A pretty solid day of contractions, but nothing regular or intense enough to be making the cervical changes required for labor. (ie: never longer than 40 or so seconds for more than an hour.) I have to remind myself that there is no such thing as a useless contraction. Whatever is happening now means something that doesn’t have to happen when I actually do go into active labor.
My midwife called this afternoon and reminded me of what I already know and trust: the process is perfect. It IS a perfect process and one that does not require me or anyone else to do anything. My body is completely capable of figuring it out. My job is to give it the things it needs, rest and nutrition, to function.
Plan for the night and tomorrow: secure a copy of The DaVinci Code (I’ve not read it and decided that I’m in the mood for something engaging and mindless) and watch at least one more movie (limited to what I can find on my parents’ Comcast ‘On Demand’).
Gwen | 07-May-06 at 7:19 pm | Permalink
Hooray for updates! The refresh button on my computer might blow up because Mario and I check your blog so often and have our cell phones on hand to hear more news. Enjoy the novel, we passed it around our family and it does suck you in. Mario missed most of the Italian countryside because he was reading, Stan missed huge parts of the cruise, and I lounged at the beach in Mexico doing NOTHING but reading. Have fun…try sex! I didn’t know I was in labor, but we did it the morning Clare ended up being born and she popped right out!
Aunt Amy | 08-May-06 at 7:01 am | Permalink
Our child birth preparation class starts tonight…but I’ve probably learned more waiting for Baby Kate than I will in the next six weeks of classes! Thank you for the great education!