Doctors appt later today!
All last night I was having major lower back pain, but no cramping in my stomach. I did have severe nausea, though, and some small menstural like cramps, but nothing huge & big that I couldn't handle. The back pain wasn't even that bad, really. It was just there & just annoying. lol It wasn't bad enough that I couldn't sleep, though. I slept fine. Haha. Every time I woke up for a potty break, I still had that back pain & that's when I noticed I had faint stomach cramps, but just in my lower stomach. I don't know. Alayna's heart rate was also in the 180's - low 190's last night. It did drop to 160 before I went to bed, so that made me feel more comfortable. I'm just thanking God that I have a doctors appointment today, because there's no way I'd go to L&D again unless I absolutly had to. That's my last resort right now; I've been there so many times and I'm sure they're so tired of me. Oh well. I'll know more later on today when I go to the doctors.
Yesterday, since I didn't feel like really moving at all, I sat online all day & finished up with Alayna's website. Well, I didn't finish it up, but I started adding more text. lol All I really had before was a layout, and I figure that if I'm going to teach my friend how to update the website when Alayna comes, I better just finish it up all together. I'll be working on it today too... My mom really likes the layout & so do I. It's not tbe best since I worked pretty quickly on it, and I've done better, but it's just a temporary thing until I can get some real pictures of Alayna. :)
Okay, so I'm sick & tired of my family bitching at me about epidurals. I changed my birth plan recently to say that I do not want an Epidural unless I can't take the pain & nothing else works at relieving it. I've looked it up online and I've read that there are a lot of other methods of pain relief rather than an epidural, and I'd like to try to go completely natural; unmedicated. Call me crazy if you want, beceause that's what I've been hearing from my family, but it's just something that I'd like to do. I'm pretty sure i can do it. I've been reading up on other methods of pain relief, and I've been printing out and writing down as much as I can...since i can't afford to go to any birthing classes, reading up online and reading a few books that my friend has, really did help with making my decision.
My family, though, is trying to convince me to use an Epidural. They're all telling me I'm crazy, they're telling me that I'm going to regret it, etc... I know I won't regret at least trying. Ugh. I think they all should just mind their own business, really. I'm old enough to know what I want to do!! I can make my own decisions; I'm a big girl. I'm planning on speaking to my doctor about it today when I go because I want her input on completely natural childbirth. Let's see what she says.
Today I have my repeat GBS test & my first internal. *Woohoo* Let's see if I'm at all dialated. lol I'll be happy if I'm even dialated 1cm. lol I just want to know that progress is being made!! I'm almost positive that she'll send me down to L&D for a NST because of the baby's heartbeat yesterday & because of the pains I'm having. Well, let's see what happens when I go. :)