Walking with the Williams

The rumors are out... Greg went to church this morning and received several heartfelt CONGRATULATIONS from people. We very much appreciate these, but let me assure you all, Cade is NOT here yet. After a very long and extremely drawn out week we are very much anticipating his arrival. I am finally 37 weeks today!! Woo hoo, this means I have reached those precious words... FULL TERM. This pregnancy has been full of ups and downs that I just didn't have with Noah. With Noah things went very smoothly and I just really enjoyed being pregnant. It has not been quite as glamarous this time around. I really anticipated smooth sailing until the end though, but that is not what Cade had in mind. Monday afternoon Greg flew to New Orleans for bussiness. This was fine, he travels all the time and the baby wasn't due for another month... or so I thought. About two in the morning I woke up having contractions. I had been having braxton hicks for awhile but these were different. They hurt and started coming frequently. I waited it out, worried because Greg was out of town and I was only 36 weeks. My mom came in the morning and took Noah and I back to her house. These contractions continued all day and eased up a little that night. Thank goodness Greg flew back in around six that night. We went home and ate dinner and went to bed. Then about two I woke up again with contractions. We timed them and decided to go into the hospital. When I got there they were two minuttes apart and very strong. They admitted me and decided they would not stop labor but would do nothing to help it progress either. So the plan was just to watch and wait. We stayed at the hospital 13 hours that day. I never dialated past a three. They gave me two options... One was to stay on the perionatel floor and let them continue to monitor me as my contractions were so strong they thought surely labor was empending...Two was to go home with strict instructions on when to come back. I chose to go home. I missed Noah and just wanted to sleep in my bed. Well I got to see Noah, but sleep is something I obviously have forgotten how to do. I am still (on Sunday) contracting every 2-4 minuttes just not as intensly as I at the hospital. This keeps me from getting any sleep. All in all I am content with this outcome though because I truly believe Cade was not ready to come last week. Dr. Banks checked me out on Friday and I was still sitting at a three. He said he believed Cade would come this week and he would not leave me to exhaust myself for too long. Have I mentioned I have the sweetest doctor ever? Well, I do. So on to more waiting and anticipating... oh yeah and savoring EVERY single moment I have left with Noah as an only child.
By the way, Noah is very worried about his mommy and is taking good care of me. He told my mom "we take mommy to the doctor so she feel better!" I love that kid!!