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10.17.2012

Tricky #3

I've been having contractions since Saturday. Monday night we even made a false alarm trip to the hospital. The L&D nurse came in and asked me what number baby this was for me. When I told her it was #3, she laughed and said, "Ahhh... Tricky #3!" Apparently "go-time" is harder to determine with a third. It would have been nice if someone warned me about this.

I could have sworn it was time, but as soon as they hooked me up to the monitor, it became obvious that I wasn't quite there. So, they said I could walk around for a couple of hours and then start pitocin. But, honestly, I didn't need to have this baby bad enough on Monday night and there were too many loose strings to tie up and I told  them I wanted to go home. So, we did. I kept my feet up all day yesterday and guess what happened... The contractions stopped late in the afternoon and I woke up today feeling like a million bucks.

I saw the doctor today and she thinks I'll go in the next 48 hours. So, consider Baby Watch 2012 to be on.

4 comments:

Sarah said...

Good luck!! I'll be in the same position in a couple months :)

kim/the maker mom said...

Exciting! Keep us posted!

Brandie said...

Good luck. With my number 3 I had contractions (that did nothing and weren't real labor) for like 3 weeks. It was killing me. They'd come and go and come and go and I'd always think "maybe this is it" but when he really came? He left no doubt it was time LOL!

Rebecca said...

Congratulations on the birth of your baby girl!