In preparation?

"So some of my new third trimester symptoms includes a stubborn digestive system. This is not helped by the iron pills that I'm taking to combat my anemia--they tend to cause things to slow down even more.

The other night I was uncomfortably awake with intestinal pains, Braxton Hicks, and a lot of movement from BITB. Some were indistinguishable from the others, and some times I could feel all three at once. I tried to deal with this as best I could by imagining that this was helping me prepare for contractions. NOT that contractions are anything like gas pains, but I figured if I could mentally try to relax with this uncomfortable situation maybe I'll be more capable if and when contractions hit.

Since my water broke with Jackson and they put me on Pitocin, I have never felt a "natural" onset of contractions and that scares me a bit. Well, quite a lot."
--Clare