So in December my family went to Mexico before Christmas for a fun vacation when we got back I started having contractions to the point where I needed to be on self prescribed bedrest for a few days. This worried me so I went to the doctors to which they gratefully let me know that nothing was wrong with the baby, that it must be my MS somehow acting up. This was comforting to know because I was only a few weeks along and nowhere close to ready to be having contractions. This helped me be more aware of my body and has helped me take it more easy throughout this pregnancy. I figured that the stress of going on a vacation is what triggered the contractions so I've tried to stay low stress ever sense. Now the trip to Mexico was fun and didn't seem very stressful at the time but going on vacation with six kids even when it's super fun can create literal stress, stuff that you're not even conscious of, because during the trip to Mexico I had a great time I didn't feel particularly stressed not no more stress than a normal trip with my whole family. But when I came back and had contractions I concluded that the stress must have induced them.
Well like I said being the mother of six is not always stress free but I have been able to be bedrest free since that trip. We have gone on 2 road trips just up north to visit family and I have been fine. I have gone on the trip to Canada that actually was kind of a stress, our flight got delayed we had a whole extra day of travel and then I got hit with allergies so bad that I didn't get to enjoy much of Canada. None of these events caused contractions, they caused stress and tiredness but no contractions.
This week we decided to purchase a new car to replace our trusty old Corolla that is now not so reliable. My husband found his dream car on an amazing deal about an hour and a half away from us, we are bargain shoppers we found the car on craigslist which we've done many times. My husband is really good at picking out good cars I trust his judgment... we decided to as a family Drive The hour and a half and pick up the car... The car ended up being sold in a shady part of town and as my husband checked out the car I kept our kids in our suburban and just hung out in the car for a while, we then got the car hurried and got some food, tried to find a bathroom...eventually found one and drove home. Well guess what the next day I started having bad contractions again to where I had to be on self prescribed bedrest.
What connects these two events?What caused serious contractions?
Fear! These are the two incidences where I had my children with me and I was in a less comfortable possibly less safe environment. Neither environment was really a terrible place and in both times I didn't feel scared consciously but subconsciously realizing I had my six children that I was responsible for created a fight or flight hormone inside me that afterwards created enough something that started the contractions, this is not fact or science this is just what I am trying to piece together out of the two times that I have had to be on bedrest for my contractions, opposed to all the other times that I have been stressed out with my family yet not had contractions. My conclusion is that fear for my children's safety triggers such a strong response that it creates contractions. I'm glad to figure this out because next time I am in a situation that could make me nervous for my children I can hopefully create a logical solution that will help me remain calm so that I do not induce fake or real contractions.
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