37 days today & signs of labor *TMI*

All week I have been exhausted, more so than usual. My appetite has disappeared, which is weird since I’ve been starving all day every day for months haha.

On Friday I lost a good bit of my mucous plug, then continued to loose the rest of it all day Saturday.

Saturday night I had constant, pulsing back pain (different than what’s normal for me), and it got significantly worse on Sunday. My pain tolerance isn’t great at all, but it never got to the point to wear it was unbearable. I felt this back pain alllllll day.

Sunday evening (Christmas night) I was having steady contractions every 10 for 2-3 hours. They got to a certain level of pain, but never got worse than that. During that time I lost the last little bit of my mucous plug.

So, constant/pulsing back pain, painful contractions every 10 minutes for 2-3 hours. Then it just tapered off, which was little disappointing.

But yesterday, my doctor said I was dilated to a 2! So in the week since my last appointment I went to from cervix being closed, to being dilated to a 2! So glad that the pains I was feeling Saturday and Sunday were actually making progress instead of just hurting me😅

So last night (the 27th) around 9:30 pm I got a sudden burst of God-send energy and started rearranging baby’s closet. Nesting has kicked in full gear, for sure. I actually slept pretty good last night and feel well rested, which I’ve read a couple places is a sign of labor approaching. Then this morning I have (TMI) diarrhea, but I have ate anything crazy or weird so hopefully this is another sign of labor approaching!