"A Quick Test Run"

Hi Everyone,

Quick update on the baby situation! We had a little surprise this weekend while my parents were in town. Saturday morning around 2am I woke up with contractions. After about 10 minutes trying to walk them off, I woke Noah up and let him know what was going on. We timed them for about 30-40 minutes, and they were coming regularly - about 2-4 minutes apart, lasting about 1 minute each. So we decided to call the hospital and ask them if we should come in. They suggested we should, just to get checked out, because I am right at 36 weeks (37-40 is considered full term). We hadn't even packed a bag yet, or gotten the car seat out of the box. So we threw some things together and put the car seat into the car (with tags on and all) and drove to St. Luke's. They admitted me, asked me a bunch of medical history questions and did an exam while they tracked the contractions and the baby's heartbeat (which, by the way, they said was perfect!). After that, they decided it would be best to try to stop the contractions by giving me 24 ounces of 7up to drink (sugary stuff and laying on your side is supposed to help stop early labor - not sure how that works). Drinking that much was definitely a challenge though, seeing as they told me to keep drinking lots of water to stay hydrated on our way over! And any of you ladies who have been pregnant before know that drinking a lot of fluid all at once isn't really fun! haha! The 7-up worked, and the contractions stopped. Our doctor stopped by to see how we were doing and to officially discharge us, and we went home around 9am.

Doc said the baby and I are doing great, but he'd prefer I wait at least another week before we do this for real! :) He also said that if they wouldn't have been able to stop the contractions, that would have been okay too and the baby and I would've been just fine. (The baby is estimated to be about 7.5 pounds and is well developed.) I am officially 1cm dilated (25% effaced), which is a good start. But that doesn't necessarily mean baby will come before the due date (July 2). We'll see how things progress and just wait on God's timing, which is always perfect :)

We just wanted to give you all an update on how things are going - no need to worry! We have complete peace and joy about this whole pregnancy and delivery. Please keep praying for us, that things will go just as God designed them to - we appreciate all of your thoughts and prayers and excitement about the upcoming big day. We're excited too and can't wait to meet our little one. Yay!!!

And for those of you who have heard my boss is pregnant also, due on June 8th - one more week! She is doing fine. No activity yet. Just waiting it out! She's getting antsy and couldn't believe when I told her about our crazy weekend. Looks like a race to the finish! haha!

Love and hugs to you all, from all 3 of us!

Noah, Krista & Kickin' Baby Brown