update: 41 weeks, 4 days

Because I told y'all I wouldn't leave y'all hangin'. I'm a woman of my word. Listen to that Southern slang.

I've been restricting myself to sitting on the yoga ball or the floor since yesterday... except for the few select times I forgot about my couch ban... like this morning. Only for a little bit. Gotsta keep the hips open so baby can stay low! I've been doing a little bouncy bounce, hip circles, etc.

I started feeling some mild contractions this morning around 6:30 or 7:00. Well, probably before that since I'm pretty sure I was having some in my sleep right before I woke up because I was dreaming about timing them on my phone. But when I say MILD... I mean mild. Don't get excited.

These babies are only lasting maybe 30 seconds, on average. In fact, let's check the stats (I've really been timing them on my phone's nifty little app). Average duration: 28 seconds. Average interval: 6 minutes, 52 seconds. So yeah. Nothing really to write home about... but I kind of am anyway. Just because it's exciting because I've never gotten to actually time contractions before, lol.

So... I just ate some Frosted Mini Wheats to keep me calm, full and focused... you can't be too prepared. I really need to paint my nails now so that I'm fully prepared for big events in my future. Even if that big event is forced to happen on Friday. But I should be doing plenty of walking today since my mom and I are going to go do a little shopping around G-Vegas.

I chuckled to myself this morning during my bubble bath when I remembered an emotional milestone being "loss of modesty" when you're far along in labor. Since I really don't have much modesty to begin with, that wouldn't be a good one to gauge my labor, bwahaha!

So I'll just describe these contractions for memory's sake. They're a little sharp on the lower half of my abdomen... right down by the waist of my pants. It starts out as a slowwwww build and gradually gets sharper and then subsides. The peak pretty much feels exactly how a strong period cramp feels. And these are pretty wimpy contractions so it's not too bad. Some are a little bit stronger than others.

And... I guess I better get crackin' on this whole nail-painting excursion. My mom is still asleep... I'm going to try to keep any semblance of labor signs a secret from her because I get the feeling that she will call every single person saved in her phone's address book if she even gets wind of the mere POSSIBILITY that I'm in labor.