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**update.  jan. 6th.  i had my doctor's appointment at 2:45 today.  i'm dialated to 2 now and thinned out even more.  he's not going to try to stop labor now that i'm close to 37 weeks.  which means, NO MORE BEDREST!  although my body only allows me to do so much still.  i go back to see him friday morning to do an ultrasound and to check me again.  i have to monitor my contractions though and when i start having 12-15 an hour, i go to the hospital.  he bet his paycheck that i'd have her before next tuesday, so we're holding him to that.  the plan is to eat some mexican food and walk the mall for a little while tonight.  tomorrow, i plan on cleaning.  we'll see what happens.  maybe tomorrow i'll actually update my blog with birthday, christmas, and new years stuff. 

**update.  jan. 2nd.  i woke up this morning having contractions every 4 minutes.  pretty painful ones at that.  i waited 3 hours.  still contracting.  called labor and delivery b/c my doctor is out of town today.  lucky me.  they said to come in.  checked me.  put me on iv and pain meds and let me take a nap.  checked me again.  no change.  go home and continue to rest.  i'm not going back there until my water breaks!  so i'm home again.  still contracting.  in pain.  but we're alive and well.

i am only 36 weeks, so there is still time for the baby to cook, but the doc said i won't make it another 7 days, if that.  they gave me steroid shots in my back-side to help the baby's lungs. 

this last week and a half have been quite interesting around here and i have lots of blogs to post, but until then ... i went to the hospital monday with contractions and back pain.  turns out, we almost had a baby!  i had a bad bladder infection.  so 3 days of hospital, i'm home this morning. 

still having contractions, but not progressing much as of yet.  i'm at 1+cm and 50%.  so we're waiting.  most likely, i'll have a baby in the next 7 days.  we'll keep you posted.