Good & Bad News!

OMG I am FULL of good AND bad news tonight!!!!!!

Got my fabulous hair color and cut by Brian today!! Love him and the hair!!!!!!! Also got a fabulous pedi in a fabulous color (Affair in Red Square) and my friend Heather met me at our favorite spa to chat during this event.

Throughout the day, I was having worse contractions than I had before and they seemed way different than the Braxton-Hicks ones. Ay! They were totally the same awful things from Belle's bday back in 2001!! My back was KILLING ME during them which I'm sure is a sign of wretched back labor to come. So I called my friend Mandy to see what the deal was. She basically said it sounded like it was the start of real labor but that it could stop. I was whining about being in pain and she said, "It's all fun and games getting knocked up...until you have to have it!" lol. She is the mom of three lovely ladies so who am I to question her!!?? So true, so true.

So I got home and they got worse and worse and worse and were about 4 mins apart, then 2 mins. I wasn't "dying" in pain or anything but I was definitely sitting with my head down knowing I was going to the hospital!

Anyway, we checked into the hospital around 6pm to get monitored to see if I was in real labor or not. I'll spare you the details :) but in general, I'm having pretty strong contractions very close together BUT no progress in three hours so they couldn't keep me. My midwife really seemed like she would have been happy to let me stay but with the no progress thing going on, it just wasn't happening. The baby's head isn't far enough down on the cervix to create progress during contractions. So even though I'm having them...apparently nothing is happening?? No bien. I'm going to see her tomorrow and she said she is going to "stir things up." Ew. Getting checked it HORRIBLE ENOUGH...I am not sure what the stirring entails. Double ew. She also said if I've made any progress at all by my appointment tomorrow, she will re-admit us.

I was/am so tired though while we were there I just kept saying "I want to go home." Hehe. It's like I want the baby...I don't want to HAVE the baby!! I was also starving even though I ate a little something before we left the house. Next time, I'll be eating a lot of something before we go in. :)

Anyway, so it's definitely weird to leave the hospital still having these contractions but really this is just the way it is so I am getting used to it. It's better to be at home than there, though, that's for sure. My bed is much more comfy! The nurses were really sweet though so I am grateful for them!

My midwife said she'd try to get this baby here by the New Year :) Kurt was happy about this as he was encouraging his little tax deduction to make an appearance. lol.

I'll post again after my appointment tomorrow!!

Mucho love!
~Us