For those who have been eagerly waiting for the answer, Yes yes it was my water that had broken. We had our little girl on December 1st at 12:30 AM.

I will finish the story of our labour and delivery here in the coming days. It is amazing how busy a person is when they have two kids to take care of and still maintain a "Normal" life.

This Blog Entry is dedicated to all those who have helped us during this pregnancy and the early weeks of adjustment.

Well I can now add having carpel tunnel to the long list of pregnancy symptoms  I have been "lucky" enough to experience. For me it started with a stiff feeling and a kind of tingling sensation  in my fingers. I got worried when the feelings did not go away as I have had before and made an appointment with my GP. I thought for a bit that maybe it was arthritis or some other kind of joint pain problem. After a visit wit my doctor It was confirmed that I had carpel tunnel due to pregnancy.  I did some research on it and it is more common in later stages of pregnancy than I thought. I also talked to others about their own experiences.  Most that I have talked to said theirs went away after they delivered their babies and was manageable by massage and wearing braces. 

I started with wearing the brace on my right hand and it kinda helped. After wearing braces for a bit I had a day where the pain was significant and decided to try massage to see if it would help. The massage worked and afterwords I felt relatively pain and discomfort free. I thought I had found a great way to deal with this carpel tunnel problem. The massage helped loosen the muscles in the hand and push the fluids that had built up in the area. Sad to say the pains were back the next day and the braces were back on to stay.

I have now tried both and find that the braces are probably the best avenue for me in regards to dealing with this problem at the moment.  They do not take away all the pain or tingling that I have experienced with the carpel tunnel, but it has helped to decreased them. Carpel tunnel is a strange feeling to have and to explain to someone who has not experienced it themselves.  

A couple of weeks ago I had a scare with pre-term labour while at work and as such I am now at home waiting for the big day. I know some people think that It is great to be off work early before the baby and able to just chill. It is and it isn`t which I will try to explain here.
When you are still 5 weeks from your due date and you start experiencing signs of labour, your doctor starts to get worried and so did I. It was a scary experience for me and I am glad I listened to my feelings and got  the needed medical attention and monitoring. That mourning, I was feeling a little off but had felt the same kinda feelings before and continued on with my day. Just thought I needed time for my medicine to kick in or more for breakfast when I got to work. For a bit it seemed like everything would get better but then it didn`t. In fact as the day went on it it  started to feel worse.  I tried to work through it all thinking it was nothing. I tried seeing if a lunch break would help but it did not.  When It did not stop or go away after eating I knew that it was something more and that I needed to be looked at right away. 
I spent over 6 hours in the assessment ward being looked at and having both the baby and contractions monitored. It was reassuring to hear the nurses tell me how textbook the babies heartbeat was looking. This made me smile while I waited for the doctors to come and check things out. I was warned however, that if the labour did not stop on its own that I would be admitted to Labour and Delivery to have this baby. I was scared that having her this early would mean time in the the NICU and possible challenges for her. Then they told me that I was dilated 1 cm and my cervix was thinned out. The next check in two hours would tell the tale.
Well the labour did stop and I was unchanged after 2 hours so was able to go home. This of course did not mean that I would not be at danger of it happening again and for that  reason the decision was made to stop work immediately. The heat and pace at work would not slow down in the next few weeks. I would not be able to just lay down and rest as needed especially if I was working alone. Speaking of laying down, I should go and do that very thing.