What started out as a quiet, normal weekend got a little exciting yesterday. While on our way to church, Nancy was noticing some stronger Braxton-Hicks contractions about 10 minutes or so apart. As the day progressed, Nancy's hunger was up which is a good sign the body is preparing for the athletic even we call "labor". Later in the afternoon, Nancy's energy was fading and she took a nap, still experiencing contractions here and there. When we went to bed, I half way expected to be awoken in the middle of the night. I was prepared to grab my pen, paper and stopwatch, but apparently that's going to be another night. Nancy had a few crampy contractions last night, but was able to go back to sleep through it all. I tried to time one of her contractions this morning, but after not feeling anything after 10 minutes, we didn't feel it was anything we needed to concern ourselves with for now.
Nancy's visiting the chiropractor today for another adjustment. Tomorrow she has her acupuncture appointment where they'll hit some spots that will help stimulate labor. Although they call it "induction treatment", it's a little different then being induced with pitocin. The treatment Nancy's going to get doesn't guarantee she'll go into labor, but if her body is ready, it will respond to the treatment. In the end, it's still her body that's going to drive the labor. Pitosin, on the other hand, is used to "mimic" labor when your body isn't doing it on it's own. Hopefully Nancy's body will do what it needs to do naturally and we won't have to pursue any pitosin type option.
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Any day now... Can she hold out until we have our CPA appt on Thursday? HA! Just Kidding. Let's get this crazy thing going! Side note... a friend of ours had contractions and slept through them up until she was 3 minutes apart. Woke up in the middle of the night to get a heating pad and suddenly realized maybe she needed more than a heating pad. They got their bag and drove to the hospital (downtown houston - 30min) going through transition in the car! Got to the hospital and had the baby 30 minutes later... So, sleeping through even intense contractions is definitely possible. Nancy is doing so good to stay on her normal schedule... eating, sleeping, staying active... as long as she can. I think she is going to do VERY well with the labor! ...and I highly doubt with her progress that she will need the pitocin.
oh, i have another poll for ya! :) How about how big the baby will be?? lbs, length, and head circum. Is there a way to have a poll for that?? Just another fun thing to pass the time.
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