Baby Watch: 39 Weeks
With one week left until my due date, today is my last day of work. YAY! We have two holidays (Thursday and Monday) so I figured I may as well take two vacation days to get the entire extra week off. It’s such a relief to not have to worry about going into labor at the office and who will take over my unfinished work. Everything is done so there are no more worries.
As far as labor progression goes, I’m still trying to figure out what a contraction feels like. I think they might be pretty steady in the 8-10 minute range right now because I feel a small, sharp twinge in my lower stomach about that often. I was feeling it about every 20 minutes this morning. Very easily could be nothing though. If I notice these twinges getting closer together tonight, I’ll go to triage. If not, I’ll see what’s going on tomorrow and maybe call my doctor.
I wish I could give a more definitive picture of where things are but I might just have lucked out and gotten the good birthing genes. Thanks Mom!