We had an adventure on Monday night!

The birth mom called me and told me she may be going to the hospital that night because she was contracting about every half hour.

Honestly, I didn’t think much of it since we are still a month away from the official due date.

But sure enough, in the middle of the night, the cell phone rang and it was her saying she was headed to the hospital.

We scrambled out of bed, hopped in the car and drove to the hospital.

On the way there I was just thinking how unprepared I felt because we were thinking we still had about a month to get everything ready. But I soon calmed myself down by telling myself if Little Bug came tonight and everything wasn’t completely ready for her, it will be okay.

At the hospital they hooked the birth mom up to monitors. As she lay on the gurney she asked if I wanted to feel Little Bug move. I put my hands on her belly and felt Little Bug move for the first time!

A nurse soon came in to check her. Low and behold, the birth mom was 2cm dilated and 50% effaced! The contractions were not anything to keep her at the hospital though so the nurse sent her home with instructions to come back if the contractions got to be 4-5 minutes apart.

After 3 or 4 hours at the hospital we went home and crashed. When I woke up the next morning I immediately began a “Get Ready for Baby Frenzy”! I packed our hospital bag, Little Bug’s bag, did two loads of laundry and cleaned the house!

After work my mom went to Babies R Us and bought a pack of diapers, wipes and bottles. Then last night, Angele and Josh surprised us with Little Bug’s car seat! They also are letting us borrow their cradle. Angele’s dad gave us the crib mattress last night!

So … now we’re ready with the essentials and we won’t be caught off guard again!

I think I’ve mentioned before that there have been two due dates. The official one right now is June 14th which makes her 35w3d today. The other due date was May 30th which would make her 37w4d today. I’m thinking the May due date is probably more accurate, but hey, I’m no doctor! :)

In any case, I think it is safe to say that Little Bug will be here sooner than we think! The birth mom has told me she will be here in May. I guess I should trust her instincts because she was right when she called and said she might be headed to the hospital that night!

I’ve got my cell phone on me constantly waiting for THE CALL!

- Elaine