Pregnancy Update!

I keep getting asked how my pregnancy is going so I figured I might as well blog about it. As most of you are aware Hunter joined our family when I was 34 weeks along. My water broke early that morning and there was nothing that could be done but allow him to come and pray that his lungs were developed and he'd be healthy. Our prayers were answered. We stayed an extra 12 hours at the hospital than normal but we were able to come home together. Today there are no signs (despite being a little shorter then everyone else his age) that he came 6 weeks early. Kory and I moved to Prescott Valley in the middle of Hunter's pregnancy. For some reason at my last appt. with my Utah doctor we were discussing some of the causes for early child birth. She believed that some women's bodies couldn't handle the extra testosterone coming from the baby boys. So after I had Hunter I mentioned this to my current doctor and she rolled her eyes and laughed. So I was left not knowing what to think.

With both the girls pregnancy's I delivered in my 39th week. Knowing we are now having a boy I couldn't help but think about what my Utah doctor said about the extra testosterone. Last monday I was officially 34 weeks along and just happened to have a doctors appt that day. I mentioned that I had been having quite a few contractions during the past 2 weeks. Being I was scheduled for the Strep B test and had nothing on waist down she went ahead and checked me. To both of our surprise I was dialated to a 2. I was told to take it very easy for the next 7 days. Prescott is not equiped for a premature birth. If I were to go into labor that week I would be flown to Phoenix. I took the doctors advice to heart and have kept it easy going. I am now in my 35 week as of this past monday. I hope to wait it out at least another week. I'd like to be in my 36th week if we're going to have another early baby just for peace of mind. I continue to have contractions regardless of what I do. Early this morning in a little over an hour I had 9 consecutive contractions that took my breath away. They were hard, fast and they just hurt. I have forgotten how bad those suckers can hurt and how long they can last. The past few weeks the contractions were more just those annoying ones but these ones were different. I drank a few glasses of juice and sat down. Slowly but surely they eased up. I've continued to have them all day but now there every couple of hours, some are intense and some aren't. My next appt. is monday morning. It will be interesting to see where we're at.

With Maddie I went to the hospital 3x and got sent home. I was having intense contractions that were less then 5 min. apart so I went to the hopital. By the time I got there and was hooked up to the monitors the contractions were getting less and less intense and weren't doing anything so after a few hours they sent me home. I found this to be quite embarassing. I've always said I 'm not going to go through that again. So my plan is not to go in until I know that this little boy is coming and the hospital won't try to stop my labor. That's why I figure if I can wait until after this coming monday (36th week) we should be good to go. I am hoping that if this happens when the Doctor is called knowing I've been dialated to a 2 for at least 2 weeks by then and hopefully be at a 3/4 when I get to the hospital they won't try to stop my labor. So now coming up with my plan watch him wait and follow after the girls. I guess time will tell!