Come on already!

Disclaimer: I may share too much info in this post, but people are interested, so I'm willing to share!

Sunday was a bit of a strange day for me. I laid around the house just feeling tired and sluggish. My braxton hicks contractions had really started to increase as well.

Monday morning I went to work as normal. During my prep, when I was finally able to sit back for a minute, I realized I was having quite regular contractions. I also thought my water broke. I called Mindy for some helpful advice, and then I called into Mayo. They set me up for a 2pm appointment to get things checked out. So, I left Austin and headed for home. Tony and I packed our bags in the car just in case.

We met with our midwife Ellen, whom I love. She confirmed that it was not my water breaking, but the start of my mucus plug (the too much info part). She also confirmed that I am about 4cm dilated and 80% effaced. Her first reaction was, "WHOA Baby's head is VERY low". I agreed...We did an ultrasound to measure the amniotic fluid. Everything was looking good. Ellen said she's expecting us to have this baby within the week. She even thought that night.

Well, we were quite excited at hearing that news. Of course it would be nice for Baby to wait until the due date, but we have a healthy baby and the idea of meeting this angel was very exciting for us. We went to HuHot and then to church for a Dream Team meeting. I was still having regular contractions through all this. No activity through the night....

Tuesday I had an evaluation meeting at 7am at school. So, I hit the road at 5:45 to get there with plenty of time to prepare. Contractions were every 15 minutes, but I thought I could make it through the day. By 1pm, I was having difficulty standing and teaching through the contractions. So, I left at 2 and headed home. Tony and I laid around resting and waiting to see what would happen. The contractions moved to every 6 minutes. Then, I had that water breaking sensation yet again around 11:15. So, we hit the road and headed for Rochester.

It was confirmed that it was not my water breaking, but it was the mucus stuff again. Seriously? Why is it so hard to tell the difference?! They monitored baby and my contractions for a while and sent us on our way. They said to come back when the contractions are every 5 minutes. We made a 1am stop at Perkins to make me feel better.

I decided to stay home from work today. It is incredibly difficult to teach through contractions! Contractions have continued today. They're coming at every 7 minutes and just making me quite uncomfortable. I've been doing laundry and trying to distract myself, but boy is it ever difficult to stay calm. I sent Tony off to work for the evening, but his cell is attached to his hip.

I thought I would update the blogging world that we might have a little Knutson any day now. Let's just hope it's not during the big snow storm that's predicted to come tomorrow!