this past saturday, matthew and i thought "this is it--we are having a baby". we woke up, went for a walk (after attempting to "induce" labor naturally), and just before going for the walk, i started feeling tightness/pressure in my lower abdomen. i thought it was super weird but didnt have an answer for it so thought, meh, lets get our walk on! halfway through the walk, things were getting real tight and i wasnt comfortable going our full distance. we turned around because i was scared and when we got back, more tightness/pressure/discomfort was happening and i knew it was contractions. i never had a steady enough pain or anything to start timing them/to get ready to head to the hospital. so i waited around and was hurting!
it literally felt like i was having period pains (which i havent had in so long) and like i was having the poos but never poo-ed. i wont go into detail from here because i know boys read this too and dont want to gross them out/traumatize them. ill save that for their wives. LOL
after about 30 minutes and having a contraction that hurt so much i cried a little, matthew said "lets go. were going to the hospital." that was not gonna happen on my watch. i cant push a baby out of me!!
needless to say, the baby didnt come. obviously.
stupid. braxton. hicks. contractions. they tricked me. stay tuned though because i am pushing this child out of me THIS WEEK.
mk.