Pregnancy: Third Trimester Community

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Tierney Ema was born 01/22/11 @ 7:05am. 7lb 60z 20 3/4 inches

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On Friday we decided to go to Disneyland to see if we could get things going with a lot of walking. Around 7pm I decided to time my contractions which were more like Braxton hicks. The first couple were 10 min apart and for the rest of the hour they were about 7 min apart. I let Dh know but said I didn't want to leave because I was worried if we stopped moving they would just go away completely. We stayed and watched fantasmic and while standing for the show they were 3 to 4 min apart but still no pain what so ever. After the show we headed back to the car. During the tram ride I only had 1 and in the car on the ride home they were back to 6 to 7 min apart.
We got home and I put dd in bed and took a shower and sat down to time them some more. They were about 7 and a half min a part with some closer ones thrown in. At 1am I decided I wanted to sleep and try again Saturday to really get things going. Tierney was moving like crazy and I was having a hard time sleeping; than around 2:30 I started cramping a little. Dh and I decided to stay down stairs that way we were less likely to wake Dd up. I was actually able to sleep on the couch and timed some of my contractions here and there, they were 10 to 15 min apart but I kept thinking that I did not remember them hurting that bad with Dd and I wondered how I was going to handle it when active labor started and they were close together.
At 5:45 dd woke up so I went upstairs and had her lay in bed with me. I decided to stay awake and time them I thought maybe I was having milder contractions that were not waking me up and more was happening than I realized. I had a contraction at 5:50, 6:05, and 6:20. At that time I thought I was feeling pretty rested and wanted to get things going and decided to work a pressure point to see if that did anything and if not maybe around 7 see about going for a walk. As soon as I started working the pressure point I had a contraction after 2 min, than 4 min, than 2 min and they were so intense and close together that I had to stop and get out of bed. I ran downstairs and thought maybe if I went to the bathroom they would ease up a little in intensity.
While I was in the bathroom the next couple were about 5 min apart and I was thinking maybe we'd leave at 7. I got up and was going to go let Dh know what was happening but than I had to sit back down because I thought I needed to go again. I sent Dh a text at 6:46 asking him to get Dd's stroller and bag out of the truck and put the hospital bags in. He did not respond and during the next contraction I got the urge to push and started to panic. I started to try and clean myself but I didn't realize my mucus plug was coming out and the more I tried to get clean the more of a mess I felt like it was making. During the next contraction I stood up and tried to move so that I would not push and it seemed to work. I sat down again still trying to get clean, the next contraction came I stood up and still ended up pushing I really started to panic at this point and than I called out to Dh who came running. I told him I was pushing and I couldn't get clean he told me to forget about that and just get dressed and lets go.