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Another baby update...
I'm still pregnant! I didn't update you guys in my appointment yesterday, so I though I would for those interested.
I was 3 cm, 90% effaced and at 0 station. The midwife stripped my membranes to see if that would help any. I did start having contractions a while later but nothing significant and then everything stopped by the time I went to bed.
I have to say, I read all these horror stories (on the bump, of course) about how getting your membranes stripped was sooo painful but I didn't feel a thing. I also have read birth stories about how ladies go into the hospital in so much pain only to find out they are like 4 cm and here I am at 3cm and didn't even know it. Either I have better pain tolerance than I thought or I am in for a truly rude awakening once I hit real active labor.
Re: Another baby update...
I hope it starts progressing for you soon, and I appreciate the "it didn't hurt" comments VERY much. I, too, have read too many horror and pain stories on TB!
Ditto
I didn't really have strong contractions until I was already about 5cm with Jonathan. Even then they weren't anything I couldn't easily talk through (kinda like cramping). I think I was about 8cm before they really started coming and I was hurting.
And I was 4cm at one of my visits with Jeffery (#1), and I hadn't even felt BH at all! It's so weird how women's bodies work.
"My 101 List - Updating asap, I swear!
I thought the 17th as well (darn!). DH's guess is the 21st.
I was talking to my doula on Thursday and she is pretty convinced that I was probably around 5cm when my water broke and just didn't notice the contractions because they weren't horribly uncomfortable. They didn't become uncomfortable for me until about 30-45 minutes after my water broke.
I hope everything goes quickly and easily for you!