Labor Day

I always had a feeling that this baby planned to be pretty much on time.  Turned out I was right.  I started early labor on his Due Date, August 3rd.  We had a family get together that day, and had fun eating haystacks, playing with sidewalk chalk, and playing cornhole in the driveway.  I tried to keep up with all the activities, and I think that helped move things along.  By that evening around 10:30, I was inconsistent contractions about 15 minutes apart.  Sunday morning I woke up around 2:30 with consistent contractions that were 10 minutes apart.  I was feeling them mostly in my back, and so I got up and laid on the couch to be more comfortable.  I was awake for a few hours, and texted Mindy at 4:30am (she was up to head to the airport) to let her know what was happening.  I fell asleep around 5:30 and then woke up again around 7:00.  By that time contractions were 8 minutes apart.  I found an app that helped to time contractions, and used that the rest of the day.  I still did plenty during the day.  Mom and I went on a few walks, and I even walked on the treadmill.  At 1:10, we headed to our local movie theatre to see Two Guns. Mindy, Jeff, Nick, my Mom and I all went.  During the movie I was timing contractions on my phone.  They were still about 7-8 minutes apart.  As we got later into the after, the contractions got stronger (still all in my back) and closer together.  About 6:30 to 7:00 they were anywhere from 3.5 to 5.5 minutes apart.  It was time to head to the hospital!  We left for OHSU around 7:45pm. 

Right before we left for the hospital!

 

 

Walking the baby out :)