A Word on Contractions
My sister asked me a very reasonable question: what do the contractions feel like? I say this is very reasonable because I've been having Braxton-Hicks for about 3 months. However, I only realized this about a month ago, when our Lamaze coach explained what they'd feel like. D'oh.
So, Braxton-Hicks, for me, are not painful. (hence the not noticing them!) It basically feels like the bottom half of my belly hardens for a bit. I can't really tell, frankly, unless I start getting a series of them - as I did the night of the new year's party - and then I notice them because my muscles are starting to get a bit of a workout, particularly my lower belly and the back muscles associated with them, at which point it feels like the begins of some mild menstrual cramping. I say mild because I know severe, for other women that might be as severe as their menstrual cramps ever got*.
*never writhed in pain on the floor in tears after 5 Aleve pills haven't even taken the edge off the cramps, let alone the migraine and vomitting? then, in my humble opinion, you don't know severe
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I've been fortunate.
Posted by: R . T. Bean | March 28, 2007 5:57 AM
mara moosh,
i had a dream about you, heavily pregnant and naked, mark, an off-road vehicle, arid and grassy terrain with river, and you playing guitar for a group of young women who may have been in a tent. please remind me to explain it in full, if indeed you want to hear it explained in full.
i love you and read your blog every day.
love from leila
Posted by: leila | March 28, 2007 10:37 AM