I feel like a car

I was sitting on the couch and all of a sudden I felt a contraction. No big deal...practice ones happen all the time. 15 minutes later, another one. This went on for an hour. I started freaking out. "It's too soon. It's too soon. It's too soon." It stopped soon after I went to the bathroom. I remember my doctor telling me the contractions could come because of a full bladder or from dehydration. Strange. I'm feeling good now, but I have a feeling Kate is going to arrive early. Just my hunch.

I have an appt. with a high risk OB on Monday because my thyroid levels are off. I really have no idea what this means other than my hormones are off balance and I may need some supplemental pills to keep my level where it should be. Another appt. is scheduled on Wednesday for gestational diabetes. It's odd because I haven't really been eating a lot of sweets during this pregnancy. If anything, I've been eating more veggies.

And finally, I'll have to start taking Vitamin K either during the last month or last 2 weeks of pregnancy. Again, the doctor explained the reasoning to me, but I lacked to see the significance of it so did not make an effort to remember why.

I feel like a 7 year-old car...too young to junk away, too old to make a road trip, but slowly coming apart...nothing major like needing a new engine or muffler, but traveling around with a dented bumper, a broken headlight, missing knobs, a steering wheel that shakes and makes odd noises when the speedometer goes over 40mph, broken cd player, fickle transmission, broken windows...etc., etc.