On Monday 4/20, I woke up to a contraction, which was new for me. The contractions continued throughout the morning, but weren’t consistent or super painful. I texted my birth instructor letting her know, but she told me to go about my day and ignore it until I couldn’t anymore. I had an appointment to see my acupuncturist at noon and was planning on driving myself there. However, as the morning progressed, I had more painful contractions where I would have to pause for a few seconds.
This was also new since I had only had the Braxton Hicks contractions before. Just to be on the safe side, I asked Patrick to drive me to my acupuncture appointment. During the appointment, I noticed that my contractions were starting to get more consistent – about 15 minutes apart. This time, I let my midwife know and she told me to keep her updated. She was at another home birth, but I wasn’t too worried about it as I didn’t think that the baby would come that day and continued to go about my day as normal. Then around 2pm, my contractions started to speed up and became more and more uncomfortable.
