Barney is misbehaving already

I am writing this sitting on a ‘really comfortable’ hospital couch/sleeper bed/medieval torture device. 

Kathie has been having what we thought were Braxton/Hicks contractions for the last few days.  But today they seemed to get more frequent and consistent.  So, we decided it was time to head in and get monitored to be safe.  She went in around 9 PM while I stayed home with kids and got them in bed.

Upon arrival, she discovered she was 4 cm dilated and 80% effaced (yeah, I don’t know what that all really means either), and that the contractions were pretty consistent.  So they decided to admit her.  The hope is that things will settle down after a night of rest and that Barney will incubate a little longer.  We’re at 34 weeks right now, which is obviously a little early.

They have alerted the NICU that we’re here, just in case.  It’s all a little scary, but we have faith that things will work out as they should.

I scrambled to get the ‘gear’ packed up and our neighbor, Heather, bless her heart came over to sit with the kids.  Mom and Dad are on the way down and should get here around 12:30… bless their hearts.  Kevin offered to come over too… bless his heart. 

I got to the hospital around 10:45 and ran into Kathie on her way to her new room.  We’re settled in and Kathie is trying to sleep.  I’ll probably try and get as much sleep as I can too.

But first I’m sending emails to people at work to let them know that all the stuff that I needed to get done might not get done!  That’s kind of fun, since it’s been such a pain.  But my priorities are here and I don’t think the world will end at work.