29 weeks, 1 day

What a way to hit 29 weeks. Awake all night long. Started with another round of “Is that another mucus plug” at about 9pm and really hit it’s stride at 3am with “crap, those feel oddly like I remember menstrual cramps feeling” and came to it’s conclusion with a 5am visit to L&D just to be safe. I mean, I haven’t been in to visit them since Thursday when the OB sent me over for a NST since Olivia Moonpie hadn’t been pummeling me quite as much as usual. I wouldn’t want them to forget me or anything. I do wish they could manage to keep a copy of all my information in the system. I’m tired of having to go through my entire medical history every time. It takes longer to do that than it does to administer the NST.

We were there for about two and a half hours, during which time I had no cramping, no mucus, no contractions (I didn’t really think I was having any; I’m supposed to go in if I have any new or different pain), and Miss Moonpie thoroughly entertained herself by escaping from the monitor, rolling around and punching and kicking like a good baby…something she hasn’t done much of the past few days.

I think we’ve simply hit the irritable uterus stage of this pregnancy. She stays so low and puts so much pressure on the same spots constantly that I’m just feeling ever-changing sensations of discomfort. Unfortunately, there’s no way I’m going to be able to ignore them and not get them checked out.

Now that we’re home again? She’s back to not really moving much, at least that I can feel, and the discharge is back. That, we’re just going to keep an eye on. If other symptoms kick in with it, we’ll look into it, otherwise I’m going to try to hold out for Thursday’s OB appointment and Friday’s appointment with Dr. T.