40 weeks!!

Today we had our 40 week appointment. Everything went well and I had made a little more progress. I'm at a really good 5cm and 75% effaced. We had a ton of questions (and still do!) and ran through all the what if's of what do to from here.

Since my contractions are consistent and painful she said the next time I have them to come on in. Even if they aren't 3-5 minutes apart like they say they should be. Mine are usually 7 minutes apart and obviously that's enough for my body considering the progress I've made so far. Plus, we don't want to have him at home or on the H3 :)

The ideal plan would be for my contractions to pick up again on their own and after 30 minutes head into L&D so they can monitor me. Then while I'm having the contractions they'd like to break my water and hopefully that will be all that I need to stay in active labor on my own. We're just waiting around tonight to see if the contractions kick in on their own again. If not, they are going to call tomorrow morning and have me come in when they aren't too busy. At that time, they are going to check and see if I've made anymore progress from today. Then we have the option of them going ahead and breaking my water in hopes that will start the contractions. Dr. Coleman is very confident that once my water breaks things will get going and he'll be on his way!

Please keep us in your thoughts & prayers! While we know what's ahead there are still so many unknown factors to think about. I pray everything goes according to plan and all the decisions we make are the correct ones. We're so anxious to meet this sweet little guy and share him with all of you!

Love,
Randy, Liz and baby Noah :)

39 weeks!

I finally have a few pictures of his room! I really, really, really wish we could paint but at this point it would be more trouble than it's worth. I'd like to find a larger rug and a few more decorative items for his dressers/walls, but I'm not in any rush to get those things before he arrives.









I had my 39 week appointment on Wednesday. I wasn't able to see Dr. Coleman, but it was a quick and easy visit so I didn't mind too much. I had progressed to 4cm dialated & was still 50% effaced. She told us you have to be 4cm in order to get admitted to L&D so the next time I was having consistent contractions to come on in. She recommended coming in when my contractions were 5-7 minutes apart for 2 hours or so. Silly us left there thinking he was practically on his way!

That night I woke up about midnight with some contractions. I timed them until about 2AM before I decided to wake up Randy. We came out to the living room and over the next hour they started to die down. Not knowing what was ahead we went back to bed about 3AM to rest while we had the chance. I think it was around 5AM when I woke up again with more contractions. This time we decided to call L&D just to see what their opinion was. The nurse said my contractions needed to be 3-4 minutes apart for 3 hours. Okay, that is completely different than what the doctor had just told me! I was a little frustrated, but at the same time I didn't think it was the "real deal" so we headed back to bed. I ended up calling into work that day. There is no way I would have made it after being up all night!

It's weird, but I don't have very many contractions during the daytime. But the second I lay down at night they start to kick in. They have gotten stronger every night since Wednesday, they are more painful and they are definitely taking my breath away. I just hope when it's time to go into L&D that it's obvious! Heck, before I was worried about my water breaking at work and now I'm kind of wishing it would happen. At least then I would 100% know that it's time to go :)

Below is a picture of my big ol' belly from this afternoon.



We're waiting as patiently as we can! Hopefully he'll decide to come sometime soon. Randy and I both have a 3 day weekend so we're just going to relax, hang out and wait on him. I go back to the doctor on Wednesday so we'll see if I make it to then or not! Thanks for checking on us and I can't wait to announce that he's finally here!!!! :)

38 weeks!

It's so hard for me to believe that I'm 38 weeks pregnant! The past month has flown by and it's crazy to think our little man could decide to come any day now. We are as ready as we can be and have everything that we need! Plus, I'm sure a lot more :)

I had an appt yesterday and everything looks good. My belly measured at 36 weeks, I'm 2 cm dialated and 50% effaced. If you don't want to know all the girly details I'd skip the rest of this paragraph! :) During the exam she said she could feel his head, but he moved away from her when she did touch him. She said that typically means that he isn't engaged yet since he could back away from her. I was just glad to hear that he was head down, because I was starting to wonder if he was laying across my belly based on some of his movements.

I think our doctor was surprised I had progressed that much and this early as a first time mom. I know we were! Heck, I wanted her to lie and tell me I was 1 cm even if I wasn't, lol. I have been having a ton of BH contractions so I was hoping they were getting things moving. I've had two really long spells of them where they were 8-10 minutes apart for about 6 hours or so. She said one of these times they won't stop and we'll be on our way to the hospital! She doesn't think I'll make it to my due date (21st) and thought he'd be here sometime within the next two weeks!!

Maybe next time I post there will be some images of a sweet baby boy! :)