Well, I had started to feel uncomfortable around 9:30 last night. Very uncomfortable. Weird things were going on, but I didn't think of them as contractions... yet. I was really restless and when I finally went to bed, things weren't very comfortable, nor were they going very well. Around 2:30, I noticed that my periods of uncomfortability were rhythmic, and upon timing, were about 9-10 minutes apart. Still early, and they were pretty weak as far as I was concerned. I expected real full blown contractions to be stronger.

So I waited, and tried to sleep in between them. Which wasn't overly successful. They got closer. Then they were 5 minutes apart and definitely stronger, but still weak. So then I was concerned, because at 5 minutes apart, I should go to the hospital... but they were too weak for me to be in that stage of labour yet. So I waited more, because I really didn't want to go for nothing. I remembered them saying that if it was braxton hicks, a warm bath would slow them down and eventually make them go away, and if they were real, a warm bath would speed them up and make them stronger.

I had a bath.

They got closer together. Now they were like 3 minutes apart, and I started freaking out. Still really really weak though. So I got my bags all packed, and got dressed, and figured that I could just go to the hospital and they would tell me... and as I was packing, they got further apart... back to 5-6 minutes again.

So then I decided not to go to the hospital, I'd just wait some more. And around 7:00 this morning, they stopped. I've been sleeping ever since.

I'm clearly not going to work today. If this doesn't happen again tonight, then I'll go to work tomorrow. Today is for resting.

5 Days until mat leave kicks in.