Paranoia

Tomorrow I'm going to a "just want to make sure" appointment at my doctor. I "just want to make sure" that the pains I've been experiencing in my abdomen/lower back are nothing more than normal pregnancy pains. They aren't constant and they aren't regular but it's enough for me to feel pretty paranoid about what they are.

It all started Sunday evening/night. I cleaned all day and by the evening my lower back was killing me, so I took a bath and took some tylenol and that seemed to help. However, by 11ish that night it was killing me again so I camped out with my heating pad, then took a bath, then camped out with my heating pad some more while I read through all my baby books to see what it said. Of course in addition to back pain, I had some minor cramping in the ol' abdomen too so my paranoia of early labor began. After reading/researching I determined I was either experiencing Braxton Hicks, false labor, preterm labor, or I just needed to drink more water. A pretty conclusive list right? I decided to just go to bed and worry about it if I woke up in pain, which thankfully I did not.

Over the past few days however, my cramping/back pain hasn't gotten worse and/or better but it's there and the more I read/research the more paranoid I am. My next Dr. appointment wasn't scheduled for another 12 days, and that's too long for me to just sit here assuming the worst.

This is what I want to hear tomorrow at my doctor's appointment: "Everything is fine, the pain is normal, and you're being a baby." Those exact words would be good for me.