Inevitable...

Well, I had my first emotional meltdown this week...and yes, over nothing. Thank goodness that husband of mine was not around when it started - unfortunately for him he walked in at the tail end of it - as I was trying to gather myself and get a grip. The only good reason I could come up with for my crying attack was "being overwhelmed". I don't think he bought it. But I guess it could be true. Other than that, I have absolutely no idea why I was crying - isn't that what they say happens with pregnancy? It's been a pretty hormonally stable pregnancy thus far but I guess I can throw that right out the window at this point. Oh well - comes with the territory right? Thank goodness for Chuck's good natured humor - he had me laughing in no time and never even mentioned my outburst again. Smart man eh?

I started having some weird tightening feelings in my belly this morning - well, actually I've noticed it a bit over the last couple of days. My belly is rock hard sometimes, and it's really soft other times. At first I was thinking it was just due to the baby's positioning. Then I started to freak myself out that it might be some mild contractions. Called the doc and they don't think it's anything to worry about right now, especially since I have an appt on Monday with my perinatologist. So, for the weekend - doctors orders are to "stay off of your feet and increase your fluid intake". Sounds easy enough! I hope sitting on a lounge chair at the pool counts as staying off my feet; because that is where I plan to spend the weekend.

I'll tell Dr. Hot Pants about this on Monday and see what it is. I'm hoping it's just the babies moving around like crazy in there and sometimes being positioned right up against my belly wall. I still can't feel them moving inside I don't think. I think I've felt a few little flutters but it's not very consistent which makes me wonder if it's movement I'm feeling or not.

Funny, before I called the doc this a.m. I called my friend J. who is about 8 weeks ahead of me with trips (she's 24 weeks); she didn't answer so I just left a message that I was curious if she experienced this early on. She called back about 10 minutes later and ironically, she was laying in the doctors office on a contraction monitor because she had a scary episode earlier today. They were telling her that it's fairly common with triplets due to all of the growth - she had one pretty painful contraction this morning - and had not had any since the morning. Thank goodness that everything seemed to be ok and she was just being monitored for an hour or so to be sure it didn't happen again.

It will be interesting to see what they find on Monday - can't imagine that these are contractions - I'm just going to chalk it up to the baby movement in utero and use the doctors orders as a good excuse to do a whole lot of nothing this weekend! Sounds like a plan to me.