FF!

For those of you that don't watch TV with Kristin and I at home, that stands for fast forward :).  Obviously I haven't been great at updating so we're going to go for a quick, one-post update here.

Back on Memorial Day weekend last year, Kristin and I got quite a good surprise.  We had just recently visited my parents and, on a whim, decided to pick up a crib while we were in Ikea.  God obviously had a plan for us because, only a few days later, we found out that Kristin was pregnant.  We took tons of pictures of Kristin's bump (our future Sam) along the way and Kristin kept track of all of this on her blog Little Baby C!

At the end of September we also found out that Kristin's sister and sister-in-law were also expecting in 2013.  It was a wild last quarter of the year, but that's a story for another time.  For today we'll start on Kristin's due date, January 30, 2013.  We already knew she was at 2cm and our little guy was only days away.  However, on that Wednesday, the doctor told us that it was not likely going to be soon.  We scheduled another appointment for Friday (one last check before the weekend), but we were both honestly hoping that Sam would be early rather than late.  After Kristin asked a couple questions Thursday afternoon, an impromptu appointment had to happen that day.  Once again, though, we were told to get comfortable because Sam didn't appear to be ready just yet.

Despite tons of walking, plenty of spicy food, and even a full moon, Monday morning arrived with no Sam and we headed to the doctor office for Kristin's next appointment.  She was checked again, told Sam was in for the long haul, and also informed she might start feeling some cramps for a little bit due to being checked.  About an hour later, the cramps started as predicted and Kristin thought nothing of it.  I (J) had to head to work for a meeting at 4 and made Kristin promise me she was OK before I took off.  Apparently the "cramps" had never stopped and even kicked up a notch around 5pm, though.  By the time I got back around 6:30, Kristin was starting to get really uncomfortable.  My stomach had been a little out of whack for the last day or so.  Kristin tried to downplay her pain for a bit to take care of me, but she had already started tracking how far apart they were just in case.  They probably averaged about 3:30-4 minutes apart and about 35-45 seconds apiece.  We called the doctor to ask a few questions around 8 and Dr. Gausmann did confirm that Kristin just might be in labor.  She said the triage center at Rex hospital was packed so try to hold out as long as possible, but we were in the car with the bags packed within 30 minutes.  We're getting pretty close to present day, but I think I'll end it here for this post.  We'll pick up next time when we arrived at the hospital on Monday night!