3 More Weeks!!!

First off.... sorry for the no updates!! Life has been hectic! So here we go!

Baby Delaney Update:

Apparently she is MUCH like her mommy and very impatient! I went into pre-term labor on 7/6/12.  I had been having mild contractions the day before that were fairly consistent and so on the 6th I called my doctor just to see what they thought it was - either real contractions or Braxton Hicks contractions.  When i got there, she checked my cervix and waaalaaaa i was 2.5cm dilated and about 70% effaced.  She sent me directly over to Labor & Delivery and had them give me 2 IV bags of saline to hydrate like crazy, a shot of Turb. to make my cervix unresponsive to the contractions (prevent dilation), and 1 or 2 shots of a steroid that would help Delaney's lungs develop faster in case she decided to hurry into the world! Luckily, the shot helped and my contractions went from every 2-3 minutes to about every 5-7 minutes but no change to my cervix.  So they let me go home :) I returned the following day (7/7/12) to get the other steroid shot and they monitored once again and i was still having contractions about every 7 minutes so they said i was to be on bed rest for 3 weeks - until i was 36 weeks along in my pregnancy which is considered full term (although you should allow baby to FULLY develop for 40 weeks before delivery).  So I've been home, mostly on my butt since July 6..... 

A few days ago, July 25, 2012, i went to my normal doctors appointment and she checked my cervix and i had progressed to a full 3cm dilated and 80% effaced.  I told her that I have been having stronger contractions, but no real pain yet.  She said the baby was healthy, everything was fine but that she would not be surprised if i went into labor in the next couple of days! Yay! She's been a OB for 30 years and said that from her past experience with patients, and looking at my progress so far, she thinks in the next few days i will go into labor and that my labor will be pretty short.  (Yay for that!!!) She said since my cervix has progressed this far already she thinks as soon as my water breaks that it will be no time for her to take her first breath of fresh air :) That's really exciting and I can't wait!
Nursery News:
We are almost all finished with the nursery! We still have some work to do and to add a few things here and there, but for the most part, its all done! Now we just need the baby to be in there!!
Baby Shower Update:
The baby shower was wonderful!! So many people showed up and I really had a great time! Thank you to Amanda and all the moms for helping out! Delaney is blessed to be born into a group of family and friends with so much love for her already!!

Next appointment is on August 7, 2012 - let's hope for a baby before then!!