How it went down: I had some of the pre-labor signs, so I called my doc to be sure all was OK. She said to be safe, we should to go to the hospital to be checked out... which was surprising because I wasn't have any contractions... We obeyed and had a lovely practice run!
In Pennie-style, when the doc said to go, we didn't go immediately -- we felt like we needed to get organized first!
- Soooo, we finished packing our suitcase (Michael switched out all the clothes that I had packed for him and I re-washed all the clothes I had packed b/c Lucy tends to lay in the suitcase if it's left open),
- Michael got his car detailed so it would have all the sand and dog hair out of it for baby James' big ride home,
- Then Michael got the car seat installed
- And I cleaned the house and put a few boxes in the garage for storage... and more!
- We even stopped for lunch before we went to the hospital just in case we were going to be relegated to hospital food for days.
It was good to do all of those things NOW because when the real day comes, we might not have time to do all that! The L&D staff sent us home after 1.5 hours of monitoring -- we heard Baby James' heartbeat while we watched football and and episode of "I love Lucy" - and James is active and happy, according to Clyde, our chatty nurse. It was exciting - and we actually had fun doing it... The nurses at the hospital were super nice. They said we should always listen to the doctor, even if we have a feeling that "it's nothing." We will, but we are both hoping we don't have to make another practice run before the real thing. We think we're now ready! We will keep y'all posted when the real deal happens... We are still 3 days away from the Oct 26th due date. The word on the street is that first babies can come 1-2 weeks late... so we'll roll with it!
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