Working through a contraction
… which ultimately lead nowhere.
So for those of you to whom I’ve cried “wolf” over the past week or so- sorry. No baby. He is clearly still cooking and I’m clearly okay with that (having refused three offers of induction despite being only 37, 37 1/2, then 38 weeks along). I’ve now reached the point where I had given birth to Oliver… he was 10 days early. What I had not anticipated was round after round of intense contractions which then stop after hours of trickery. I mean the kind of contractions that stop me in my tracks and make me shout in my head “SHUT UP!!!!!!” to everyone within a mile radius of earshot. Yeah. I’m pleasant right now.
But, just as suddenly as they start, these little bouts of uterine disruption end, and I am back to just chugging along. Feeling hiccups and sidelong kicks and the churning of elbows and knees. Not yet, mama. Maybe when it is not 103 degrees outside. Maybe when you get the bathrooms clean again. Maybe when the one OB with whom you feel comfortable is on call. Maybe when Oliver actually takes a nap. Maybe when the cows come home.
Maybe.
And at this rate, I feel absolutely, 100% NOT confident that I will know what real labor is until I am 9cm dilated and my water breaks and the baby is waving to us from between my legs (sorry, gross) and Andrew will have to get his “oven mitts” on and catch the little rascal on our kitchen floor. Hope. Not. And this is my THIRD kid!
One DAY of harvest… we do this every week
But, in other news, our garden has been bountiful in some ways (see: 12,987,766,337,254,442 peppers and cucumbers) and unsatisfactory in others (tomatoes, eggplant, squash, and raspberries) thanks to squirrels and heat. We already have some ideas for eradicating this problem (squirrels, not heat) next summer…
Like teaching our sensitive young budding musician the art of blow-dartery. Think he’s game?
awww Lauren, I can’t believe how these contractions come on so strong and then just go away and nope, no baby yet. Wow. You and my best friend (Nicole) might even have your babies on the same day at this rate! Her due date is August 20th, but her doctor said she could see her having it any day now! She’s really going to appreciate this post. p.s. Maybe some of those hot peppers might help you along? 😉
hang in there! Good for you refusing induction (37, 37.5 and 38? COME ON PEOPLE 40? 40.5? 41? isn’t that when you ask?)
Lauren deary, I think you should put a pillow on that kitchen floor while you’re having one of those ‘blow your mind’ contractions. I have a feeling it’s going to be surprisingly FAST this time! WHOA MAMA!
Yowch dude. Almost there…wish I could help you, somehow.
That little cherub with the dimples in his bottom would totally be game for blow darts, or a tiny bow and arrow? Any squirrels up against your gang of man-children will have to be pretty macho to hang around long, might get their arms torn off.
Any day now my dear. Any day. You’re so close!!! I’m thinking of you and that little babe all the time!
P.S. If it’s any consolation, you still look smokin’ hot at full term prego-ness!
I’ve been thinking about you. Convinced Baby #3 was already here! Poor You!! You are so close…hang in there!!!!