The Irony of birth

Here I am 9 months later from that first pregnancy test, up again at 4 AM. The irony of this can't be missed by anyone, looks like I am in labor. Just so as not to mess with the program, when I told Brad I was having contractions and AFTER I had assured him that I didn't need to go to the hospital yet, he promptly fell back asleep. So here I am again all excited and worried up by myself. I actually woke up a little after 3 AM and was not quite sure what was going on. There isn't a lot of room in there so I couldn't tell if the pain I was feeling was because I had rolled over in my sleep too quickly or a contraction. I lay awake in bed and waited... when the next one came and I hadn't moved I had to assume something was up. I waited until two more had come and gone before I called my Mom. She lives 8 hours + away and if this is the real deal needed to get going if she is going to make it here to help me through this. Another little piece of irony is that she was planning on coming up today any way just at a more reasonable hour. I had big plans to "make" myself go into labor set up for today and tomorrow, so he could be here for her Birthday on August 22, and so the doctor’s wouldn’t have to induce me. Today; the plan was to get a massage, an acupuncture appointment, followed by a long walk, and to finish pressure washing the driveway. Tomorrow; a habanero pepper egg breakfast, long walk, membrane sweep at the doctor office, spicy lunch at a Thai restaurant, another long walk, and I was playing around with the thought of castor oil but I hear that can be quite messy. But it looks like Rourke is already too smart for me, as he had heard of his coming eviction notice and has decided to leave things on his own terms. At least I hope this is not a false alarm or I am going to feel really silly. The contractions are not that bad yet and are about 20 minutes apart with some minor contractions in between to keep me on my toes. Well, all we can do is wait, and after 9 months of waiting I have gotten pretty good at that. I guess we will know for sure in a couple of hours.