Contractions

Wednesday, April 24, 1991

     I didn't have the time & energy at the same time in the hospital to write any.  It's been about the same here at home.  I just don't have any energy back yet.  I can get up & down the stairs ok but it wears me out.  Everything wears me out.  It's going to take me awhile to recuperate from this.  I still feel like I'm never going to be comfortable or normal again.  But I guess I'm getting ahead of myself.

     Guy kept pretty good track of things as they happened.  We were all set to go in on Friday, 4/19 to have labor induced.  I slept some that night but not real well, kind of like I expected.  At about 3:15 I woke up with this contraction.  It was a lot stronger and sharper all over than the Braxton Hicks I'd been having.  I poked Guy & told him to feel of it and put his hand where it hurt the most - right in the middle below the belly button.  He asked where else it hurt & I said all around & inside too.  When I told him it was over he said ok and turned over & went back to sleep.  I got up and went to the bathroom & came back to bed.  It wasn't long before I had another contraction & I woke Guy up & told him & he asked if it was the first one.  I said no, didn't he remember me waking him up before.  He said no, how long ago was it & I told him it was about 3:15 for the first one & this was at 3:30 so he said let's start timing them.  We kept track of them from then on.