In The Army

it's baby day

Song: safe and sound Taylor Swift

12:30 pm

Stupid false contractions. "Oomph." Why bother, she addressed her body while holding her stomach, I'm probably going to have to be induced anyway. Since it woke her up, she may as well use the bathroom. Oh the joy of having a baby sit on one's bladder, making a woman have to pee nearly every twenty minutes. Night was the only time she got a break from the frequent trips, but even then it woke her an average of four times before the sun ever rose. At least she hadn't disturbed Ross. He was exhausted from his training exercise and really needed the sleep.

1:10 am

Go away, leave me alone, she groaned internally, I just wanna sleep. Looking at the digital clock on the nightstand, she was highly annoyed. Uh-uh, no way. She could hold it; ignore both the stupid tightening sensation to her belly and the need to use the toilet. The darkened form of her husband shifted to face her, his arm instinctively coming to rest across her abdomen. Ughh! She had to adjust where his hand had landed, no way could she get back to sleep with the weight of his embrace laying in such a manner as to add pressure to her bladder.

2:20 am

Damn! That particular Braxton Hicks came with a hint of pain. But it was brief and passed like all the others so she dismissed it. Trip number five thousand four hundred and twenty five to the bathroom, coming up, or so it felt. They should have bought stock in Charmin because at this point, she'd gone through so much of the stuff the value had to have skyrocketed, the dividends alone were probably enough to send this baby to college.

Her body's center of gravity had shifted drastically due to the extra weight she'd gained during these last two months, rendering her movements clumsy and difficult. She panted and groaned while rolling to one side, having to use her arms just to push herself upright so she could get out of bed. And there Ross lay... on his back, mouth hanging wide open, still snoring away peacefully. Envy wasn't a word strong enough to describe how she felt that he got to slumber through the night undisturbed.

3:01 am

Okay, this was really starting to get on her nerves and there was definite pain involved this time as her stomach balled up so tight she could have dropped a pant size. Still convinced it was nothing, she made her roley-poley way to the bathroom but when she got back, Ross was awake.

"You alright?" In the early morning's light, he could see the annoyance on her face.

"No," she huffed. "I mean yes. It's just these stupid contractions are disturbing my sleep." Crawling back under the covers, he startled her when he all but shouted.

"Contractions?!" He was half asleep, but that statement sure as hell put his brain on high alert.

"Calm down." Jeez, jumpy much? "It's just Braxton Hicks."

"You sure?" He tucked her in tight then helped adjust the body pillow between her legs.

"Yeah. They've woken me up four times already." His voice went suspicious on her.

"Four times?" She nodded. "How far apart?"

"Uhmm... the first one was around twelve... I think. Then the next was... maybeeeee one ten. The one after that was definitely 2 and then just now. Ross? What are you doing?" He was playing away with the controls on his watch.

"I'm gonna start timing them." From the sounds of things, these 'fake' contractions were steadily getting closer together. Turning a pointed finger at her, he ordered, "And you're to let me know every time you have one." She rolled her eyes at him.