well, i still have a baby boy in my belly instead of my arms, but things are definitely happening.
last night justin and i went for a 3 mile walk. yes, 3 miles. we took plenty of breaks along the way to appease my poor feet, and about halfway through the walk, as we got onto byu campus i had the most intense contraction i’ve had to date. a half hour later i had another one. and i do mean intense, lingering, made me sweat kind of contractions. i was worried i wasn’t going to make it home, that i would have to sit down and let justin go home and get the car and then come pick me up, but i powered through thinking to myself that the more i walked the more good the contractions were doing to get me dilated and push the baby down further. upon arriving at home i laid down and put my aching feet up. i had a couple more contractions before falling asleep around 2:30.
so far today i’ve been having contractions pretty regularly - about an hour apart - and while none of them are as intense as last night they’re still something and they’re regular. we spent the morning yard sale-ing and fixing up the “nursery” and we’re going to spend the rest of the day getting the house in order and then sometime tonight we’re going to go on another walk. i don’t know if my feet and my thighs can take another 3 miler, but i want to be as active as i can to get this little guy into the world. my hospital suitcase is packed and in the car and we’re pretty ready for this kid to make his debut.
