Kate Wicker

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I’m Still Saying, "Hmmmm…"

…but for different reasons. Now I’m “Hmmmming” because I’m not sure what to think of my wacko body and the way my labors transpire.

Contractions seem to be fading a bit. With my first, labor was very obvious. My midwife (not the same one I have now) and the hospital staff called me “warp speed labor girl” because I started experiencing fairly intense contractions right on top of each other and was told that my daughter’s birth was quite precipitous for a first-time mom. With my second (when I also had to be put on bed rest because of premature dilation), not so much. I gave birth at 37 weeks, and it wasn’t until right before I had to push that I really felt like I was in labor.

As for this baby, I’m totally confused, but that’s okay. My husband and I are both going to curl up with a good book, relax and see what happens.

Just a note: I typically refrain from blogging on Sundays, but I’ll try to give an update if anything big happens (as in real labor and/or the obvious realization that this was another false alarm).

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· April 5, 2009 · Tagged With: Pregnancy · Filed Under: Kate's Blog

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  1. *Jess* says

    April 6, 2009 at 12:28 am

    Congratulations, Katie! Welcome to the world baby Mary Elizabeth!! I love her name! :) I hope you have a wonderful Babymoon :)

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  1. Mary Elizabeth’s Birth Story | Kate Wicker says:
    April 13, 2011 at 1:10 am

    […] I started having contractions on Saturday (April 4th) evening. They were mild but regular. They faded away for a few hours, but I woke up around 2 AM on Palm Sunday morning with more contractions that were a bit more intense. […]

Hi, I’m Kate

I’m a wife, mom of five kids, writer, speaker, storyteller, bibliophile, runner, eating disorder survivor, and perfectionist in recovery. I'm the author of Getting Past Perfect: Finding Joy & Grace in the Messiness of Motherhood  and Weightless: Making Peace With Your Body.

I’ve tried a lot of things in my life – anorexia, bulimia, law school, teaching aerobics, extended breastfeeding, vegetarianism, trying to be perfect and failing miserably at it – and through it all I’ve been writing. And learning to embrace the messiness of life instead of covering it up, making excuses for it, or being ashamed of my brokenness or my home’s sticky counters.

Nowadays I’m striving every single, imperfect day to strike a balance between keeping it real and keeping it joyful.

 

“She could never be a saint, but she thought she could be a martyr if they killed her quick.”

―Flannery O'Connor

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