happy -- or not-so-happy -- new year!

hi everyone!

well, i'm still pregnant, as my grumbly posts have already told you. the due date is today, but sadly, no child. we seriously thought that our chance may have come last night... i started having serious contractions at around 10:30. we began timing them right before midnight, and continued to do so for another hour and a half or 2 hours. eventually, i wanted to relax and get some relief, so i had a bath, and the darn contractions stopped! i was pretty disappointed actually -- even though we both kept saying that this could easily be false labor, i was starting to be sure that it was the real thing. the contractions were strong and i felt like hell, plus they were even and timeable.

but alas, they did not return, or at least to the same degree. i had lots of braxton hicks contractions afterwards, throughout the night and into today. i've had some more regular contractions, but they've been pretty sporadic. and so i'm back to where i was before.

the good thing is, i think i found a trick that actually worked -- spicy food!! we ordered thai last night for dinner, and i dared to eat the red curry. well, that was pretty spicy for me, and curry is usually very upsetting to my digestion. and a couple hours later i started to have contractions. so we're doing it again tonight! indian maybe, or possibly mexican. we'll see.

anyway, i do finally feel like i'm progressing a bit. i could be kidding myself, but i am feeling more like i had stalled labor instead of false labor. i'm hoping to move it forward soon.

onward and outward!