Interesting Day

So the last couple days I have been feeling... off. Not sick, just different. I had commented to my mom and Kevin on a couple occasions that something felt different. I was thinking maybe it was just because I’m at the end of the pregnancy, or baby is just getting bigger and taking up more space, but my stomach has been weird. I’ve also had lots of swelling and a little headache to go along with it. I figured everything was probably fine and went about my day. This afternoon I had uncontrollable vomiting for about a half hour straight. Not so fun. I called the doctor and she asked me tons of questions and wanted me to get to some place where my blood pressure could be checked out and then to call them back to let them know. She also wanted to know all about baby’s movements throughout the day, and of course I started panicking. He’s always been so active but I remember a couple days this week telling Kevin he’s been on a little bit of a lull. He still is moving, but just not as much. By the time I got off the phone with the doctor I am now in a full panic mode. The doctor kept saying she thought everything was probably fine.... but call me crazy, I just needed a little more clarification then that. I called a couple friends to get there advice and all of them said that I should definitely just go into the OBGYN office to get peace of mind, especially being that today is Friday, the office is closed until Monday and that I really didn’t need to stress about everything for the next 3 days. I called them back and just said I would be so much more comfortable the next couple days if I knew everything was fine, not just with me, but baby too. They were fine with that and told me to come in when I could. I got to the office and they did a non-stress test for 20 minutes to monitor both myself and baby. Luckily, everything is perfect. My blood pressure was right where it should be, and Jaiden’s responses were perfect. She was explaining that they like to see at least 2 peaks in his heartbeat over a 20 minute period as it correlates to his movements and lets them know he’s doing alright in there. He had 3 peaks in 13 minutes, AND it actually recorded that I haven’t been losing my mind and had 3 contractions in the 20 minutes hooked up to the machine. She said there was a good chance that all of the feeling “off” is a sign of early labor!! Woohoo!! Obviously no one knows just how long "early" labor will last, but at least it's a step in the right direction! I won’t know much more about progression until my appointment on Monday, but she thought everything was completely fine and that there is no reason to stress about anything. I just hope that the throwing up thing doesn’t continue. I’m pretty sure I had my fair share of that in the beginning :( I will continue to keep everyone up to date!