Week 39/40
Dear Little George,
Let me tell you a little story about a boy who cried "WOLF!"
The end of this pregnancy is turning out to be very different from my last experience. I'd never ever felt a Braxton-Hicks contraction before our little experience of a few weeks ago and now I feel them all the time. Last time I lost the plug in labor not days (or weeks?) before and, the night before it happened, I experienced "the show" so I knew it was coming. This time? No show and I'm walking around slightly dilated which, last time, didn't happen until the day I went into labor.
So I don't know what's going on. Simon says I should go to the doctor so she can get you out. I'm just afraid that the next time this happens I won't know it is the real thing until it is too late. My doctor says that, because my Braxton-Hicks contractions can be so close and regular and uncomfortable, the sign I really need to look for is intense PAIN. But by the time I get to intense? I want to be close to an epidural.
Love,
Mama
Comments
I sympathise. I don't think I really had any Braxton-Hicks contractions (if any) with L either.
I remember on Mad About You, Jamie (Helen Hunt's character) had a lot of Braxton-Hicks contractions in one episode toward the end of her pregnancy. Lots of scenes showing of Jamie appearing to be in labor, followed immediately by she and her husband leaving the hospital with disappointed expressions.
Finally she asked her OB how to know whether it's real labor or just BH. and the doctor said, "If it's real labor, the baby will come out!"
Posted by: Rhonda | December 10, 2007 08:30 PM