Just waiting

I've been in the hospital 3 times already with pre-term labor. I've had about all the shots I can handle, and I am on medication to tame the contractions. I am contracting right through the medication, though. I had an amnio yesterday to see if his lungs are ready, and I was sad for the results. "Not even close" were my doctor's exact words. We were scheduled to induce last night, if the amnio looked good. I am not sad that we didn't have the baby last night. I am more worried that I will go into labor and he's not ready. As of last week, I was more than 3 cm dilated, and I keep having contractions. I am doing all I can to keep this baby in. When I was pregnant with Brooklyn, my water broke at 36 weeks. She had to stay in the hospital for a week. I need to cook this baby a little longer.

On another note...turns out that this baby is CRAZY!!! I have been so worried about him being breech, but it turns out that he is breech, then his head is down, then he's sideways, then he's flipped again. The nurse at the perinatologist had to chase him down for 20 minutes to try to get the heart monitor on him. She said that in all her years she has NEVER seen movement like that, and she has seen thousands of patients. And, during the ultrasound, he flipped right from head down to breech right before our eyes!! They asked me if he always moves that much, and I said "Yeah". I just thought it was normal. All my babies have been crazy like that. They said that he moves waaaaaay more than most babies. So, my sweet doctor calls me last night to break the news that we can't induce, and tells me that he is a little worried about all that movement from the baby. Not to mention, I have a TON of fluid. There is a potential for the cord getting wrapped around him. So, now I'm all paranoid about that. He said that he is definitely taking him at 38 weeks, if he hasn't come already. I can't stand the thought of being pregnant for 2 more weeks. Let me re-phraise that. I can't stand the thought of being in labor for 2 more weeks. The sitting around timing contractions, not knowing if I should go to the hospital or wait it out to see if they stop. The anxiety is taking it's toll on me.

The kids are DYING! They want to meet him sooooo bad. They rushed home from school yesterday to hear bad news. Lincoln cried and moped around all afternoon :( It doesn't help that our house all of a sudden looks like Babies R Us. I have such amazing, talented friends. I should post some of the cute stuff that we've received for our baby boy. Dylan asks me everyday, "When is the baby brother coming out?" We are all just waiting....

The everyday...

Everyday at 3:40pm, my phone starts ringing off the hook. Every.single.day. 90% of the calls are for Blake. She takes her phone calls and then she's out the door to play with friends.

I love, love, LOVE it when Taylor plays the piano just for the fun of it. Today she came home and started playing songs out of her "Wicked" (the musical) songbook. She is an amazing sight-reader. I love to hear her music playing through the house. She reminds me of myself when I was her age. When I was 11, my dad bought me that piano. Now my 11 year old plays on it. It gets me a little choked up...I'm sure my mom is crying right now as she reads this :)

Brooklyn has been doing really well at her piano lessons. She's been working really hard on her songs for Junior Festival next month. She even marked her music. She circled the mp and wrote cwiit (quiet) next to it. I love it!!!

Lincoln had a baseball tournament last weekend. They did really well. They made it to the semifinals, and only lost by 1. They are getting really good. Lincoln plays in the outfield (which he is not happy about). He is by far the youngest on the team, though, so he understands. He is only 7 and all the other kids are 9 or turning 9. He is really good at his position, and never lets the ball get by. He is very reliable, and gets the balls in quick. He definitely does his job out there. We are really proud of him. He saved at least 4 runs this weekend.

His tournament was at the Big League Dreams fields. They are smaller-scaled replicas of big league stadiums. They are the coolest fields EVER. We played at Angel Stadium. It is so nice. I love going to his games there.

Another Baby Update

Tired of the baby updates yet? Hey, if this is my last baby, I want to make sure I journal this pregnancy. I was contracting all weekend. Like, 10 an hour. This is actually pretty normal for me, so I always hesitate going to the hospital 'cause I know they're just gonna send me home. My doctor always tells me if I have more than 4 an hour, to go to the hospital. Yeah, right. I'd have a permanent residence there if I did that. Anyway, we finally gave in, and went to the hospital on Sunday night. Happy Valentine's Day to us. Totally ruined my candlelight dinner that I had planned with Jim, mom, dad & the kids. Oh, well. Sure enough, the nurse said I was having lots of contractions, and they gave me a few shots to settle them down. That helped temporarily, but I am still having way too many contractions. I have a doctor's appointment on Thursday, and I am dreading it. I just know he's gonna order bedrest. Uggg! What a pain!

I don't know why my body does this every time. My babies are always early. Brooklyn was born a whole month early, and had to stay in the hospital. Diddy tried to come early, but they put me on bedrest, and that helped. I think my babies hate my uterus.

Baby Update

33 weeks pregnant and feeling really great, actually. I don't feel huge and uncomfortable. Usually at this point, I feel like I would rather die than go one more month with a baby inside me. Not the case this time, though. This baby boy has been so sweet to his mama :) Other than being butt down which is "Frank" position. Praying really hard that he will turn, because honestly, I would rather deliver him butt first than have another c-section. But, considering the fact that I am V-backing, and my last labor and delivery (Dylan) was only about 45 minutes total, if he doesn't turn, I will be having a c-section. My worst nightmare. But, I know he will turn, 'cause he loves his mama.



I had a doctor's appointment last week, and my sweet doctor told me that he would do an amnio at 37 weeks, and take the baby if I want. Huh? My doctor ROCKS!!! That is only 3 1/2 weeks away! However, that is not going to work with my schedule, 'cause Brookie's birthday is that weekend, and I have a huge YW fundraiser the following week, and the girls have Junior Festival for piano that weekend, and Lincoln has a baseball tournament in St. George. So, this little baby is just going to have to wait until it is convenient for us to have him. We are expecting to have him no later than March 16th, though. The kids will be on track break. I've been weighing the pros and cons of that one.



I can't believe it's almost time. What in the world am I gonna do with 6 kids??? That's 3 for me and 3 for Jim. We are seriously out numbered. Not to mention, that will fill every seat in our car. So, carpooling is out! And...I have to change my license plate...