Dr. Appointment

I had an interesting day today. Sorry about some of the details, but they will help my story make more sense. Mom and I went to the doctor yesterday at 11:00 for another check-up. The nurse practitioner said the baby’s heartbeat was at 145 and I was measuring 37.5 weeks. I was not dilated and completely closed. She also confirmed that the baby is head down. We decided to go to Avanti’s with Dad for lunch after the appointment. After lunch, I went to the restroom and noticed quite a bit of blood. We called the doctor’s office and they told me to come in again to make sure everything was fine. This time she said I was 1 centimeter dilated and the baby’s heartbeat was at 140. Since I had so much blood, they hooked me up to a monitor to make sure the baby was not experiencing distress of any kind. It is common to have some blood after a check-up, but they wanted to make sure baby was fine. Anyway, they said the baby was fine and also noticed that I had two contractions while being monitored over the 20 minutes. This was definitely a wake-up call to get things done and ready for the baby. Maybe we should finally pack for the hospital just in case. Right now I only have 5 days left of work and 18 days until my due date. Wow…where did the time go?!?! She will be here before we know it.