2cm and counting!

Wow, I really don't mean for time to go that fast in between posting, but it sure has! I was so super blessed last weekend at my shower up in Tyler! I loved getting to seeing everyone again and was blown away at all the gifts! My aunt made a commit of how many people came to my shower when I don't even live in the town or go to the church any more-- and I have to agree that Alan and I are supremely blessed with a church family that loves us from afar!

My mother, of course, had a super cute set up filled with gourmet cupcakes and dangling sugar cookies.  I tell her all the time she needs to be on pinterest! My two bestest girls, brentany and jessi, also worked so hard getting things set up. My mom laughed at all our conversations of what it's like to be pregnant and all the crazy things that happen to your body-- she's slowly realizing that we're a very open group of friends! I do think I might have deterred brentany a little longer from wanting kids after I brought up the cervix checks and group b strep test! Sorry daniel!

I think people at work are still waiting for my belly to pop out more and most still think I'm 6 months pregnant because I'm small! But after wednesday, I think the rumor mill has caught them up! I was working and started having really bad cramping and lower pelvis pain, like a really bad menstrual cycle. Then I had some spotting. Well, I had been keeping my charge nurse up to date and she offered for me to go home early, which I greatly appreciated because my body just needed a rest.

I went ahead and called my doctors office in the morning and they had me come in to just get checked out. My actual  ob/gyn was off on vaca, but the doctor that saw me back in june with my lil scare was the same one to see me again! Well, Jonah was a champ on the monitor with perfect heart beat patterns and 38 kicks in 20 minutes! Not only that, but the doctor said I was already dilated to 2cm and believes that I can expect to go into labor in about 2-3 weeks! He also said my favorite phrase of the week of "And I think you will probably have an easier labor than most since you are dilating so well"! The hallelujah course started going off in my head!

The doctor said everything was fine for me to go back to work, so I did that night. Course when I got there, everyone was like "I thought you went into labor"! I even ended up seeing one of the patients I had taken care of the night before and she thought I had gone into labor too! No labor yet! But I'm hoping with working and maybe picking up a few extra shifts, I'll work that cervix into shape!
Now I have one more shower this weekend here in Waco and I'm so excited about it! So it's time for me to clean my room and get everything ready! Alan was a little freaked out my the dilation and now is ready to start packing the hospital bags and understands why I want things set up already (I've had a feeling that Jonah was going to come early my entire pregnancy)! So here we are in the final stretch! I have another doctors app. on monday and will keep everyone updated!