[norcal]

morning ladies -

Amy - glad to hear the worst of the kidney stones is over. Hang in there hun!


Well - we thought Jaden was coming....but no After I took a shower yesterday afternoon, I started having contractions every 4 - 6 mins but the pain wasn't too bad. Not wanting them to stop, I stayed on my feet and walked around the house while watching my football game. After 2 hours of constant contractions, we called the hospital and they said to wait until the pain got worse.

After another 2.5 hours, they were consistently 5 mins apart and getting hard to walk through. I had a feeling they still weren't "enough" and was pretty tired so I laid down and took a nap. Even during the nap, I could feel them coming and going which I took as a good sign.

I got back up and started walking around the house to see what would happen. Within a few mins they were back every 5 - 10 mins at the same strength so we thought we were heading in the right direction. By the end of an hour, the peak of the contractions were so bad I had to squat down instead of standing or leaning over so we decided we'd go in and get checked and see if I was making any progress.


After a "lovely" exam - good lord those things hurt! - they said his head is still right there on my cervix but I haven't dilated any further and am still at 1cm. We weren't surprised that they didn't keep me, but I was disappointed that I hadn't dilated any further.


So, I'm back home. I'm super sore from the exam which is usual for me. They said to just keep doing what we have been doing - walk, walk, walk and see if gravity can help put pressure on the cervix to open up. My next Dr appt isn't until Friday so unless we make some major progress at home, we won't know how it's going until then.