Started having contractions 10 min apart last night at 5:50 pm, went for a walk and had a snack, at 7:45 pm or so they moved to 5 min apart...after an hour of them being 4-5 apart I called my midwife team and they advised to wait until they were 3-4 and 1 min long, and strong enough I couldn’t walk or talk through them.

Fell asleep around 10 pm, woke up at 2 am and they had stopped/gotten irregular. Back up at 5:45 am and since then they’ve only been popping up here and there, no real pattern.

I’m irritated for the false alarm, but also glad that I now know what to watch for as far as the feeling of a contraction—it’s like my whole belly is tensing up involuntarily, wrapping around from my lower back and through my abdomen as well. Not comfortable but not the worst pain either. I know they’ll get worse, just trying to relax and trust that my body will let me know when it’s time.

These affirmations help! 39+5 today...come on baby boy, let’s get this going for real 💙