The night before last, I was up all night with contractions that were 5-7 minutes apart. I went in to the doctor's office and I was 4-5cm dilated. Because I was only 35 weeks 5 days, they can't help things along... so I am stuck in limbo. I went home, off of bedrest, to see if things would happen on their own. That was yesterday. I thought last night would be just as active as the previous one, but it wasn't. I was able to sleep all night, which was nice. But, you can only hang out at 4-5cm for so long. Things are bound to happen soon.
Today, I took the kids to the grocery store, went up and down our stairs, and basically spent the day doing whatever I wanted to do. Today is also the first day in a long time that no one has been here with us. It feels weird, but good in a way. Ivey seems to be enjoying having her mommy back (albeit a mommy with a very large cumbersome belly that gets in the way of her snuggles!)
It is a bit unnerving that this labor will probably be a very quick one. Jeff is 30-40 minutes away from me and the hospital is another 25 minutes. I'm guessing that I won't have time for him to come home and pick me up... that I will need to get someone to take me and he can just meet me there. But, you never know. With Ivey, my water broke before I was in active labor, so I had plenty of time. Of course, I was only 2cm dilated at that point!
My bags are packed and in the car, the carseat is strapped in, and the kids are excited!
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