Show Time?

I know everyone is waiting and checking, and waiting and checking....trust me, we are waiting too!

I certainly can't complain though, it seems as though my body (and baby) are doing exactly what God naturally intended for it to do, I am just finding out that it isn't much fun to have a slow start to your labor; However, this beats induction or a need for intervention any day, in my opinion.

I will give you the update, but I will warn you first, for those that are extremely modest or have never given birth, this might be a little too much information and you might want to stop reading. :)

For the past 29 hours now I have had a continuous bloody discharge; every time I use the restroom I am seeing a mucus discharge that is tinged with blood, both on the toilet paper and in the toilet bowl. (Click on the words "bloody discharge" for more information). Apparently, this is a GREAT sign! A sign that fooled me into thinking yesterday was going to be THE day, but a sign none-the-less. Last night I was experiencing contractions (finally, I thought) - real contractions this time, exactly how they were explained to me. They were coming about 15 - 20 minutes apart; but I was feeling so extremely tired, I decided to go to bed.

I awoke every hour to use the restroom, which is not abnormal at this stage in my pregnancy, and was still having contractions at those times as well; however, I am not sure if the contractions were waking me up or if the full bladder was causing it. Now that I have been up for today, I am still having contractions about one every hour, nothing too exciting though. For some reason I have been feeling super exhausted and have been trying to rest; at some points, it is hard for me to even keep my eyes open. I read that some women get a burst of energy and some women are fatigued during early labor, guess I am the latter.

That is about all we have to report at this time. I will try to continue to keep you all updated. I am definitely in Pre-Labor; but when will active labor actually start...only God knows! :)

Thanks for the continued prayers. :)
Be sure to also check out Brian's Blog to read his cute little poem about how we are "patiently waiting".