False Alarm....

I have been experiencing false or practice labor all over the place! My 38 week appointment showed that these recent contractions are doing NOTHING. Which, is frustrating. My OB gave me instruction that I should be looking for contractions that are difficult to talk through, every 5 minutes, lasting over a minute each, for over an hour. Well, last night I got there. My contractions were very painful, lasting about 1:15, every 3-4 minutes for over an hour. So, bags grabbed, off to labor and delivery Liam and I go. VERY long story short: Nothing. I got sent home even though I was contracting worse than when we got there and just as regular if not closer together. But, these painful suckers were doing nothing but making Odin a little irritated. (He did NOT cooperate for the monitoring, which made it last longer and made me have to be in very uncomfortable positions for being in the middle of contractions.) After a the long night, I was exhausted and frustrated. I have gotten used to the idea of going over due and really was okay that it wasn't THE night. But, when I asked the nurse that was discharging me how I was to know when to come in if their current guidelines were what I followed this time....she really had no answers, leaving me incredibly confused. She encouraged me to come if I feel like I need to be checked, assuring me that I wouldn't be waking anyone up over there, ect. But, I am at a point that I am unsure of how I will be able to tell I am in labor. Unless my water breaks first. I mean, I was having difficulty talking or walking through these things. 

Baby is doing well today, lots of crazy movement. I am exhausted. Liam is exhausted. I am still contracting fairly regularly, but nothing close to 5 minutes apart. Just trying to take it easy. In other news, I am (barely) less than 2 weeks away from my due date! Yahoo! 

Can't wait to meet you Odin Bug!

Full Term

Been awhile since I have created a new post. Much has been happening. 


First of all, Baby Odin- you are considered full term now. So,any time you are ready!
I feel like time is passing by so slow (a very common symptom at this point in pregnancy, I have heard.) But, at the same time, I feel like I have no time for anything. The past week or so, I have been feeling pretty good because Odin has moved down more and I have been able to keep my lunch since then! Hopefully this lasts. Because I have been feeling pretty good, I have been pretty stinking busy! Liam and I have gotten a lot done getting the house ready for baby and the spare bedroom is now only half storage. The other half of the room has the dresser/changing area/bookshelf/toy set up. My hospital bag is basically packed, as is the diaper bag. We even installed the car seat and took it to get checked out by the pros! 


Other stuff going on in the Maier household: Decisions about the future! Currently, we are moving forward with the plan/assumption that Liam will be attending Graduate school at UO. He was offered an awesome GTF that he seems very excited about. Which means....We will be in Eugene for another 2 yrs, at least. Now, he reserves the right to change his mind if another opportunity presents itself that he decides he wants to pursue. But, it is so nice to have some sort of plan in place. Which, also gives us the freedom to start looking at places to potentially move :)


Symptoms: Swelling is majorly up, sleeping is very difficult, having LOTS of false/pre labor, and pretty much annoyed at every one in the world. Progress: OB has made a guesstimate at how big baby is currently and she said that if she had to guess, she would guess she would see me at my next appointment despite my pre-labor and cervix progress. I suppose that is okay 


I go through ups and downs emotionally. I feel like I am on a roller coaster. I go through times of feeling like life is very unfair because I feel so miserable at time, other times I feel comfortable with the idea of being pregnant for a few more weeks. Especially if the weeks go as fast as this one did. I think I need to stay as busy as possible. But it is difficult with the amount of discomfort I am in and all the false labor. 

Thoughts and prayers for a continued healthy pregnancy and for baby Odin to come whenever is right from him, and patience for his mommy ;)