Waking Temperature: 97.6 (accurate?)
Aches and Pains: Hips and pelvis a little achey, but not as bad as yesterday.
Contractions: Several Braxton Hicks (BH) throughout the day. About 7, got some stabby pains near where my legs meet my pelvis and some uncomfortable tightness in back. The back pain gradually got worse and then suddenly I got the most awful pains throughout my whole belly. I really thought I had gone directly into transition, but the pain finally subsided after about 10 straight minutes, and a trip to the hospital showed no further dilation. I have no idea if this was truly a contraction or some kind of intestinal thing, but man did it hurt.
Waking Temperature: 97.2
Aches and Pains: Woke up with hips, knees, and pelvis killing me, but that all seemed to be relieved for the most part when I got out of bed.
Contractions: Just a couple of painless BH, and nothing more.
Waking Temperature: 97.7
Aches and Pains: Again, I woke up with achey hips, knees, and pelvis, but they lessened once I got going. Actually, the pelvis hurts almost all the time, but the other two ease up.
Contractions: I had a couple of contractions this morning and early afternoon, but I really had a streak going for awhile tonight. I counted 10 between 5:00 and 7:19, but then they just stopped. Fortunately, they weren't painful, but I did have a couple that were only 5 minutes apart that started to get my hopes up.
My Mood: Well, I'm feeling particularly pessimistic today and certain that she won't show up for at least another 4 weeks. I've been told that this alone is a good indication that her arrival is imminent. :)
Waking Temperature: 97.3
Aches and Pains: My hips were very pretty achey through the morning, but unlike last Friday when they stopped my labor, it didn�t get worse as the day went on. My pelvis was also very painful today, more painful then it�s been for a couple of weeks. For the little while that I was walking around this morning, each step I took was painful. Finally, my lower back is just perpetually aching. I also had periodic stabbing pains in my lower abdomen.
Contractions: I�ve definitely had some on and off BH again, but more of concern is what I�m feeling in my back. First, I had this dull ache in my lower back that wouldn�t go away, and from time to time, I got this light to moderate squeezing or pressure sensation on either side of my spine. However, I did do some seated swiveling on an exercise ball for about 10 minutes last night, which is supposed to feel great on a pregnant woman�s back, and I wonder if I just overdid it a little. I wish I hadn�t done that now, because I�ve read so many things that say persistent low back ache is a sign of labor. But I didn�t want to rush to the hospital if this is just sore muscles, so now I�m waiting for some other sign. Fortunately, it tapered off around 8 tonight, but I really am thinking it was at least prelabor. It was just a different pain from a sore muscle pain.
Energy Level: I was absolutely exhausted today. I slept pretty poorly Sunday night and only moderately well last night, so it may have just been natural fatigue. But I�m not usually that tired in the middle of the day (so long as I�m not reading a really poorly written and dull history book that is!), so I don�t know if I should be concerned.
Aches and Pains: My �crotch� was very sore today, too. It felt swollen and like somebody kicked me.
Waking Temperature: 97.3
Aches and Pains: Generalized mild achiness today. And suddenly my belly aches something fierce, especially when I stand up. It's as if suddenly my belly has outgrown my body. It feels like I can no longer support it and it might just fall off. I have no idea what, if anything, that means.
Contractions: Well, the morning was very quiet, but around 3, suddenly I started having them again. For most of the afternoon they came 2-3 times per hour, and then a little before 5 I ended up having a spurt where they were coming every 5 to 10 minutes. That spell ended by 6, but I had another episode of closer contractions for awhile around 7:30. What intrigues me about this round in particular is that they were really starting to get more uncomfortable. Instead of just painless tightening, it was getting moderately difficult to breathe and if I moved, my sides in particular really hurt. Again, they tapered off after less than an hour, but the fact that they I am having some more frequent and/or more intense bouts of BH leads me to believe that my body is really gearing up. I have an appointment at two tomorrow that will tell me if I've dilated any more or not.
Waking Temperature: 97.7
4cm dilated, -1 station
Aches and Pains: Continued pain in the pelvis and cervix. And especially once night rolled around, my whole body ached severely. Being in bed was torture.
Contractions: Again, I had a fairly quiet morning and even afternoon, but in the early evening, I actually had a brief episode where they were REALLY close, from 2 to 5 minutes apart. Unfortunately, it only lasted about 20 minutes. As the night progressed I started feeling more menstrual like cramps, which is a good thing, as those are more likely to be "real" contractions than the kind that tighten my belly. Still, I didn't have very many of them, and they have not developed into anything regular.