"Hey there little person, what DO ya got planned for today?"

Ok, I am so ready to have this child, and she has been toying with me, the little booger. She woke me up at 1:54 this morning, and I had a really sharp contraction, I thought, "uh oh, I had better time this, just in case". That one lasted for the one minute mark... we had two more between 1:54 to 2:30, and that was it. Sprout went "Strike 3 -- yerrrrrrr out!

I just laid there, waited, wondered, and nothing... finally, about 4:00 this morning, I drifted off back to sleep, only to have the alarm go off at 5:00 for John. Now, the last thing I wanted to do was to go into active labor here at my house and have no way to the hospital, so I thought, "I'd better call mom and work out some details, just in case."

From the time I called mom, I had a total of four contractions (but since I was on the phone, I forgot to time the first one), but the following three were each at least one minute in duration. John had to leave for work, or he'd be late. I didn't want him to call in if this were not "the real deal" - so, he went on to work.

I thought, "Hmmm. Andrea was a very fast baby back in the day, and they always say the second one comes faster (especially at my advanced geriatric age)", so I called my doctor's office. I explained everything to him, and he said I could do one of two things:

1. Come on in for an evaluation, and if I weren't dilated, they could just send me home;

2. Wait for another hour, just to make sure, and keep a close eye on the timings.

I called John and let him know what was going on (and the great thing about this is that he works right across from the hospital), and we thought it best to wait and observe.

I took a nice shower, and I had read in one of my mommy magazines that is a good thing to do since it will relax the body, and then timing contractions can be re-started (hehe, that's almost like a re-boot, huh?).

While I was in the shower, I had this really bad ache in the lower part of my back that just spread everywhere (now the old L4 and L5 have issues anyway, but this was a totally different kind of pain). I decided I'd give myself until about 7:30 this morning to see what is going on, and since 7:00, I've had two more contractions. It's now 7:13, and I think I'm just gonna get dressed and drive on in to see what is going on with little Miss Sprout.

Tomorrow, I was scheduled for my last ultrasound -- will Sprout come before then?

Glider friends: If anything happens, Sugeebaby or Wanda will post up for me... until then... wish us luck!