Excitement!

We safely arrived in Charleston around 7:00 this evening. Our hotel room is great - very relaxing!! When we first got to Charleston, there was a round of severe thunderstorms moving through, and even a tornado in the area! Thankfully, where ever the tornado was it wasn't near us!! We have had several storms roll through and saw a really fantastic lightning show.

Our plan is to rest and relax for tonight and in the morning. We were able to get a late check-out time, so we don't have to be out of our room until 1:00 tomorrow afternoon. Before we check in at MUSC tomorrow, we will have a little lunch and maybe do some sight seeing. Our check-in time is at 5:30 tomorrow afternoon and induction will begin as early (possibly) as 4:00 Monday morning. Hopefully things will go quickly since I have been having contractions off and on all day. :)

We will be updating as much as we possibly can through the delivery and beyond. Thank you for all of your prayers!!

On the road to charleston.

On the road to charleston.

Charleston Bound!!

The results are in, and Rebekah's lungs are fully developed and mature!! Which means that we are heading to Charleston today (Saturday) to be induced tomorrow (Sunday). Our check-in time is tomorrow afternoon at 5:30, but we are heading down today just as a precaution. I would rather be there in case my contractions get longer/stronger or my water breaks. It's probably a slim chance that either of those would happen between now and tomorrow evening, but we would all rest better if the hospital was across the street and not four hours away!! :)

We will post more updates through tomorrow and Monday, and of course, we will post pictures as soon as we can get some!!! :)

If you haven't posted a guess at Rebekah's birth weight/height, scroll down a couple of posts and leave your guess. Only a couple more days to guess!

Nancy

Nothing New......

Well, the answer from the first preliminary testing is sit and wait for the results of the second test! Not really what we were hoping for, but at least we will get to go to the VBS program tonight with the boys.

We should have the results of the more in-depth test by noon tomorrow and at that point we will see what the plan is from there.

If you haven't seen the post below, check it out and cast your vote for Rebekah's birth weight/height. :)

Nancy

A little "weight"-ing game!

Yes, I know it is almost 5:00 in the morning, but I woke up thinking of things to do and couldn't go back to sleep! :) Not that I'm excited about the possibility of having our baby girl sometime today. Nah, not me!!

Anyway, I meant to post this to the update last night and forgot, so I'll do it now! Before our amniocentesis yesterday, Vickie did a quick measurement for us to see how big Rebekah might be. Rebekah wasn't perfectly cooperative, but the measurements showed her to be somewhere between 5 lbs. 9 ozs. and 5 lbs. 13 ozs. Of course, measuring in utero is not always accurate or sometimes even close (Caleb was measured at 6 and 1/2 pounds, and he was born at 8 lbs. 5 ozs.!).

If you would like to play along, leave a comment in the comments section (just click on the bottom of the post where it says "comments" and use your google account to sign in, or leave an anonymous comment with your name included). In your comment, guess how much Miss Bekah will weigh at birth and how long/tall she will be. I will post the winner who guesses exactly or comes closest to her actual birth weight and length sometime after delivery. Happy guessing!! :)

Nancy

P.S. If we don't end up going to Charleston today, I will re-open the guessing game the day before our actual delivery day so you will have a chance to guess again.