Nearly 40 Weeks Pregnant...Thanksgiving Day!
Soo, as we were quickly approaching Macie's due date (the Monday after Thanksgiving) we were left with the question, "Do we sit around New Orleans wondering if I would go into labor or do we chance it and head to BR to celebrate Thanksgiving?" At first, I was paranoid and thought we should stay in NO, but as we got closer to Thanksgiving and my progress was still inching along at what felt like a snails pace, I figured it would be best to get out of the house. At that point I was going completely stir crazy!!! Case in point, I was baking my heart out. I baked about 10-12 loaves of pumpkin bread (white chocolate, raisin, walnut, etc) for family and friends, I deep cleaned the house and even made several trips to Target. My hospital bag was even packed to a tee (courtesy of an extensive list of "must haves" lol).
Justin definitely agreed and we packed up our bags to head out early Thursday morning, making sure to leave the hospital bag in a good spot if we needed to grab it quickly. We spent Thanksgiving at my parents' house eating, playing cards and having a good time. The weather was simply divine and we spent a lot of time outside just having fun. I kept joking that maybe Macie would come soon, but everyone thought I was in for a lot longer wait. Figuring they were probably right, I decided that keeping my annual Black Friday shopping tradition with Brittany. We synchronized our watches and decided to meet in the Target parking lot at 5 a.m. the next morning. Around 10 I started getting so incredibly sleepy, and knowing I had to wake up at 4 a.m. for shopping, I decided to turn in early.
I woke up around 2:30 a.m. with contractions and just an odd feeling. It wasn't the first time I had noticed contractions, so I didn't know if they were more Braxton Hicks or the real thing. The previous couple of weeks I had been waking Justin up when I had those feelings, but not wanting to be an alarmist for no reason, I laid in bed timing the contractions and hoping they were real. Finally, around 3 a.m. I woke him up and told him how I was feeling and that I thought it was time. Although I honestly didn't know if it was or not. I kept telling Justin, okay I think it's time, but you can't get mad at me if this is just a false alarm. After some talking, he finally got out of bed and we went to let my mom know we were leaving and that we would keep her posted. I texted Brittany to cancel our shopping trip (lol) and Justin texted Lynn to tell her to be on standby. We were also supposed to go to their house that Friday to watch the LSU vs. Arkansas game with the Strohmeyer's and Riche's. Of course they were both anxious and excited to learn more (as were we!!).
When we got home, my contractions were still coming through at 5-7 minute intervals (I think), but they were getting closer and I was starting to get more uncomfortable. I couldn't fathom going back to sleep, so I decided to soak in the bath tub for a bit. After a nice soaking, I took a small cat nap and then got up and did my hair and make up and finally convinced Justin to wake up. I guess it was around 7 or 8 at this point.
Of course I was anxious to go to the hospital right away to see if this was it or not, but Justin wisely recommended we wait until the contractions were a bit closer together. He convinced me that I needed to get a good breakfast in because we would be in for a long day and night and I needed energy. We headed out to Chateau Cafe and had a really nice breakfast. I swear my delivery experience was NOT like what you see in the movies. In fact, it made me laugh because in Chateau Cafe this man was asking about the pregnancy and how I was doing and I really wanted to say, well I'm pretty sure I'm in labor right now...but I didn't because it seemed like such a dramatic saying for how calmly everything was going!
After calling Dr. Laypere's office and having the nurse confirm that we did need to come get checked, we finally arrived at Ochsner around 11 a.m. They hooked me up to some machines to measure my contractions and checked my dilation and confirmed that, yes, I was in the early stages of LABOR! Yippee!!! We were SO excited!!!
Tune in to the next post for what happened next... :)
XOXO,
K
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