I am so impatient. We must meet our little man now ! ;) it's time- I can feel my body preparing, things happening, and pains and feelings that are completely new to my body.
Every night for the past 9 months Brian and I take the pups for a 30 min walk- this walk has helped me stay active and in some sort of shape so far-- and now the walks really function in a whole new way.
During and after taking them I feel my belly contract -- no pain at all in the stomach area-- but my groin bones feels like it's being stabbed with a knife. I'd say it was a "shooting pain".
Last night I felt the most "feelings" so far, and I swear I can feel the babe in my birth canal! oh yeah. I feel him so lowwwwwwwwwwww down there. At one point I thought my groin bones might tilt.
This sounds way more painful than it actually is. The shock value is much more than the pain, because-- it happens like BOOM out of nowhere! imagine someone telling you you're gonna get pinched or just getting pinched out of nowhere--- the latter surely "hurts" a bit more.
Having said all of this I am SO happy that my body is on track and doing its thing- it makes me happy.
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We went to the doc today and even if there wasn't much dilation progress, she said that his head is at a +1 engaged station--that's very low in the pelvis. Visual here:
I title this pic: there's a baby in my crotch ;)
At first I was a little bummed that there was no further dilation, but the doc said this is really good. Then I got thinking what an amazing job Ezra is already doing towards labor-- he's doing all the work right now-- what an overachiever ;)
Bouncing on the birthing ball every chance i get has probably been a little beneficial too.
Oh while I am at it, I wanted to record on here my initial feelings about a cervical exam. Tori, you can skip reading this part if you're reading. A pap smear compared to a cervical exam is like comparing picking your nose to putting your entire fist in your mouth.
Ok Tori you can read on again... ;)
The fact that we're down to a matter of DAYS makes time DRAG by so slowly. In the past the weeks would just roll off the calendar faster and faster. Now the thought of seeing and holding my baby boy in DAYS makes it harder almost.
Think positive labor thoughts and send them my way ;)
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