Anxiously Awaiting

Baby update...

As of 10:21 am on Friday, August 7, we are still anxiously awaiting the arrival of our daughter. Brook experienced some periods of contractions yesterday that made us hopeful that the time was nearing. But after some careful reading, our professional medical diagnosis was that her contractions were closer to "false labor" contractions than "real labor" contractions.

You can read what we have read...

"Sometimes it's very hard to tell false labor from the early stages of true labor. If you're 37 weeks or more, here are some things that might help you sort it out:

• False labor contractions are unpredictable. They come at irregular intervals and vary in length and intensity. Although true labor contractions may be irregular at first, over time they start coming at regular and shorter intervals, become increasingly more intense, and last longer.

• With false labor, the pain from the contractions is more likely to be centered in your lower abdomen. With true labor, you may feel the pain start in your lower back and wrap around to your abdomen.

• False labor contractions may subside on their own or when you start or stop an activity or change position. True labor contractions will persist and progress no matter what you do."