ONE LESS HOUR TO WAIT... YAY FOR DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME:)

MY SWEET NURSE JUST CAME IN AND SPRUNG MY CLOCK FORWARD AN HOUR... ONE LESS HOUR TO WAIT TO MEET MY BOY LEVI:)

I JUST HEARD A VERY LITTLE BABY SCREAMING IN THE HALLS... THAT HASN'T HAPPENED TOO OFTEN SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE WHICH IS SURPRISING SINCE -I AM IN THE POSTPARTUM AREA... I HAVE BEEN THANKFUL TO NOT HAVE TO LISTEN TO IT NON-STOP... ONLY BECAUSE HEARING MY NEWBORN BABY'S CRY HAS BEEN SOMETHING I HAVE BEEN LONGING TO HEAR FOR THE PAST 2 1/2 YEARS... GOD HAS BEEN GRACIOUS:)

I HAD A LOT OF CONTRACTIONS TODAY... THEY KEPT ME ON THE MONITOR LONGER EACH TIME BECAUSE I WAS CONTRACTING MORE THAN WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE... BUT SINCE THEY DIDN'T HURT MUCH, AND THEY WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING TO STOP THEM, THEY EVENTUALLY JUST TOOK ME OFF LATER. THEY ARE STILL COMING EVERY 7-8 MINUTES... BUT I REALLY DON'T THINK IT IS REAL LABOR... JUST BRAXTON HICKS SINCE THEY AREN'T GETTING ANY CLOSER OR INTENSIFYING AT ALL.

HERE IS WHERE WE ARE AT... AT THIS POINT. AS FAR AS WE KNOW HE IS HEAD UP SINCE THE BPP ON THURSDAY. SO THE PLAN IS TO TAKE ME DOWN TO LABOR AND DELIVERY TOMORROW EVENING SOMETIME. THEY WILL DO AN ULTRASOUND SOON AFTER I GET THERE TO DETERMINE HIS POSITION. IF HE IS HEAD DOWN THEY WILL START ME ON A LOW DOSE OF PITOCIN JUST TO HOPEFULLY KEEP HIM THERE SO THAT HE DOESN'T MOVE AGAIN OVER NIGHT:)

THEN THEY WOULD TURN UP THE PITOCIN IN THE EARLY MORNING LIKE 5 AM. WE WOULD SEE WHERE I AM AT WHEN DR. W. COMES IN MONDAY MORNING AND WE WILL GO FROM THERE.

IF HE IS HEAD UP WHEN THEY DO THE ULTRASOUND TOMORROW NIGHT THEY WILL JUST WAIT AND SIT ON IT TILL MORNING. THE DOCTOR FEELS VERY COMFORTABLE WITH TRYING AN EXTERNAL VERSION (TURNING LEVI TO HEAD DOWN) ON MONDAY MORNING WHEN HE COMES IN. G AND I ARE NOT SURE HOW WE FEEL ABOUT THAT. IF WE DON'T TRY THAT THEN WE WILL BE SET FOR A C-SECTION, HOPEFULLY MONDAY MORNING.

HONESTLY, I DON'T AT ALL CARE HOW IT HAPPENS, I JUST WANT HIM HERE SAFE AND SOUND. I DON'T WANT THE RECOVERY OF A C-SECTION, BUT IF THAT IS WHAT GOD HAS PLANNED I AM TOTALLY COOL WITH IT.

HERE ARE SOME PRAYER REQUESTS:

PLEASE PRAY THAT I DON'T GO INTO LABOR BEFORE THEN... THE DOC ON CALL THIS WEEKEND IS THE SAME SWEET DOCTOR (AHEM.... KIDDING) THAT I HAD THE NIGHT WE COULDN'T FIND LEVI'S HEARTBEAT... HE IS NOT MY FAVORITE AND PROBABLY THE LAST DOCTOR I WOULD WANT TO DELIVER LEVI...

PLEASE PRAY THAT LEVI IS KEPT SAFE THESE LAST HOURS AS WE WAIT FOR MONDAY TO ARRIVE.

PLEASE PRAY FOR GOD TO PREPARE OUR HEARTS AS A FAMILY FOR ALL WE WILL FEEL AS WE WELCOME LEVI INTO THIS WORLD...

PLEASE PRAY FOR GOD TO PLACE HIM IN THE VERY POSITION HE WANTS HIM TO BE IN FOR DELIVERY.

PLEASE PRAY FOR WISDOM AND SKILL FOR THE DOCTORS AS THEY WORK TO BRING LEVI HERE SAFE AND SOUND.

THANK YOU.... THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL YOUR PRAYERS!

I THINK I WILL TRY TO UPDATE TOMORROW NIGHT AFTER THE ULTRASOUND ONCE WE KNOW WHAT POSITION LEVI IS IN ...

OH MY.... I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE WE ARE HERE AT THIS POINT... THANK YOU LORD!