I am so ready for this to be over

[ailbhe]

Contractions: eased off a bit (she typed, as a very strong one washed through her)
Baby's position: mainly ok, no longer pressing hard on the bruised bits
Amniotic fluid: leaking slightly
Cervical stabbing: regular, non-stop, presumably productive
Mucus plug: disintegrating gradually in lumps
Ability to form sentences: damaged, presumed gone
Ability to stand up: still impaired, but could be a lot worse. The children are in general marvellous about doing all my walking and fetching for me, getting the breakfast and lunch, etc. Also providing comforting touch on occasion. They are absolute stars and should have medals.
Ability to walk: limited. Keeping it limited also keeps my pain levels limited, so I'm doing things that way around.
Ability to sleep: limited. I can collapse form exhaustion but otherwise am not really comfortable enough to go to sleep like normal. And of course the kicking or the contractions wake me a lot. But if the external children don't wake me I can go back to sleep ok quite quickly still. Thank heavens for blackout curtains.

Days since symptoms started: 15 since contractions stopped being BH and started being moving-things-around-this-is-serious prodromal labour. I think. Definitely no more than 18 days, because 19 days ago I specifically noted that the contractions were still BH.

This lasted about 29 days last time. It might be less this time.