Let's get this show on the road

I'm ready for this baby to be born now. I'm over 37 weeks so any time would be good.

I've been having contractions since Monday evening. I'll have several in an hour and then have a couple of hours with none at all.

This morning I lost my mucus plug. I'm sorry, but if I had to see it then you have to hear about it.

It's not that I feel a huge urgency to have this baby right now but if I'm going to have all the contractions and discomfort anyway then I would just as soon have it happen now. I don't want to do this labor on/labor off thing for a few days or weeks. Either let me be in labor and let it be real or let me be comfortable and able to sleep at night.

Nothing else to report right now.

Looking back

I was just re-reading the entrys I posted Just prior to going to when I went into labor. It's funny now to see that the restlesness and weird energy I was feeling was just a sign of my impending labor. I'm a little sad that I got gyped out of that "nesting" urge that I had heard so much about. I was looking forward to getting some good housework done. My body decided that instead of preparing my "nest" for the new baby I needed to spend my engery conditioning my hair. Sigh. Oh well, my floors may not be clean but my hair has been really soft and managable since then.

Elle is snoozing in her car seat right now. She's all tuckered out from staying up all night long. It's hard work being a baby, waking up every 20 minutes and crying like you're being poked with pins. I don't know how she does it. Little stinker.

Joseph is doing well, he seems to be getting back into the swing of things. He is being very affectionate with Elle and making a real effort to "help" around the house. He gets a big kick out of it when he talks to Elle and she looks around to find him. I can tell she knows his voice because she really responds to him. Yesterday she was looking right at him and he was so excited that he said "Look at her look at me! She's learning to focus!" So cute.

Things are happening

I was supposed to go in at 7 this morning to be induced but they called us at 6 and said they were really busy and they needed to push us back a little bit. We're supposed to call in a little bit and see when we can come in. There's a chance we won't be able to come in at all but I don't think that will happen. One way or another I am going to that hospital.

All night long I had painful contractions that were about 10 minutes apart and now they're about 5 minutes apart. They've been that way since about 6 I guess. We may not need to induce after all.

Updates to follow sooner or later.