Pregnancy Week 39

Soo... "technically" I'm 39 weeks and 3 days today. This is based off of the measurements in the ultrasound, since I never keep track of my periods, they're so sporadic.

My back has been killing me all day- thanks to a 2 hour shopping trip at Walmart, which was unusually busy for Friday afternoon (like 2-4PM). But it hasn't let up. I've been trying to relax, laying on my heating pad, took a shower. And my leg... oooomg my leg. Apparently there are ligaments that are connected to the uterus and run down the inside of the thighs.... and those are KILLING me. Normally they don't bother me unless I'm walking. But today I'm sitting on my little bed and not moving, and that right leg ligament started cramping or contracting or stretching or tightening or SOMETHING I have no idea WHAT it was doing, but I wanted to rip my leg off at the hip. I scared sissy with my growling... that's what I do when I'm in intense pain... I make this growling noise. LOL I'm not a screamer, I'm not a curser, I just kind of growl.

Those pains subsided, but I've had what feels like mini-contractions off and on.
I just wish there was a way of KNOWING the body was actually contracting instead of only having pain to rely on. By this part of the pregnancy there's just so much OTHER pain that it's hard to differentiate what is labor and what isn't. Which is why so many moms run fleeing to the ER with every new pain, I'm sure.

Since I'm having a home birth, my issue isn't packing up and running to L&D... it's "to call or not to call" LOL I don't want to call hubby if it's not really labor, but if it is and I just can't tell, I don't want to wait too long before I do call, cause I don't want him to miss the delivery.

So, for now I am gonna go to bed... with my heating pad... and try to be patient :)