My Latest Pregnancy Adventure

Nothing terribly gross or graphic to follow--just not anything interesting to anyone outside immediate friends, family and other preggos.

I woke up at 5:00 am on the dot this morning with painful contractions. I had had uncomfortable Braxton Hicks contractions periodically, but not quite this painful (Braxton Hicks sounds like the name of one of the pretty boys on Gossip Girl, btw). So I counted how long they were and how far apart. They were approx. 20 to 30 secs apart (EEK!), but then I noticed that they were decreasing in length--the first was about 30-45 secs long, the last only 5 secs. I had a total of 7 (I think--who knows how many I had before I woke up).

I paged my doctor who called me back quickly and reassured me that everything was probably fine and to just take it easy for the weekend unless it happens again. If it does happen again, I'll need to go to the ER for some tests to make sure it's not actually preterm labor. Not a HUGE issue if it were, since I'm already 33 weeks, but I'd like to keep the kiddo in until at least 36 or 37. I just hope bed rest isn't in the cards.

I've been fairly sore all day today. If I had to guess, I'd say that he's just going through another huge growth spurt and that triggered the BH. He hasn't let up rolling around and punching and kicking all day, either.

I did do a little low-impact work today. Ethan and I tackled our own bedroom. We're mostly done. It was the one room in the house (other than the nursery) that we totally trashed since we can just close the doors when people come over. Besides, it's wear the baby will be sleeping when he comes home anyway, so it takes priority over the nursery.

After about 3o mins I was exhausted again, so I rewarded myself by downloading some music off iTunes. I downloaded Pixies (never needed to own my own Pixies since I always seemed to know someone I could borrow from), and the Rockabye Baby! Cure album. I've been listening to Pixies all night now, but only listened to a sample of a few of the songs on the latter album.

For those unfamiliar with the Rockabye Baby! album line, they feature albums of lullaby versions of songs from all kinds of cool bands/artists: The Cure, Smashing Pumpkins, AC/DC, Metallica, and Nirvana to name a few. It's friggin' adorable. I listened to about 10 seconds worth of the Rockabye Baby! version of "Just Like Heaven" and burst into tears, it was so sweet. I'm a gigantic dork.

Crap, I just went to the official web site--there's a Ramones album!! I didn't see that on iTunes. And one of the tracks is "Beat on the Brat!" That's hysterical. Love the song, don't know if I want to lull my son to sleep with it, though. I will have to purchase it nonetheless. Now I just need them to do a Weezer album and I'll be all set.