--You can't reason with a fetus. I have promised her everything from a pacifier to a pony. To no avail. She is still in me. All promises are null and void if she is born in October.
--People think it is strange when you talk to your stomach like it will answer back.
--Ribs aren't meant to be strummed. On Sunday she dropped and went from playing with my lungs to playing with my floating ribs. It doesn't feel good.
--You can have contractions 3 minutes apart and not be in labor. This conclusion I came to as I was leaving the hospital with my baby still inside me. I didn't think it was possible but I guess so.
--Nurses in the hospital won't break your water just because you really, really want them too. I find this very mean and wish they weren't quite so heartless.
--Some people were meant to be induced. I can't handle all this guess work. Am I in labor or is it just false labor? Just set me up with a petocin IV and an epidural any day. Then I can still back and let the drugs do the work.
--There is a fine line between real labor are false labor and it appears to be the pain level. I could have sworn that I was in pain. Apparently on a scale from 1 to 10, 6 isn't labor but 8 is.
--You can have contractions three minutes apart and not dilate at all. This one really miffed me. Just because it is false labor doesn't mean it doesn't hurt.
--Ambian is an amazing drug that makes you loose touch with reality. It can also make you loose the ability to pick up your son and remember what happened the night before. Apparently your son can jump in bed all around you and you can talk to him and you won't remember a thing. I am not even sure how he got to bed . . .
--Ambian also kills any pain that contractions may cause . . .or rather it makes you so loopy you don't realize you are in pain. I could have had the baby and I don't know if it would have waken me up.
--Doctors don't care how uncomfortable you are, they won't induce before the 39th week.
--Just because you pray for you water to break, doesn't mean it will.
Oh well.
