Got home this afternoon and blood pressure is behaving again, so last weeks higher reading was a one off - YAY!!! His head is still down and all is well. Gosh this baby is actually co-operating for a nice change. Lachlan was a little devil being breach for so long, and me having high blood pressure and major swelling. Jumped on the scales tonight, only 11kgs - I am so pleased!!! Beats a nice change to the 26 I put on with Lachlan.
Today was a terrible day however and I was having contractions, which totally freaked me out! Well I assume it was contractions. I would explain the braxton hicks as being nothing like this and only tightenings and no such pain to go with it. Today I was in Mackay and contemplated not coming home, i was so confused. 3 hour drive - what to do, what to do!!!
Anyway this is the pain I had. It lasted for 2 full on hours and I would explain it as severe period pain all over my belly, but more intense at the top and pain in my back (more at the top as well). I didn't feel any braxton hicks but would say that i had the pain for the whole two hours with more intense sessions that took my breathe away and I felt like being sick!
In my eyes that is a contraction, would I be right? Tell ya what I was considering going naturally if he comes before my caesar date, but I now know full well that labour would be way more intense then today and today I hardly coped.
Just really scared now though, as for 1 I don't want a premmie baby and 2) live 3 hours away from the hospital 3) have no idea what to expect 4) don't have medical resources here and will need to have my caesar wound monitored closely.
Guess today really put the heaber jeabers up me!!! The contractions haven't happened again THANKGOD....
Just so confused and scared right now.
Guess this could also go on for weeks and I just can't afford any false alarms living so far away.
Please bubba just wait until I go and reside in Mackay at 37 nearly 38 weeks, then you can come early!!!
Now I know what you went thru Shazz with Ryan with all the contractions you were having, so draining! Guess I never had one iota of a contraction with Lachlan, so this is all soooo new to me!!!!!
So she will be pleasantly suprised no doubt lol.
That is why I ended up having an impromtu c section at 38 weeks (17th March 08). I was miserable!! They tried to induce me (India was vaginal birth) at 37 weeks with prostin gel and I was in painful early labour for about 24 hours but then it basically slowed down and my Gyno came and checked me and said my cervix was not even past 2cm. Grrr 
She said for 2nd baby I should have had it by then. So a week later I was still miserable with pain, and my ribs felt like they were gonna break as they did with India. Her head (Seraya) was still floating because of the excess fluid and Gyn didn't want to risk cord prolapse. When she checked me at 38 weeks she said the baby was still high and was probably another 2-3 weeks away. I decided then on the spot to cut me open! The pain from all the false contractions was driving me spare and she could see that I was on the edge. So that night I went in and had the cesar. And though I was in pain from the op I was sooo happy that I could now recover and not stress out about the baby and all the pain. Sorry for the epic anecdote but yeah just wanted to say I feel you pain. My obs had me on Valium it was that bad. !! Plus a whole heap of other narcotics. Which is another reason I had her- I hated taking all those meds whilst pregnant. Anyhoo. Not long to go for you. Soon you will be running after toddler and telling him to bring back the baby's dirty nappy!! Instead of stressing out about false alarms. 
"HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY FOR YESTERDAY ... TO A LOVELY LITTLE GIRL NAMED INDIA" 
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