john and i had just gotten home from our church meetings. we had invited over a few couples to play games, eat dessert and watch the 4th world series game [go cardinals!] so we were preparing for their arrival for later that evening.
as i was getting food ready, i started to feel sharp pains in my belly. my initial thought was gas pain, and i ignored it. but it didn't stop, it continued to grow and intensify. "could this be contractions?" i thought to myself. i mentioned to john, "hey babe, my stomach is starting to hurt." he thought the same thing as me, probably just gas pain. i continued to walk around, and then i started to get really nauseous and light-headed. john helped me to sit down on the couch, and got me some water and food. i called my mom immediately and asked, "what are real contractions supposed to feel like?" she said, "a good way to describe it is it feels like really intense gas pain or cramps." bingo. i was having contractions. and they were getting worse.
i called the on-call doctor at my practice, and after describing my situation, she told me to stay at home until i was huffing and puffing through the contractions. i hadn't gotten to that point yet, but man...those contractions HURT! i sat down and relaxed for about two hours, and the contractions hadn't gone away yet. we decided to cancel our plans with our friends [booo!], and waited to see how the night would play out. about an hour later, the contractions began to slow down and lose their intensity, and then finally just stopped altogether.
at this point, my body was exhausted. the odd part about it was that the contractions were intense and close together, almost to the point of blending into one another which made it hard to time them from start to finish. it wore my body out, so i decided to take a short nap which was absolute heaven. when i woke up, john had made dinner and the cardinals game was on...i love that man.
the scariest parts about today weren't the contractions...it was the fact that we don't have our hospital bag packed, we haven't finished pre-registering at the hospital, and amongst the contractions, i caught a glimpse of the excitement and nervousness of becoming a parent. the day that he decides to come into the world will be one of the happiest, and best days of our lives.
you're almost done cooking, baby boy. we can't wait to meet you soon!
[p.s. guess what i'm doing first thing tomorrow? yup, you guessed it. packing our hospital bag and pre-registering.]
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