Final story in the pregnancy theme, and an interesting road it has been. If anyone has other themes I can explore with our trio, please reach out directly. Thanks for reading!
As week 39 wrapped up and week 40 started, Heather was enjoying the potential last days of her pregnancy, all the movement of the baby girl, and the feeling that she would soon get to meet the new life she had grown. Despite the discomfort of the last month or so, she realized she had truly enjoyed the experience and wanted to have a baby of her own one day.
One thing that hadn't changed was her constipation. She was often pooping only once every 5-6 days now, and was often bloated, plugged up, and sometimes found herself at work, home, or wherever she went suddenly feeling her bowels kick into overdrive before she had to speed waddle to a bathroom to unload a massive and desperate shit. Heather still liked waiting until her body couldn't wait anymore, and she had some huge accidents in her pregnancy panties. She always tried to be around Lauren and Kelsie when that happened, but once or twice it happened elsewhere, namely work, and once right as the young couple was getting up to leave the house. Heather had followed them out of the living room, feeling her shit coming out, and had stopped walking in desperation nearly at the door, and the couple turned around noticing she'd stopped and asking if she was okay. Heather had been immobilized on the spot as her body was being totally controlled by her desperately overwhelmed bowels. As the young couple watched, a 6-day load slowly bulged out Heather's maternity pants, embarrassing her greatly, then, of course, she'd pissed herself too as she was waiting to pee until after the couple left. The wife put a sympathetic hand on her shoulder and said to Heather, "I bet you won't miss this part." Heather looked sheepishly at her, but grateful that she seemed to understand.
With maybe a week left in her pregnancy, Heather realized she might only poop one more time before she had this baby, she just wasn't sure when that would be. Little did she know she was due to experience the one thing every pregnant lady hoped they never would, and instead of being deeply embarrassed, she would find out she absolutely loved it.
She had last pooped a giant 5-day load on Friday with Kelsie helping her ease it out, so she didn't hurt herself. She had enjoyed the weekend with good food, great company, and the young couple had come over to discuss the birthing plan. Heather very politely asked if it could just be all her favorite women in the delivery room, and thankfully the husband had taken it like a complete gentleman, saying he would wait right outside for word that he could come in to see his daughter only when Heather was comfortable with it. They all thanked him for being so kind and understanding.
At the tail end of the weekend, as Heather was about to go to bed, she felt a mild cramp, and knowing it wasn't a poo cramp, she immediately recognized it for what it was: she had started having Braxton Hicks contractions. These had started much later than expected but seemed to Heather a sure sign she was due to go into labor in the coming days.
Heather woke up on Monday, and was still feeling occasional cramping, but as was common it didn't last long. She informed Lauren and Kelsie first thing in the morning so they knew labor was imminent. They both started working overtime to make sure Heather was taken care of in every way, even though that was their entire philosophy from the beginning of the pregnancy anyway. Heather also calmly informed the young couple, just so they knew to prepare for a brief hospital stay.
She started packing her hospital bag, and called her boss once she was at work, and he offered to cover her the rest of the day if needed, which Heather was happy to accept from him, as she'd been pretty firm on not taking advantage from the beginning. He told her that her leave started that day, and to take care of herself. She returned home and continued getting herself prepared for labor and delivery. It was daunting in a way, but also made Heather smile. The little girl she'd grown in her womb was very healthy, super active, and as evidenced by some accidents caused by baby kicks to the bladder, quite strong. She felt very good about her body and how strong she was and was looking forward to seeing how well she'd do in labor, as she'd been practicing her breathing, keeping her body in shape, and remembered all the little things they taught in birthing classes. She was as ready as she'd ever be and looked forward to the delivery.
On Wednesday, as the false labor had continued, it became more frequent. She checked with her doctor, and she gave indications labor could start any day. It was then it occurred to Heather she hadn't pooped in 5 days. What if she couldn't poop before labor started? Would she be given a laxative? She would hate that. Shitting her brains out in the midst of labor? No, she'd just have to hope she could poop before labor started. As she was thinking this, she was standing in the kitchen, and she suddenly started pissing her pants. But she had just peed less than 10 minutes ago, so why was she...? It wasn't pee, her water had just broken. She called to inform Lauren and Kelsie as well as the young couple and her doctor. This was it, Heather knew, it was real now.
It wasn't long before the false labor contractions started changing to more prolonged contractions as her body started really gearing up to give birth to her little girl. They were far apart, but that would change soon enough, she knew. She just had to stay comfortable and take care of herself until Lauren and Kelsie got home, then plan her ride to the hospital at the appropriate time.
That afternoon, Lauren and Kelsie did return to find Heather relaxing on the couch, breathing through a contraction, but looking reasonably comfortable. When they asked her how she was doing, Heather said, "It's going well. Contractions are... mmmh... longer, but they're still an hour apart. I also haven't pooped in days. I just hope labor helps me poop before I'm ready to deliver this kid, or it could get messy."
Kelsie asked, "Isn't labor supposed to feel like you have to poop anyway?"
"Yes," Heather said, "it is, and it does. But so far it hasn't been enough to make anything move."
As the evening continued, the contractions closed inside an hour, so she planned to wake Lauren if that frequency dipped below half an hour between contractions. Lauren and Kelsie were ready to wake up if needed but went to bed just a little early to make sure they were as well-rested as they could be. The young couple had been notified, and they said they'd come to the hospital as soon as they knew the trio had left their house.
Heather was awakened a few times later into her sleep cycle by stronger contractions than normal, but when she timed them, the interval was still more than half an hour, and she was able to drift back to sleep.
When she finally woke up at about 6, Heather felt like her contractions were slightly stronger, longer in duration, and the interval had decreased to just under half an hour, but she didn't want to panic the other two, so she let them sleep just a little longer as she made a quick breakfast for all of them and breathed comfortably through all the contractions. She was mildly concerned as she still hadn't felt anything moving in her bowels, though her contractions did make it feel like there was pressure there. She hoped she could poop naturally before they left for the hospital, otherwise it might be an interesting delivery.