It's time!

Hey everyone, we are here at the hospital, waiting for baby Miles. Heidi's water broke about 6:30 p.m. this evening to everyone's suprise. Luckily she was at her parents' house waiting to come meet me for dinner, so she had the whole family there to drive her to the hospital to get checked out.

Checking into the ER was a little hectic with all the bikers and paperwork, but everything after that has been pretty calm. Of course, the nurses predictably had a little trouble finding a vein to get her IV in, but overall things have been smooth. We've seen the doctor and they have advised us to do whatever we can to get some rest and sleep for a few hours because the real action likely won't start until the wee hours of the morning.

I'm pretty tired after staying up late last night for work, but something tells me with the rush I have going now it's gonna be tough to get any sleep. Instead I will likely be up all night...

That's about it for now. If you want to check in on how things are going, pop on over to www.twitter.com/mowder and see how everything is going.

Dr. Appointment today

Well I went to the doctor today for my wonderful weekly check-up. First off I lost 4 pounds since my last appointment last Monday which is always nice but weird. I still eat and eat so I was surprised to see a weight lose and no gain. I have officially gained 16 pounds at this point which is really good if you ask me.

Well my doctor did a wonderful pelvic exam that they do every appointment now to see how far if any that I am dilated and effaced. To my surprise I was dilated 1 cm and 80% effaced today which means I am on my way to deliver Miles sooner than later. My doctor was very pleased with these numbers she said she was surprised that I was at those numbers already with my first pregnancy. She told me to be prepared because I could go any time.

We also discussed Miles he is still a bit of a big baby. So we discussed an induction before my due date so that I do not deliver a huge baby and so that I can try to avoid a c-section. We decided on an induction date of June 3, 2008 if Miles doesn't decide to arrive before then. I am so excited I have an actual date to when I will get to meet my little monkey. I am also starting to get more nervous knowing that I am already dilated and effaced and can deliver any time now.

12 days now until Baby Miles arrives if not sooner!!!!!!!!!!!!

Updates

Ok, I know I have disappeared for like ever on here but I am a back.

First off I would like to thank everyone for all the wonderful gifts for Miles that we received at the shower and all of the diapers that my co-workers got Miles at my work shower. The baby shower was wonderful and lots of fun. I was so happy to get to spend time with my great friends and family. Once again thank you all so much.

Second I have been so busy washing baby clothes and accessory's and organizing Miles room I have hardly had time for anything else these days. I am happy to say that I only have one load of laundry left and that the room looks really good. Chris and I finished organizing it and I absolutely love the way it looks. The crib with all of the safari bedding is too adorable there will picture to come soon.

Third I finally think that I have my bag packed and ready for the hospital which is a big accomplishment for me. For those of you that know me well know how much I like to procrastinate so I am pretty proud of myself at this point. I still need to do a quick double check but I feel good about my progress. The only problem is that I couldnt decide on a take home outfit for Miles so I packed all four that I liked good thing they are small and don't take up too much room.

Finally I am sooooo ready to have this baby it is not funny. I have had a pretty easy pregnancy up until late. Now I am suffering from everything that you can imagine and some things that you can't. I have so much pressure some days I can hardly walk which makes for a great day at work. I have also started to suffer from swelling which is just gross my feet have never been so big and ugly in my life. Ankles? What are those? I know I am being a whiner but hey this been a long 9 months and I am anxious to see my little guy.

Birthing class recap

Heidi and I attended our first birthing class on Monday night at Grand Strand Hospital. It was a pretty interesting experience, but not for all the reasons I thought. I am definitely glad we went, but I can't really say I learned much. I think with this being the first of 3 classes it was meant to be more of an intro, but really it just repeated alot of what we've already been learning. Overall, it just left me feeling a little more comfortable with the whole process, but there were also plenty of uncomfortable moments as well.

To keep my mind and hands busy I decided to take some notes (mostly of the offbeat variety) about basically everything we did. Here's what I came back with:

• 7:10 p.m. - Class starts with only 3 couples. Everytime the nurse decides to begin, another couple strolls in. This ends 5 minutes and 3 couples later.
• 7:15 p.m. - Introductions. Everyone knows the sex of their baby, 4 girls vs. 2 boys.
• 7:20 p.m. - Video begins on basic anatomy, announcer refers to baby only as "him."
• 7:25 p.m. - Woman on video tells about her dreams while pregnant. "I gave birth to 5 rabbits," she says.
• 7:30 p.m - Diagram of a baby at 37 weeks. For some reason the baby has a HUGE forehead.
• 7:35 p.m. - Quote from nurse: "Labor is a messy process, we'd rather you ruin our stuff than your own."
• 7:40 p.m. - Found out laptops and cell phones are allowed in the labor room and the department has wireless internet. WOO HOO! On with liveblogging the labor.
• 7:45 p.m. - Talking about making up a birth plan
• 8:00 p.m. - Talking about Group B strep test and how it killed a bunch of babies back in the 80s. Uh oh, time for the $50 million dollar question; "How do I know when I'm in labor?"
• 8:10 p.m. - Break time. Grab snacks from the table of fruits, cheeses, and cookies, not a horrible spread really. Try to call mom for her birthday to no avail.
• 8:15 p.m. - Nurse breaking out the dialation chart. Looking at it, it's hard to believe a vagina could be as big as any of them.
• 8:20 p.m. - Video #2. Must be old, because folks are wearing big 90s hair and red parachute pants.
• 8:25 p.m. - Closeup cervix animation. That's top-notch computer animation...for 1996.
• 8:27 p.m - There's the money shot! I knew it was coming, yet it still caught me off guard. Gross...
  
• 8:30 p.m. - Nurse quote: "Relatives just love vaginal exams!" referring to people always asking to how far the mother is dilated.
• 8:35 p.m. - Don't eat China Buffet before birth, it makes for a bad combination of vomit, contractions and diarrhea.
• 8:40 p.m - Video #3. This woman is out eating soup at Boston Market and taking walks in the park while she's in labor.
• 8:45 p.m. - I've made my wardrobe choice based on what the guy in the video is wearing while his wife is in labor. SUSPENDERS it is!
• 8:50 p.m - Final Nurse Quote: "You just have to be limp like a noodle."

And there you have it. All the knowledge of a two exhilarating hours of obstetrics education packed into one blog post. I've got some more gems, but I will save those for another time.