Dear Contractions:

Around 4:00pm, Wednesday, March 24, 2010, it became apparent to me that you were making yourself known. I would like to take this opportunity to remind you that I am not due for another six and a half weeks and am scheduled for a c-section in 5 and a half weeks. If you see it necessary to occur frequently enough to produce a child, I would appriciate it if you could please wait another 3 and a half weeks as that would put my child at term.

I would like to add that I understand your need to prepare my body for a natural birth. However, it has been determined that my body, for reasons out of my control, cannot withstand a natural delivery. Therefore, my doctor has advised me that a scheduled c-section is imminent and has scheduled it already so really your need to prep (rather painfully I might add) my body is useless and unwanted.

If you insist on remaining, please revert back to Braxton Hicks contractions. That way I would not be so freaked out when you are 8 minutes apart for two hours and then continue to increase in frequency. I appriciate the fact that you have decided to chill out a little on the pain factor, or maybe that's just me dealing with you better.

I am not ready to have this baby, nor is she ready to make her debut, so please, stop for a few weeks. If you could allow me to get some sleep tonight, I'd be grateful. I am sure my husband would be too as he has to be at work 4:45am.

Sincerely,
Kyla Willingham