Contractions 😵

With my first baby, I had a kidney stone block my kidney and a stent placed two days before I delivered. So when I went into labor naturally, I don’t feel like it was...normal? She was also sunny side up, so all I remember is the back labor and pain from the kidney stone/stent. From the beginning of labor, I had contractions between 1-2 min. apart—super intense and not much down time to prepare for the next one.

So I thought this time around it would be much different. Apparently my body doesn’t work that way. Last night I was reading y’all’s posts 😅 and I had two SUPER intense contractions, each 2 min. long and I was completely bent over in pain. All I could think was “I don’t think I can do this!” If that was a glimpse of what I will feel when I actually go into labor...I don’t know what I’m going to do. 🤣 Regardless, I’m still excited to birth this baby. I feel so much more prepared this time around. Every body is different. It’s very possible that my body likes to skip early labor and go straight to active labor. Hopefully that means this one will go by faster. With the first babe, I got an epidural that completely stopped labor so I’m hoping not to do that this time around. Prayers to all Momma’s and if you think of me, I will happily take your prayers!