Feeling Better

Dave and I slept like logs last night.  There might have even been some sawing of logs going on in our room last night.  And I basically kept off my feet for most of the day. 

I figured out that there were actually three things going on after the weekend's activities:

1)  Braxton Hicks--For me, B-H occur when my uterus gets incredibly tight.  So tight, I can actually trace the outline of my uterus in my abdomen.  It doesn't hurt and most of the time, I've thought they were really cool.  There's just an extreme sensation of tightening, a quick feel of the belly to make sure that's what it is and a "WOW!! Feel how tight my belly is!" reaction.

2)  Cramps--I was having some mild menstrual-like cramps Saturday night and a little bit Sunday morning.  That was the scary part, although I've read that those are really not that unusual or problematic, as long as they are NOT accompanied by bleeding of any sort and they don't become more severe or regularly timed. None of the really bad stuff that the books say "CALL THE DOCTOR NOW" were occurring, but it was really scary!   I hate that I'm as old as I am and I'm having these new feelings in my body that I don't know what they are!  At my age, I feel like I should know what my body is doing!

3)  Abdominal strain--this is what I was trying to describe yesterday about poking my belly and it hurting.  I think I've strained the lower part of my abdomen above my pubic symphysis.  I would have thought it was some serious round ligament pain, but it hurts directly in the middle of my belly and not on the sides.  As long as I stay off my feet, it doesn't hurt, so today is going to be a sit-on-my-booty-day, or after this weekend, a sit-on-what's-left-of-my-booty.  I have to teach at 12, but I think the students will understand if I stay off my feet. 

I'm really glad I called the doctor yesterday.  The 5 minute exchange really helped ease my mind.  I apologized for calling on a Sunday and I thanked him, but now I'm going to publicly say here, THAT REALLY HELPED!  And I'm glad that things aren't getting worse.  Realllllllllllllly glad.

Off to work my brain now.  I'm actually looking forward to it.

7:59:48 AM