a strange normal

For the first part of this past weekend I thought that I may be headed into labor. I had several changes going on with my body. I had actually been hungry for several days. It's strange because I haven't been hungry at all for weeks. Previously, I couldn't eat a normal sized meal without being pretty full feeling. My best guess is that this has been caused by the baby dropping some. In addition, I was having some pre-menstral type cramping. It wasn't anything painful, but the same kind of feeling in my lower abdomen that would happen just before I begin my period at times. I was also having a decent number of contractions. They weren't regular, however. They seemed to be directly related to my actions. I would have them if I rolled over in bed or put my arms up to wash my hair or something like that.

However...yesterday and today I have felt quite normal. Maybe this baby isn't quite ready to come yet. It's weird to be feeling normal. I haven't been too uncomfortable. I haven't had too many weird pains or contractions. I have been eating normal. So many people talk about how miserable they are at the end of pregnancy that it seems completely wrong for me to be feeling pretty good. I'm grateful for it, though. I think some of it may just be that I'm relaxed. Stress, of course, causes all kinds of unpleasantries with our bodies. I am at a point where I'm ready for the baby to come, but I'm also ok with it not coming quite yet. I'm trying hard to get ready in case it comes today (or any given day) but also just take it one day at a time.

My plan is to stay home for as long as I can when I go into labor. If that really happens, I'll try to put a post here to let everybody know that we're headed to the hospital. Stay tuned...