Water Breaking

The doctor just came in and checked everything out. Laura decided to get the epidural and is a lot more comfortable now. She is now at 7 centimeters and her water was broken by the doctor. She can hopefully get a little rest and watch a movie.

In Labor!!!!!!!!!!

We just got checked into our suite at the hospital. Laura is already 4 cm and doing great. She is a champ. We are calling people and letting them know the baby should be here soon. Thanks for all the support.

Going to the hospital

Contractions are 2-3 minutes apart. Just called my doctor and we are on our way to the hospital. We will keep blog updated.

False Alarm?

Been up since 3am with cramping. I hopped in the shower at 5:30 to relax and see if they would stop... Now having cramping in lower back and belly every about every 5 minutes. Still bearable pains, trying to hold off calling until they get more painful. They say you will know when you are in labor and I'm not convinced this isn't a false alarm...

5 days or less!

The doctor set an induction date for next week. If baby has not arrived by Thursday, I will be induced in the morning. We will actually go in Wednesday night at 7pm. They are going to insert a prostaglandin gel to (hopefully) help my cervix dilate/efface before the induction Thursday morning. At my appointment on Friday I was still just a fingertip dilated. We are still praying baby will decide to come before then so I can avoid the pitocin but I can't wait too much longer because of school... I start clinicals in less than 3 weeks. We are excited about having a date set but nervous! I'm so scared the induction will be unsuccessful and I'll end up with a a c-section and no time to recover. We go in Tuesday for an ultrasound to check the weight of the baby and amniotic fluid level. The doctor isn't concerned about either but since my due date is Monday, he's just checking to be on the safe side.

No matter what, Baby Padgett will be here next week! We'll keep ya updated if anything happens before then.

Weekend with the Padgetts!

Donnie (Korey's stepbrother), Korey, Tony (Korey's dad), and Josh (Korey's brother)

Korey with Aiden and his niece Madi (Josh's daughter)

Aiden and Madi

Josh, Korey, and Donnie

Aiden was a flirt of course

Jen (Josh's wife) and I with Grandbabies #2 and #3!

(Jen is due in October)

Korey, Madi, and the sock monkey Kor picked out for her

(he loves those things, we got Aiden one for Christmas)

We spent the weekend in Amelia, Ohio with Korey's dad and step-mom, Bitsie. His brother Josh and wife Jen flew in from Minnesota to see everyone. We were so excited to meet their daughter Madi. Madi is Korey's only niece and we have been dying to meet her since she was born last March! Jen and Josh are expecting Baby #2 in a couple months. Since Aiden is only 3 months older than Madi, we brought him with us. He loved playing and flirting with Madi. I was hoping Baby Padgett would be here before they came in because it will probably be awhile before we see them again, but no cooperation there. : ) We had a fun weekend catching up with everyone.

39 week belly