Pineapple...Check
Organic Red Raspberry Leaf Tea...Check
Black Cohosh...Check
Walking...Check
Other highly recommended labor starters *wink wink*...Check
Contractions...Check
Spotting...Check
Effacing & Dilating...Check...Sort of
Last Tuesday I was dilated to almost 1cm and I quote "trying to efface". I woke up around 5 am on Friday feeling really crampy and had a back ache. Within an hour I figured out my contractions were consistently 5 minutes apart. I was in some pain, not terrible, but definitely not Braxton Hicks. I thought, "This is it!" I had some spotting during the day too, but by 10 pm I had pretty much decided this was not it despite a day of "labor".
Saturday was pretty calm. My contractions were random and less uncomfortable than they had been on Friday.
Sunday, 5 am, awakened by a contraction and in some pain. I timed the contractions for awhile, and they were 3 minutes apart. I stayed home from church thinking there was no way I was going have my water break during services and end up with a 300 person entourage to the hospital. Sunday was tough. I was in much more discomfort than I had been on Friday. More spotting, even some vomiting and loose bowels. Did I have a baby on Sunday? No I did not.
Monday morning, still having a few contractions, but again calmer than the day before. I had my regular appointment yesterday and found out that now I was a little over 1 cm and "a little more effaced." My doctor said, "Your cervix just isn't ready, and I don't want to interfere yet." I almost started bawling, but I kept it in. Oh, and that whole thing about going to the hospital when your contractions are about 3 minutes apart...doesn't apply to me. He said to use pain as my gauge. Well, that's encouraging, isn't it?
I'm 38 weeks, the size of a house, can't sleep, have acid reflux, and I am so ready to have this baby. Last night I did some research and headed to Basic Foods, a natural food store. Thus the pineapple, tea and Black Cohosh.
Pray for my cervix and my sanity!
Organic Red Raspberry Leaf Tea...Check
Black Cohosh...Check
Walking...Check
Other highly recommended labor starters *wink wink*...Check
Contractions...Check
Spotting...Check
Effacing & Dilating...Check...Sort of
Last Tuesday I was dilated to almost 1cm and I quote "trying to efface". I woke up around 5 am on Friday feeling really crampy and had a back ache. Within an hour I figured out my contractions were consistently 5 minutes apart. I was in some pain, not terrible, but definitely not Braxton Hicks. I thought, "This is it!" I had some spotting during the day too, but by 10 pm I had pretty much decided this was not it despite a day of "labor".
Saturday was pretty calm. My contractions were random and less uncomfortable than they had been on Friday.
Sunday, 5 am, awakened by a contraction and in some pain. I timed the contractions for awhile, and they were 3 minutes apart. I stayed home from church thinking there was no way I was going have my water break during services and end up with a 300 person entourage to the hospital. Sunday was tough. I was in much more discomfort than I had been on Friday. More spotting, even some vomiting and loose bowels. Did I have a baby on Sunday? No I did not.
Monday morning, still having a few contractions, but again calmer than the day before. I had my regular appointment yesterday and found out that now I was a little over 1 cm and "a little more effaced." My doctor said, "Your cervix just isn't ready, and I don't want to interfere yet." I almost started bawling, but I kept it in. Oh, and that whole thing about going to the hospital when your contractions are about 3 minutes apart...doesn't apply to me. He said to use pain as my gauge. Well, that's encouraging, isn't it?
I'm 38 weeks, the size of a house, can't sleep, have acid reflux, and I am so ready to have this baby. Last night I did some research and headed to Basic Foods, a natural food store. Thus the pineapple, tea and Black Cohosh.
Pray for my cervix and my sanity!