Contraction Stress Test Results!!!!!!

Well I am happy to say that Miss Victoria Alexis Bravo did NOT decide to be born during my CST on Thursday! And I am happy to say her and I passed our test!! WooHoo!!! It was a negative conclusion (which means she did good!)...

I luckily was having enough contractions naturally during the test that they did not have to give me any of that evil Pitocin to force contractions on my body. I had to have 3 decent contractions in a 10 minute period and I succeeded on my own!

In fact, one of my contractions was so big that the nurse came in to ask me if I bumped the monitor and I told her NO. But Kevin said I probably did .. so I said "well maybe?" so she stood there to watch for a bit (Of course the "bumped" one was the final 3rd one in the 10 minutes, so if I did infact bump it, I had to do another 3 in 10 minutes!) But as she was watching it I had another fairly large contraction and my arms were behind my head, so I obviously did NOT bump it!!! So my test was done!

She said Victoria did fine during the test and my contractions were looking good! SO WooHoo!!!!

She does not know if they will make me do it once a week like I thought my OB said Id have to do. I guess I will find out on Monday when I see Dr. Noland for a checkup!

We were in the Dollar Tree yesterday shopping and all of a sudden I didnt feel too great. I started having a cramping feeling and it kinda scared me! Kevin wanted to go to Harbor Freight next and I told him I dont think its a good idea, I'm not feeling so hot. So we checked out at the dollar tree and I started feeling a lil better so we still ended up at Sam's club. LOL.

When I got home the uncomfortable feeling began again and I thought I would ask the girls on my pregnancy group online and I was informed "those are contractions" well duh! HAHA. Just like the contractions during my CST.. I didnt know those feelings I had were contractions, I thought they were the baby moving or something. SO apparently I've been feeling contractions for the past 5 days or so and didnt even realize it!! Oops! HAHA. All day today Ive been feeling them off and on too! Which is kinda scary since its all Snowy out! :)

Ive been beyond exhausted lately. I still have a lot of things that need to be done before we bring Miss Victoria home but I am just too tired to do anything! Ive started like a million projects but havent finished anything! I still need to get my baby shower thank you cards out! I'm still working on decor for her room, I still need to put together her changing table area and hang some of her clothes. I would like to organize her clothes by size still, we need to set up her monitor in her room, we need to put together her bassinet.. And I'm working on two presents for friends who are having their babies around the time I'm having Victoria!!! SO yeah, I have enough to do and all I want to do is sleep. Every time I'm awake, I just want to go lay back down! You know when *I* want to go to bed at 9pm, I must be tired. I do NOT sleep early, ever!!!

I've been pretty tired ever since my wonderful baby shower! It seems that day I got ultra swollen and ultra tired! I actually came home from the baby shower and crashed on the couch. I can't tell you the last time I've ever done that! (I have major insomnia so for me to just crash is unheard of!).

Ive been so tired I cant even blog about my baby shower.. I'm just like UGH! hahaha. Its amazing how tired building a baby can make you :)

Everyone says because I'm so tired, the baby has "dropped", the doctor says I'm progressing pretty quickly, and I'm feeling contractions, my friends all think its going to be very very soon! I kinda hope it is just because I dont want to freak out towards my due date (If I havent delivered by April 16th, they are going to induce me and I do NOT want to be induced!!!!!!) But Ive faught them this far to not induce.. but Ive already been told fighting will do me no good after my due date, I WILL be induced, period! As much of a fit as I throw, it won't matter :P hahhaha..

My OB thinks its funny because she wants to induce me and I'm refusing and arguing with her about it (unless its for Victoria's health, but right now its not a health issue!) but she says she has other patients who are begging HER to be induced and she has absolutely no reason to induce them. She said it always works that way! HAHA. I think she's frustrated with me about it, but now she just laughs it off!

And if you are wondering why I don't want to be induced, there are a few reasons. For one, to induce you, they use Pitocin. That is a drug that increases your contractions considerably and will cause contractions to be much more painful then they are on their own. It also can cause distress on the baby and the mama. Meaning if distress happens, there is a bigger chance of a C-Section which I am trying my hardest to avoid! I dont like the idea of being cut open! Plus I dont have anyone to take care of me after a C-section while I'm healing, as Kevin cant take off too much time from work!

I am planning on having a natural, drug free birth. I am using the hypnobirthing plan. Meaning I hope to put myself into a self-hypnosis state thru meditation and relaxation. I am hoping to be into hypnosis enough that my mind will cover the pain my body is feeling. I am trying my hardest to not accept any form of pain reliever.

If they give me Pitocin, more then likely the pain will be too much for me to block out of my mind, I'll end up with an epidural and could end up with a C-section. No thank you!

Now, I am open to an epidural if the pain is absolutely beyond my control. However, I do plan on trying my hardest to stay in hypnosis and do this the way I've always wanted to give birth, medication free!

I want her born in a drug free environment because a baby born naturally will be born more alert and responsive. She will also breast feed easier and will bond better with her parents. Id just prefer no epidural or any other pain reliever to be involved in my birth!

It will be interesting to see how this all pans out in the end :)

So there is my update and a little of why I am doing things the way I am doing them .. for those who don't know! :)