i figured, since i have absolutely nothing else to do at his moment, i might as well blog!
chet was born at 34 weeks.
holden at 33.
and yesterday - at 31 weeks + 5 days - my water broke with baby #3.
come on!
i was carrying holden through a parking lot and *bam* it happened.
this was my first time having it happen outside of a hospital setting and i gotta say it was really quite icky.
i am just glad no one else saw and, since i was in a parking lot, i didn't have to deal with cleaning it up!
i called matt and we headed over to the hospital.
the good news is i am not in labor.
my water definitely broke, but contractions have not begun.
so i am currently just hanging out at the hospital getting steroid shots, and oodles of antibiotics via IV, to help our baby develop a bit quicker.
since there are no signs of active labor at this point, i should be sent home tomorrow afternoon.
(that makes me really happy - hospitals are boooring!)
after that, it will just be a waiting game.
every extra day that we can keep the baby in will be a bonus.
...until 34 weeks.
either way, at 34 weeks, the plan is for me to be induced.
apparently, at 34 weeks the risk of keeping a baby in a mom who's water has broken is higher then the risk of having the baby early.
so we have 2 weeks, or less, until this little fellow joins our family - one way or another.
part of me thinks being induced sounds terrifying.
i would really just rather have labor pop up and surprise me, instead of knowing exactly when the horror will begin!
but i suppose that is not really up to me..
ideally, the induction won't be set for 34 weeks on the dot because that just so happens to be chet's very first day of school.
and i am already a big, ridiculous mess about his first day!
dropping him off and then heading over to deliver a baby seems like a whole lot of emotions for one day, don't you think?!
our baby is still doing really great.
he moves all the time, and he is measuring right where he should for how far along he is.
the ultrasound we had yesterday estimated him weighing in at a whopping 3 lbs 13 oz.
(perhaps 'whopping' isn't the best word to describe his size!)
i do hope he gains a bit more weight before he arrives because that is still pretty small.
chet and holden were small (at 4.8 and 4.10) so i can't imagine snuggling with something smaller!
we feel really blessed to have lots of family and friends who are happy to help us out.
and, although i am bored out of my mind, and want nothing more then to go home, i know things are actually looking very optimistic.
wish us luck!
and for kicks, here is a picture of our little dorks doing 'silly faces':
is chet wearing a mesh back with a pom-pom on the top?!
umm.. yes. he sure is.
