22w3d

This morning started out with contractions. I had been having them off and on for the last few days and I even asked Jake's sister Molly what Braxton-Hicks contractions felt like so I could try to tell if that's what they were. From her description and what I was feeling that was my assumption as to what they were. That is until this morning.

This morning I had two or three in a row and I was really starting to get worried. Sometimes being pretty educated about pregnancy has it's disadvantages and this would be one of those times. I'm very well aware that viability happens somewhere around 24 weeks and even then most babies are VERY sick if they are born that early. So at 22 weeks all I could think about was what if something happens and I'm in pre-term labor. He's not big enough and I'm not far enough along.

Luckily once I got to work and ate and drank something things seemed to calm down. I already had my 22 week appointment scheduled for 11:30 today so I just waited it out. At the appointment I was back up to my pre-pregnancy weight, grow baby grow, and my blood pressure was 120/62 which they told me was normal.

As for the contractions, the doctor assured me that it was not too early for braxton-hicks contractions and that was most likely what I was feeling. He said as long as I don't feel more than 4 or 5 in one hour that I shouldn't worry. However, if they become regular or very painful I should call them. In the meantime he recommended that I sit or lie down if I have one and am uncomfortable and not to be surprised if a sudden change in position brings one on.

So, I feel MUCH better now. So much, in fact, that we took this evening to do our registering. We went to Target and Babies R Us and I feel so much more relaxed just knowing that is out of the way. Now if we want to change anything we can do it on-line and the people who are having the baby showers for us can put where we are registered in the invitations.

Of course after we were done I was exhausted but we had taped Survivor and I couldn't miss the first night of the new season so we stayed up until about 10:30 watching it. I hope this baby likes Survivor because his parents are ADDICTED!!