I huffed and I puffed and finally met DW on Nov. 30. Fortunately, I had an uneventful delivery and I now share a bondwith mothers everywhere who have a unique story to tell about how their child came to the world. This is my story 
Thursday (Nov. 27) – I felt three strong contractions. My mom, husband and I went to the Delivery Room of St. Luke’s where I was hooled to a monitor. They turned out to be false and that my cervix was still closed. The contractions actually stopped when we arrived at St. Luke’s but we decided to still continue with the check-up.
Friday (Nov. 28) - Went to St. Luke’s again for a follow-up check-up with our OB Dra. Azada. My cervix is still closed, but it was actually described as “irritable”, Dra. said that I still have another week before I give birth (i was on my 39th week then). The hubby and I went to Trinoma and spent the rest of the day there just walking. For the two weeks leading to my 39th week, I was walking around malls and Makati as our baby has still not descended into his birthing position yet.
SATURDAY (Nov. 29) – I woke up at 5 am to pee and saw with my bleary eyes something which resembled a big blood clot fall into the bowl. I didn’t think too much of it (looking back now, I can’t believe I wasn’t alarmed with what I saw!). At 7 a.m, I woke up due to mild contractions. I timed then and they were perfectly 10 minutes apart! I stayed in my room, just feeling my way through the pain as this may still not be the real thing (I still had a week to go anyway). I finally told Dan however that I think I had my ”bloody show” when I peed early in the morning. I texted my OB who told me to observe and to go to the DR (delivery room) if the pain becomes unbearable. I had a light lunch (just rice and Kare-Kare LOL!) and then asked my hubby to take me to the hospital. That was 4 pm already. I did breathing exercises because the contractions were increasingly becoming painful.
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