All Sunday morning and into part of the afternoon I was trying to decide if my water had broke. There was no major gush of fluid or anything, but a wonderful leaking feeling for hours. This is the same thing that happened with Sweet Pea so we called two great friends to watch the little lady as we drive to the hospital. I get admitted, the nurse does the litmus test which comes back positive, but they're still not sure that my water really broke. So, this doctor/intern guy comes in to do further examining. All I have to say is that young male doctors need to learn how to give proper examinations down there. It was the most painful thing I have experienced thus far...not nice. The end result is my water did not break, I'm not dilated at all, and I get to go home. Not so good news I'm just really leaky. Oh joy!
As we're driving home Mr. Man turns to me and says, so if this is the same thing that happened with Sweet Pea did she really come early? When I thought my water broke with her they just did the litmus test no real exam to see if my water broke. I wasn't having contractions either time. There's nothing that can be done now, but I really wonder if it was necessary to do a c-section with Sweet Pea because I may not really have been in labor just really leaky.
Needless to say I am happy that this little guy isn't coming this early since he's only 4 pounds and some ounces right now. But the question still remains...What the heck does it feel like to go into labor? I've never felt a contraction, I'm assuming I'll know if my water really does break, but I'm still in the dark about all of this birth stuff. All I have to say is that I'm not going to the hospital unless a flood occurs, I show signs of bleeding, or I can tell that contractions are happening. I hope it's pretty obvious because it's an annoying drive and you can only ask friends to help so much.
On a lighter note I almost have soaker #2 done! All I have to do is finish the leg openings and take pictures. The first one I tried to make for Sweet Pea was huge so I took it apart, dyed the yarn, and started over. It was much fun dying yarn with Kool Aid and I want to order a bunch of yarn and scour the town for more Kool Aid colors. I'm finding that knitting is more my thing over sewing.
So, I think the Serger dream is going to be put on hold for a while. I'd rather put some money into some more good needles and yarn that can be used rather than spend a fortune on a machine that I may not.
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Do you have Braxton-Hicks contractions? Labor contractions (to me) feel like a combination of the most horrendous Braxton-Hicks you can imagine combined with the most horrible menstrual cramps known to womankind. They typically reoccur over and over in semi-regular to very regular intervals and they take your breath away and cause you to stop everything you're doing just to breathe. Trust me. You will KNOW! and when you KNOW you will say to yourself, "THIS is what everyone is talking about!" Are you doing VBAC?
Glad it's nothing happening too soon. Cook that boy a little longer!
I might be having Braxton-Hicks, but not really. Lots of pressure, and sometimes it feels like he's just going to punch an arm out. Thanks for the contraction description! That really helps.
His head is down so it looks like I can try a VBAC!!
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