Braxton Hicks

In yesterday's post, I mentioned that I've been having mild contractions (apparently) lately. It's not often and just feels like Blake is squishing herself into a ball in the top part of my belly. The whole area gets really hard & tight. Well, today around lunchtime, I started having them constantly. It was really hard for me to even track when one contraction stopped and another started. I guess it's hard to tell because they never got super intense enough for me to notice when I was completely relaxed again. And, just as soon as it was over, another one started back up. But I know all of these are practice contractions for "the big game". And, so far, they don't hurt. So it's really more of a mild annoyance and discomfort than anything. My gut tells me that I have several more weeks to go before Blake will arrive. But it's kind of nice to see that my body is starting to prepare already. Let the games begin!