A trip to the doctor...

Friday night I had a little bit of "back pain" and did as the doctor had instructed when it was possible they were Braxton Hicks or contractions and drank my water, took some Tylenol and went to bed. They went away and I was fine. Then last night they started again, I did the same thing and fell asleep. However, this morning the pain was still there, nothing too miserable and I just chalked it up to an achy back. By about 11 though I was starting to get pretty uncomfortable and having pain in my stomach to accompany the back pain. I never timed it but they were within 10 minutes of each other I would guess. Since I was working I just took the Tylenol and stayed at my desk instead of laying down. After another hour or so they weren't getting any better so I decided to go for a "quick" walk around the block. (By quick I mean as fast as I could waddle comfortably). By the time I got home I was beyond uncomfortable and bordering on tears.

About that time my friend Chelsea called and I was talking to her and telling her what was going on. Between her and Kevin they talked me into calling the doctor. The nurse of course scheduled an appointment for me to come in and get checked out this afternoon to make sure I wasn't dilating or anything. Everything checked out fine, I wasn't dilated at all. She did tell me that the contractions will probably continue and increase in frequency and intensity but for the next two weeks just to take the Tylenol and lay down when that happens. After I hit 37 weeks I'm free to walk and encourage them to continue and progress into real labor.