False Alarm

This pregnancy has definitely been different from my pregnacy with Jack, and baby girl is keeping me on my toes. I have been surviving the last few months of pregnancy while chasing after a very busy toddler! I feel much more pegnant this time. Tired, cranky, sore, sick of acid reflux and heartburn. I have been feeling braxton hicks and random contractions for months. Now I am counting down the days to baby girl's arrival....17 more days until my due date. Jack arrived 13 days early which would mean 4 more days if this little girl follows suit...I highly doubt that though. Last Thursday, after visiting my dr. in the early morning for monitoring...I was sent over to the hospital for a follow-up ultrasound. The ultrasound turned out good....but I magically started contracting. So the next stop was upstairs in Labor & Delivery for more monitoring. Turned into an entire day of monitoring and many contractions. For most of the day they were minutes apart and getting pretty painful. Guess they were just practice...because they were not making me progress at all. That was ok...because Patrick was out of state at conference tournament...so it is really good that baby girl decided to hang out for a while longer before making her grand appearance. Luckily, my Mom and Jeff came to stay with me while Patrick was gone....so I was not alone during this adventure and Jack was with Grandpa. So now the count down is on for the real thing. Come on baby girl....we can't wait to meet you!