Early Labor

My Mom is here! I went to pick her up on Wednesday.

On Friday, we went to see my Dr. expecting to get in and out of there like I always had. Only this time the Dr. was having a hard time locating the heartbeat of the baby. When she finally did it sounded slow in comparison to all the other times. She listened for a long time and then she said she wanted to send me over to the hospital to have the baby monitored. As far as effacement and dilation there really hadn't been any progress since last week. The Dr. said I might be having my baby that day as a low heartbeat was a sign of trouble. Mom and I headed over to the hospital. They put the monitors on and listened for a while they gave me some water. The babies heart rate was going up and down. After about 30 minutes the Dr. showed up and looked and the reading and said it was textbook, nothing was wrong and we could go home. It was scary. At that point I totally didn't feel ready. Afterward we went to get a bite to eat at a place the nurse recommended. Then we went shopping.

This morning when I got out of the shower I noticed that my belly was hanging lower. In the afternoon I started to feel contractions. There were mild at first like menstrual cramps. Now they are much stronger, strong enough to wake me up. They are lasting about 45 seconds and are occurring about every ten minutes. I have to say that laying down is the worst position to be in when you have a contraction. I feel better prepared now than I did on Friday amazing what a difference a couple of days can make.