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Thursday, February 11, 2010

Every bump and tickle

Now that I have had kidney stones, contractions, and a trip to the ER, I am totally sensitive to every little bump and tickle. I'm crazy because every time I feel some little thing, I start to get worried and I don't want to deal with it. I have these pills that the doctor gave me (heavy duty pain killers from the kidney stones) and I'm tempted to take one all the time but I hesitate and then wait and then don't. I have taken half a pill several times but I never take them in a row and never more than one per strange pain. It's got me going a little nuts.

The other day, I had contractions, real ones, all day but they were not regular. So I didn't do anything about them and they went away. I had dreams that my water was breaking and that my mom was going to miss the birth. I was on the phone crying to her in every dream, apologizing that I couldn't hold it in any longer. They say the second kid comes out easier and sometimes early. How many of you had your second kid faster, easier, etc...?

2 comments:

  1. I'm probably not a good one for this. caleb came out at 35 weeks. owen definately not that early, but he stayed in until my scheduled c/s at 39 weeks and 1 day. i had no signs of labor yet.

    How far are you now? when is your mom coming?

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  2. Sydney was two weeks late, Camille was 1 day early. Sydney was 26.5 hours, Camille was just under 13 hours. Sydney pushed for 5.5 hours, Camille pushed for 8 minutes!

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