It was dark and cold, but we were excited ;)
Was anyone ever thrilled with the way they looked when they were at the end of their pregnancy? :S
I always like the way he looks, though. ;) Unfortunately, the people putting up the Hot Air balloon took a lot longer than they'd said. Nick had to go to work before the balloon was even set up. :(
Set up took about another hour after Nick had left. (I like that the photographer took a picture of us while I was taking a picture of them.)
After hours of waiting we actually only went up 25 ft and the ride lasted about 45 seconds. :) It was a fun adventure, though, and now I can say I've been on a Hot Air Balloon ride. :)
After the Balloon ride my day didn't exactly slow down. After visiting Nick's grandma Elaine briefly on the way home, and picking up a container full of adorable baby clothes from Nick's mom's family friend, (I'm so excited about those!) I got home and crashed for a few hours.
I woke up when Nick got home from the temple and we ate some pineapple, together. When I felt up for it we went to the swings for a little bit. That's where the contractions got intense. :)
Nick actually had to help me carefully walk home where I tried to nap for a while. (I've had lots of intense false labor, so I needed to make sure that wasn't what was going on.) After a few hours of contractions going from 7 to 6 to 5 minutes apart we decided to go to the hospital. After being hooked up to the monitor for a while the nurse let us know that my contractions were actually 2 minutes apart!!! [In birthing class we were taught that once contractions were 5 minutes apart you were to head to the hospital and have your baby.] Unfortunately, I was only dilated to a one... even with contractions that close together, one is just not far enough. The nurse sent us home after taking a couple porcocet, (which I threw up.) and told me that when the contractions were excruciating to come back.
All of Sunday I was still experiencing contractions about two minutes apart, but they weren't as intense. In the afternoon they got pretty bad and I lost my plug, so I hoped I was progressing. I called the hospital to see if I should come in, but that nurse wasn't as nice as the first one and said no. (Well she wasn't mean, but I didn't feel like she really considered what I was saying. Oh well, I guess they deal with inexperienced first time laborers all the time.) When I hung up I started crying because contractions over long periods of time make life a little miserable. Nick was so so SO sweet and when he saw my tears he held me for a while, then came on a walk with me to see if we could get this labor going. It did, but I wanted to make sure that they were unbearable before going to the hospital, again. We went to my parents house, (since that's what we do every other Sunday) and the contractions weakened. :( After dinner my sweet mother and sisters, Amy and Sami, went on a power walk with me to see if I could get things going again. This time all a walk did was make my joints and ligaments ache. :( No labor.
So today is Monday, and I woke up having weak contractions. I'm running out of excitement, patience, and energy. ;) Nick and I were wondering why my body isn't doing things the way it's supposed to, but then Nick reminded me that... it's never done things the way it's supposed to! Then I started realizing how blessed we've been! We're blessed that after a while of trying, only a few treatments of clomid and some fem-mend we conceived when tests were showing that I wasn't working still! This has been the nicest pregnancy...(until the last month, lol)! And we have family and friends who have supported us and cared for us every step of the way! :)
Anyway, I really hope we have this little guy soon! :) I don't care how much more pain there is to come. If it's bringing about the arrival of the little guy I'll take it! Wish us luck! (and labor!) :)
Oh my goodness!!! My mom told me yesterday that you had gone to the hospital and all that jazz. I was so excited for you! I was hoping to hear that he had come yesterday :S Oh well, He sounds like he is on his way! You'll have to keep us posted as to when he decides to join your family! I can't wait to see pictures of him!!
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