Last night, Daniel and I went to the hospital not sure whether I was really truly in labor... yes, it can be tricky. I was told by a nurse that they look for contractions to be regular but not necessarily painful. I timed my contractions and decided that maybe I should go in. At the hospital they were every 2-3 minutes, but within an hour of being observed, I hadn't progressed anymore, so I asked to go home since they weren't hurting. The labor and delivery nurse said that they looked for them to be more painful and become more intense, then I'll know I'm really in labor. Apparently, I can walk around for weeks having contractions every 3 minutes, but not really be in labor! If I do not go into labor on my own before Wednesday morning, then we are scheduled to be induced, hopefully to avoid me getting pre-eclampsia again and having the magnesium during labor. I don't really care how the baby gets here, I have no birthing plan, just going with the flow, as long as the end result is a healthy baby and I'm still healthy. BTW, if you plan to come to the hospital, its at the new MTMC on Medical Center Pkwy. The labor and delivery rooms are huge, but we never checked out the postpartum rooms. Apparently more and more women are inviting their mothers, mil, sisters, ministers, best friends, and everyone else in to the labor rooms to witness the births. Sorry, everyone, but you're not invited. Daniel really isn't even invited, but I'm sure he'll be in there anyway!
As for the guesses, only 3 people guessed girl, and over 20 people have guessed boy.
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