Labor!

I am 38 weeks and in labor! It all started last Friday when I started feeling a little sore and had a terrible lower backache. Lesa was in town cleaning our house so it was be sparkling when the baby arrived. We are so lucky to have family like that! Well, I told Lesa and Brett that I think she might be coming soon. Then, on Sunday, Brett got a runout from the station and around 6 contractions started. Just as soon as we were going to head to the hospital after about 2 hours of solid contractions, they stopped! So we went to bed and decided to get some rest. Well, Monday morning they began again. Brett and I got the car packed and the car seat in the car and decided to go to walk around before heading to the hospital to make sure they were going to last. Sure enough, after about 2-2 1/2 hours, they stopped again! By this time, I had already called my mom to tell her that I thought it was time. She was headed out here on a long 5 hour plane ride and the contractions were gone. Brett and I had a nice quiet evening and picked Mom up from the airport Monday night. I felt so bad that she came early and the contractions were gone. So we were determined to walk and try every home rememdy in the book. Tuesday, the three of us went to the Golden Egg in Novato (our favorite breakfast place ever!). I had an eggplant omelet, as eggplant supposedly helps induce labor. Now this was maybe my third time ever eating eggplant, but hey...it was worth a shot! (By the way, it was quite good, but I don't think anything they serve could possibly taste bad.) We also tried acupressure, which our childbirth class teacher swore by, and we WALKED! We shopped and shopped some more. We even paced Home Depot with Brett. We came home and walked the neighborhood. Then, around 6 pm the contractions came back with a vengence, but of course we were excited for pain. We continued to walk until I couldn't take anymore. Finally around 11 pm, we headed to the hospital. By the time I was on the monitors, I was having very strong contractions every 2 minutes or so. The doctor said they were beautiful...what a compliment! Ha! I was thinned but only dialated 1 cm...oh so far to go! After 3 hours at the hospital, they gave me a shot for the pain and let me go home to try to get some sleep for the long day ahead. The shot worked wonders! I am still contracting, a lot actually, but the pain is definitely not as bad with a morphine shot! I am at home laboring as long as possible before we head back to the hospital today. While it is possible for this to last a day or two, the doctor is convinced we will have a little one today! Brett and I (and our entire family) is so excited about meeting her. It seems so surreal that we are going to actually meet Kayleigh Lane! I will update more about her arrival as soon as I can! We love everyone and please say a few prayers for a good delivery!