coughing. Very very tired of this....

36 weeks

Have been feeling nauseated. Baby superactive. No names yet. Ob appt friday; u/s Monday. Tired early and Sunday I felt horrible and slept for 3 hours in the daytime. Due date of 3/30 looms for real. DH thinks 3/24. Not having had any normal labor last time I have this feeling, "will I know when I'm in labor?"

I tend to think I will....