The contractions are strong and hopefully, effective. They feel like the real thing but just not very consistent or close together. I believe I'm in early labor and that birth should be just around the corner. I lost my mucus plug this morning so another big sign that it shouldn't be much longer.
Chris is really unlike most men, I think, how he personally takes responsibility over our births. He took me out walking tonight even though I wasn't very enthusiastic about the prospect of going out in the cold, knowing that contractions may make walking less than comfortable. He wants this baby to come and out we went. God gave us a wonderful walk and it wasn't that cold at all. It was like being on a date. We hadn't had much time to ourselves this past week so it was very nice to hold hands and talk with each other.
I am still amazed that God has given me a husband that is not afraid to take on his wife's birth. He doesn't want that responsibility to fall on anyone else. Neither of us would be comfortable with someone helping us during the birth of our baby. It's an intimate and special time that we don't feel the need to share with others.
We've had to share our births before in a managed setting and it really pales in comparison to what we've since experienced in the privacy of our home. We birth our way, unhindered, under no time constraints, allowing the birth to unfold and be accomplished naturally.
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