Well I wish I had news to share...

In my last post I stated that the doctor said I'd probably have the baby within the week. Well it's been exactly one week and Madeline has not decided to make her appearance. However she has teased us a bit. Last Friday I started getting consistent contractions for about 2 or 3 hours. They didn't necessarily hurt but they were coming between 2 and 5 minutes apart. My mom and Jake's mom drove 1.5 hours since we thought we'd be going to the hospital. When I called the hospital and told them they said to wait a little longer until they were painful, etc. Obviously I waited and they fizzled out almost completely. And by the time the Grandmas got here we were pretty sure we weren't going anywhere. So we all hung out for awhile and then decided to call it a night and go to bed...hoping that I'd wake up in the middle of the night in "real" labor. That didn't happen either. Early on Saturday morning I did wake up with some contractions and an achey pain in my back. So I got up and showered and it went away!! We decided we'd go to the Chicken Park and walk around and see if that did anything. It didn't do anything but make me tired, extremely hot and uncomfortable. Later that afternoon my sister, brother-in-law, nephew, Jake's dad and Jake's brother came. We hung out and then Jake's parents left. We all ate dinner together and not too soon after that decided it was time to go to bed. I slept really well and woke up thinking we were going to church. But Delia still had a lingering cough and so we decided we should just stay home. So us girls and my nephew went to the outlets which was a big mistake.

100+ degree weather

plus

already uncomfortable & large pregnant women

plus

outdoor shopping

equals

very very uncomfortable & large pregnant women with puffy hands and feet!!

I drank a bunch of water and sat in Delia's little pool in some very refreshingly cool water. It helped a lot. But later that day I started getting more contractions that were getting quite painful and some of them I even had to "breathe" through. At this point everyone had to leave and go home except for my mom, which means my mom had no way of getting back home if we weren't actually in labor. She's planning on staying with us for week once Madeline arrives. We thought it was it.....but obviously it wasn't! So she stayed another night until my brother and sister-in-law could come pick her up last night. And so now we are just waiting. waiting. waiting.

I hope that it is soon but I'm not really getting my hopes up anymore. I want to labor as much as I can at home, but have to take into consideration that the hospital where we are delivering is a good 30-45 minutes away if there is traffic. Which is quite common in these parts. We're hoping she decides to come before or after rush hour.



In other exciting news my friend Kelli emailed me a link to the slideshow of the rest of the pictures from our photo shoot. I absolutely love them!! Thanks again Kelli.