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Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Beyond the due date: day 5

In labour.

I started getting short cramps and back pains last night, and this morning around 1 a.m. they started coming every 15 minutes. Now they are about every 10 minutes. Tomek and I walked from 4 to 5 a.m. and he's home with me today... we don't call the midwife till my water breaks or till the contractions are at least a minute long and 3-4 every ten minutes. No water breakage yet, just owie owie pain. But it only lasts a bit so that's all right--and Tomek breathes with me and massages up my back with my inhales and down with my exhales, which really helps.

Tomek just called me the "true blog addict". I guess I am if I'm making time to blog between contractions.

I don't think we'll be calling anyone till I hit active labour, but I really hope that happens today.

And yay our little bean is going to be an August baby like me!

-ow here comes another one-

7 comments:

moi said...

yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I really hope everything goes well for you and tomek and LB!!

BIG HUGS and keep us posted,
moi

:)

Anonymous said...

YAY!!! Another, (hopefully) August 1st birthday!!!!!!! Can't wait to see LB!

Madamme said...

Congrats! I hope labour goes quickly, you recover speedily and get to enjoy your first moments with you baby.

Anonymous said...

whoa. youre doing this at home?

tmfrt said...

zomg zomg zomg!!!

WELCOME TO THE WORLD, LITTLE BEAN!!! If nothing else is certain, I'm pretty sure you will be loved. =)

shenry said...

This is awesome.

And you're posting between contractions! You're a badass. Now, give us a couple of posts between labor "pushes."

Anonymous said...

I asked over at estubby if he (or anyone else) had heard about LB and Moi said LB is here! She DID NOT tell us if LB is a boy/girl or any other details.

I can't WAIT to read all the details. Hope all is well, I'm keeping you all in my thoughts.