Pregnancy TMI.

[rivka]

Just in case I wasn't off-balance enough, emotionally, today I passed two pieces of my mucus plug. About a teaspoonful each time, tinged with a little bit of blood.

I am so not ready to leave work and give birth, I cannot even begin to tell you. Ready for the baby, yes - although I'd prefer that he wait until he's full term, which would be sometime toward the middle of next week. Ready for maternity leave? No way.

I didn't freak out until after the second time. I called my midwife's office. Her very calm and level-headed assistant told me that it's entirely normal, especially in a subsequent pregnancy, to lose pieces of the plug quite early on. It doesn't mean I'm going into labor. It just probably means that I am dilating a little more.

Whew.

I think I now have the impetus I need to really, really focus my mind on getting things done here so that I can leave when I need to. Because, yeah. One of these days it's going to be the real thing.

Comments

[eeyorerin]

Oh, stay put, Niblet, your mama needs a few more weeks to get things in order, and you've been such a good baby so far!

I thought of you yesterday when I had three Alexandras in one class! Only one wants to be called Alex, though.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

She's recently been suggesting that she'd rather be known as Xandra.

[zeldajean.livejournal.com]

I knew a guy named Alexander in high school - well, K-12 really. For many years he went by Alex. In high school, he started using his full name on papers, Alexander Middle Last I. However, he preferred to be called Xander. :)

Pretty cool :)

[eeyorerin]

I've never had an Alexandra ask me to call her that before. :)