labour!!!

yeowwwwwch!!!! so THAT's what a labour pain feels like!!! i laboured all day yesterday (june 16) from 4am until we went to the hospital around 8:45pm. my contractions were consistent at 5-6 minutes apart for a good hour or so. they had progressively gotten closer and closer together but without too much intensity. i could definitely walk and talk right through all of them. walking seemed to bring them closer together so i walked on and off allllll day.

i decided after doing a couple laps at the lake to go to the hospital just to check things out and see if i really was in labour and to see if i had made any progress compared to my appointment. i got to the hospital and they put me in the maternity triage area to monitor me. they did a non stress test on the baby and everything looked good with him. they monitored my contractions and confirmed i was indeed contracting every 5-6 minutes but because i could walk and talk my way through them all (they weren't tough at all), it was probably best that i go home and rest and see if they intensify or change throughout the night.

we got home around 10:30pm and had a quick bite to eat. i had a nice warm bath with mineral salts and creme bath and just relaxed. i crawled into bed shortly after the bath and attempted to sleep. right, so i'm probably a day away from having this baby and i'm supposed to sleep???

so here i sit, wide awake just before 2:00am on june 17th after being awoken by a REAL contraction. ouch ouch ouch! i thought i was dying! thank god (sort of) i haven't had another really bad one like that yet...there's many more worse to come my way.

it looks like this baby is finally on his way....yipeeeee!!!!