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Yesterday, I woke up to some very strong Braxton-Hicks contractions. So strong that I was tempted to stay home from a planned outing to Ottawa Street with a good friend to pick up fabrics to make some slings. I ended up going anyways and although I continued to have decent runs of contractions and some intense cervical pain (what on earth was Love Bug doing in there??), there was nothing that was coming with any regularity.

I continued to have strong ones all through the afternoon and evening and Brad and I were pretty sure that Love Bug would be making his/her arrival last night or early on Valentine’s Day - how perfect would that have been? We decided to head up to bed around 10:30 (early for us, believe it or not) and get some rest in case that was it. I fell asleep around 11:30 or 12, wonderfully, but was awake at 1AM with a big contraction. As I laid in the dark and breathed through it, I thought for sure I was in labour. I timed 4 contractions at exactly 5 minutes apart and lasting around 45 seconds apiece which were quite strong and definitely tightening down across my belly and into my back when Gwen woke up.

After trying to put her on the potty and attempting to settle her, the contractions spaced out - between 7 and 13 minutes apart. They picked back up again for a time, but were inconsistent. At about 3:30AM, I was starving hungry, so I decided to go downstairs, have a snack, and call my midwife to get some advice on what to do. Once I got downstairs, the contractions all but stopped. I had an apple and a hunk of cheese, cleaned up my camera’s memory card (fresh memory for Love Bug’s arrival!), and did a bit of web surfing. Since I had only 3 contractions in 45 minutes and they were very short, I decided not to call the midwife and to go back up to bed. I was asleep by about 4:30AM and Brad was wonderful enough to get me some extra sleep in the morning - 10:20AM! - it was fantastic and well needed.

I have had a few decent contractions today, but definitely nothing to get worked up about. I guess we’ll see!