Well, it is 2:30 in the morning and I am up and awake! I am having what (I guess) are real contractions....regularly patterned tightening with pain. My back has been hurting constantly since Sunday morning. Now that pain intensifies with each contraction, and after about a minute of that, the tenseness radiates around to my abdomen...Ken even felt it move around...and my belly gets really hard all over. They are lasting about 1-1/2 minutes and are about 4-5 minutes apart.

I called Dr. Nordeen, who is on call tonight, at about 10:00. He said that with first-time moms, there's no need to rush to the hospital until they're about 3 minutes apart. I can still talk okay through them, although my breath is noticeably shallow. I have tried every position possible, and no relief is found....so there went my first theory that they were just Braxton-Hicks (which get better with physical movement).

I am about to head to the bathroom to draw a warm bath.....hopefully it will help me relax some so I can progress a little more. I hope to hang in there till office hours start this morning....

I sent Ken to bed....there's no point in both of us losing sleep. He dutifully timed the contractions for me for almost 2 hours. :0) I need him to be rested...if this truly is IT, he can at least be my strong one.

More later (I hope good news, but we'll find out!). Considering I have no idea what to expect or what this is supposed to feel like, this may be the start of a long labor process (or false labor....but let's not think that way!). Too bad there isn't a sure way to tell!

:0) Meg

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