Maybe?

I feel compelled to post something each day, just so that those of you who are waiting as patiently as I am (or impatiently) will know that it's not "go time" yet. But maybe today is the day?

Since about 2:00 this morning, I've had fairly irksome crampy feelings. As of 8:30am, the cramps have progressed to the point where every 6-7 minutes, my stomach hurts for about 30 seconds or so. There's a pain that wraps around from my back to across my lower belly. And I still don't know if these are contractions yet. Those of you who have gone through labour before are probably laughing right now. You're either thinking to yourself, "Fool! Those aren't contractions! You just have to poop!" or else you're thinking, "Fool! Get to a hospital!".

I'm holding the pain of my gallstone attacks in the forefront of my mind, to use them as a gauge for pain. I'm expecting that my contractions should be somewhere on that level, but, if these are contractions, they are no where near that...yet. I've been told that you cannot talk or joke through a "real" contraction. So, the fact that I've been my fairly usual self this morning tells me we're not quite at "that" point yet.

But I just thought I'd let you all know. In the days to come, if I am still at home I will post something each morning...even if it's just the word "Nothing" so as to let you know I'm still home and Baby is still tucked up safely inside of me. On that morning when nothing shows up, that'll be the clue that I'm not so much at home anymore :-)

And now I'm going to bath.