Last night we got to tour the hospital where our little girl will be born. For those of you who don't know, we will be at Emory Eastside in Snellville. They do hospital tours once a week and I was really surprised by how many couples were there for the tour last night....there had to be at least 20-25 couples there so they broke us up into two groups to take us around. The rooms are pretty nice...a good bit bigger than I'd expected and fairly new since the hospital itself hasn't been around that long. It was a little weird at first to see what the delivery room will look like. Now I can actually picture the room I'll deliver in (assuming I will be able to have a regular delivery without c-section). I also got a lot of my questions answered and I feel pretty comfortable with the hospital. They seem very willing to accomodate the mother's wishes when it comes to her baby.
I think I may have felt my first Braxton-hicks contractions last night. Still not totally sure, though since I can't really find a clear explanation online of what they feel like. As I was getting ready for bed last night I got this pain in the middle of my belly. It didn't feel like one of the baby's kicks and it definitely was much more uncomfortable. The best way I can describe it is that it felt like a tightening...but only in that area at the middle of my belly. I thought contractions were supposed to make your whole tummy tighten so that's why I'm still not totally sure what it was. I felt those pains several times in row last night along with what felt like period-type cramping and I also had severe heartburn so trying to fall asleep was quite difficult for awhile. I also had the same pains a couple times this morning. At this point, I'm not too concerned about it being anything worth calling the doctor about since I'm still feeling my baby move around like normal and I haven't had any bleeding or anything scary like that. I suppose it's also possible that it could be my baby pushing her feet outwards into my belly in an effort to stretch...that's the only other thing I could think of. The doc said on Monday that based on where he had located her heartbeat, he thought she had already moved into the head-down position in my uterus, so maybe that's what it is. I just hope these pains don't become a frequent occurance for me!
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