Little bit of a scare, but everything is okay!

We had a little bit of a scare in the Lewis household last night. Around 6 in the evening my entire abdomen got tight as a drum with no relaxation at all and was pretty painful. There weren't any contractions, just this painful tightness. The tightness lasted all evening, and I couldn't stand straight up at all. It was like a rock.

I kinda wrote this off as 'weird pregnancy crap' (WPC if you will) until I started to have some really intense pressure pushing down on my lower back and pelvis.

Here I'm slightly alarmed, but okay...

Then I realize I haven't felt Kat move in hours (and lately she's totally active in the evenings, to the point that you can SEE her moving if you watch my stomach)

Okay so tight belly, lots of pressure, no movement... we're stressing pretty badly here. Still we decide it's likely not the end of the world, and that we'd call the doc first thing this morning.

I spent a looooong sleepless night... woke up with an awful headache.... bleh... poor Tim had to work all night and I'm sure was jumping everytime he heard something thinking it was his cell phone going off!

I talked to Dr. Lambert this morning, and she was fairly alarmed as well (GAH!) but asked me to lay down on my left side, drink a lot of water, and if I didn't feel the baby move within 2 hours that I should go to the hospital for a non-stress test.

Luckily at the very end of the 2 hour mark, she started kicking the crap out of me.... THANK GOODNESS!!!!!!! (of course the little stinker had to make me freak for an hour and 50 minutes thinking I was ready to head to the hospital!) The tightening has subsided and so has the pressure. I'm under stern instruction to 'take it easy' and not push myself anymore than I need to. Also to keep the stress as low as possible.

Guess this busy week I have coming up is something I'll have to be careful with. Luckily Dove has JUST had her baby, so she'll totally understand that I need to rest every so often!

Good Goddess, that was scary..... wish it were November, my heart can't take this! LOL