Long update on baby girl Mangold

It's been an exciting week for us here. Monday as I was getting ready for work I *thought* my water broke. We dropped Wilson off at Ginger's and headed to the hospital. False alarm. Before I could get too embarrassed about the mistake they informed my I was contracting every two minutes (just as I had been two weeks prior) and they could not get it to stop. They gave me water. They fed me. They had me lay there for hours. We weren't very nervous until early afternoon when the Dr. informed me I was progressing and labor was slowly underway.

We were asked to stay the night for observation and when I hadn't progressed much further by Tuesday morning, they let me go and asked that I work from home since I work so far away and my first labor and delivery went so quickly. We asked when to come back, since most women would plan to go to the hospital with contractions 2 minutes apart? The Dr. shrugged her shoulders and said, "When you notice anything different." Hmmm...

I went to my regular Dr. appointment on Friday hoping for some answers. Still contracting regularly every two minutes. She suggested an exam next Wednesday and an amnio to check the baby's lung development. If they are developed, she would schedule an induction Thursday. The reasoning? #1 She has concerns with the regular contractions for the entire last two months. #2 My first labor and delivery were so quick and I handle contractions so well (i.e. it may be hard to differentiate the contractions now vs. contractions immediately before delivery) that there is a real concern I won't make it to the hospital in time, or with much time to spare.

So now we're feeling just as up in the air as before. We're not comfortable with this early of an induction but definitely feel on edge about the way things are currently going.

We're thankful that I don't seem to be progressing quickly and made it to 36 weeks. We hope to make it to 37 weeks and beyond and keep reminding ourselves that this could just be a bump in the road and we may find ourselves inducing as planned at 39 weeks!