As we anticipate his arrival...
11/26/2009 Edit This 0 Comments »
We are extremely grateful to spend the last few days before we welcome our little boy into this world together as a family, home for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. If this little guy decides not to come sooner, my doctor has scheduled an induction of labor for Monday November 30. I was actually in labor for 8 hours last Friday night/early Saturday morning the 21st and since the contractions got as close as 2 minutes apart, we ventured on over to Northside Hospital. John and Aurora were sleeping over after the band rehearsed on Friday night so it was easy to sneak out of the house at 1am while Willow slept. The contractions remained a steady 2 minutes apart for a good 6 hours but my cervix never dilated any further than 1 cm the entire time we were at the hospital so they said we might as well wait it out at home since it did not look like the labor was progressing much. About an hour after getting home, the contractions stopped and Brian & I slept the day away since we were up all night. We were very fortunate to have John & Aurora entertain Willow while we slept.
Each night following that trip to the hospital, I woke up to strong contractions but they would range from 20 min to 2 min apart yet never remained steady nor did they get stronger as time passed so I did my best to sleep through it all and they would disappear by morning. It's now almost a week later and I don't feel like anything is going to happen until they induce me next week, but I never know, it could happen at any time, when we least expect it.
It's Thanksgiving Day today. Brian has planned on making the whole T-Day feast so I can rest and wait ever so impatiently. So far he has prepared the chicken (yes, we have chicken instead of the traditional turkey or ham affair because we prefer it over the latter) and is getting ready to make Elly's family yam casserole and mashed potatoes. I gave him the instructions for preparing the chicken then watched him set off to do it but once he put an onion on the cutting board and stared at it for a bit too long, I knew my assistance would definitely be needed. I've since prepared the stuffing & green bean casserole and cut the onion for him to use with the chicken. So far it smells like a great feast will be on our table in just a few hours. Brian suspects I will go into labor for real today but I'm just not feeling it. I am getting back pains here & there, similar to labor pains but they come and go, nothing seems too pressing. So continue to wait and enjoy our free time together with the fire burning all day long while we relax and hang out. We got a winter's worth of free firewood from a friend of Brian's. He'll be going back out tomorrow or Saturday to pick up another load to make it through the first few months of the year, or at least until the weather gets too warm to have a daily fire burning. We are incredibly grateful for this blessing. Nothing feels more hearthy & homey than having a fire burning in the house.
Each night following that trip to the hospital, I woke up to strong contractions but they would range from 20 min to 2 min apart yet never remained steady nor did they get stronger as time passed so I did my best to sleep through it all and they would disappear by morning. It's now almost a week later and I don't feel like anything is going to happen until they induce me next week, but I never know, it could happen at any time, when we least expect it.
It's Thanksgiving Day today. Brian has planned on making the whole T-Day feast so I can rest and wait ever so impatiently. So far he has prepared the chicken (yes, we have chicken instead of the traditional turkey or ham affair because we prefer it over the latter) and is getting ready to make Elly's family yam casserole and mashed potatoes. I gave him the instructions for preparing the chicken then watched him set off to do it but once he put an onion on the cutting board and stared at it for a bit too long, I knew my assistance would definitely be needed. I've since prepared the stuffing & green bean casserole and cut the onion for him to use with the chicken. So far it smells like a great feast will be on our table in just a few hours. Brian suspects I will go into labor for real today but I'm just not feeling it. I am getting back pains here & there, similar to labor pains but they come and go, nothing seems too pressing. So continue to wait and enjoy our free time together with the fire burning all day long while we relax and hang out. We got a winter's worth of free firewood from a friend of Brian's. He'll be going back out tomorrow or Saturday to pick up another load to make it through the first few months of the year, or at least until the weather gets too warm to have a daily fire burning. We are incredibly grateful for this blessing. Nothing feels more hearthy & homey than having a fire burning in the house.
