Braxton Hicks...

Contractions are no fun. At all. I have had a rough week of them and just thought it was because baby was growing and I'm getting further along. That could still be the case but they are coming much more frequently now and are more intense. Twice last week they were pretty bad. Then last night they started coming every 3 minutes. ARGH! They woke me up out of a dead sleep at 2:30 and I started timing them. I got up, went to the bathroom, and had a big glass of water. I laid back down and they got better, but were still there. The doctor said I should never have more than 6 in an hour, and I was on #8. So I called the nurse line, which goes directly up to the labory and delivery floor. They were so great to me, and reassuring. They told me I could come in right away if I wanted to (which I did not) or I could try drinking about 3 more glasses of water, laying down, and calling back in an hour. I did that and the contractions did subside after about 20 minutes. When I called back I hadn't had one in 45 minutes so they told me to go back to bed and call again if they start. Finally got back to sleep at about 4:30. They didn't start again until tonight, but sure enough they were 3 minutes apart again. So again I drink a TON of water, lay down, and they subside. I'm glad to know it's not real labor, but at the same time it's scary and drinking all that water is a pain in the butt. I guess chocolate, soda, and some other dehydrating things need to be taken out of my diet. :( I just keep telling myself it's for my baby and then I can do it - but I really need my chocolate!!!

Hope you all had a great weekend. TTFN!