Symptoms are getting better.

The doctor came in tonight and had a little good news for us. The liver enzymes that had been heading up each day are not going down just slightly. The levels are still elevated but she does like that they were down today. I was hoping that it would mean the morning routine of waking up between 4 and 5 to draw blood would be over at least for one day, but I was wrong. I guess I will be giving blood every day until delivery. I keep picking with Phillip that by the time I leave here I am going to need blood since they are taking all of mine. The protein levels in the urine had gone up slightly from the previous test but were still down a lot from the test they did two weeks ago when I was first admitted. She said everything is still on track and looking good so I really am confused as to what that means. I think that if the levels are increased at 37 weeks then they will go ahead and induce but if everything is back to normal than they may not induce. I really want him here before the end of the year and I probably stress myself out more than anything worrying about when the time will come. I mean I have nothing else to do but to sit here and think about those types of things all day but when the doctor comes in I don't want to ask the same questions everyday.

Ok, enough about that, but I will update on the blood work again tomorrow once we see how the levels do after the morning tests are done. Last night I asked the nurse if I was the only one staying here for a long time and she informed me that there was one other lady that would be here until she delivers. I haven't met her yet but I do want to ask all of you readers to pray for her just as you all have done for me. I do not know her circumstances and just know that she is in for the long haul. I did briefly see her tonight when Allison took me on a ride down to the cafeteria and we just passed in the hall. I actually didn't know it was the same women until we were back in our room. I would love to talk to her and I know how she is feeling with it just being her first few days in here. I still remember one of the night nurses telling me and my family on one of the first nights that I may seem all cheery most of the time but there would come a day when all I wanted to do was to sit in my room and cry. Well, that day for me was yesterday. Today was total opposite. Phillip and I have picked around so much today and just acted crazy to make the day go by faster. Tonight Allison took me on a ride and that helps make the nights go faster too. Phillip had already taken me to the gift shop today and we were able to get a cute little toboggan and a pacifier holder for our little one. The gift shops keeps duke, state, and Carolina gear in stock and Phillip chose the NC State toboggan and pacifier holder for our son. I am not a real competitive person and could care less about any of the 3 school but growing up I always did love NC State and so did Phillip. The gift shop here has a lot of cute baby items but we couldn't buy everything that we wanted. Last week we had gone down for my parents birthdays and purchased picture frames for each of them. Dad's read Grandpa's Boy and mom's said My Grandma and Me (or something along those lines). I thought they were just too cute not to get. Now we just need pictures to go in them. While down there today I did find a baby book that I would love to have but we did not purchase it just yet. For our baby shower my very creative cousin made us a wonderful scrapbook to keep up with the little one through his first years. Well, the baby book I found in the gift shop went a little further in keeping the details so I think we will use both books. I know we will use the scrapbook because I just love it and in the baby book I can keep shot records and other important information. I hadn't even priced baby books like that so I am still trying to see what is a reasonable price for them. I believe in the gift shop they were around $30 but I want to look around and price a few others before settling on that one book.

Anyways, after Phillip and I got back to the room from the gift shop I started have some mild contractions. I think they are just braxton hicks contractions but at least it is a little piece of progression. They have continued very sporadically throughout the night so far. After Phillip, mom, and dad left they put me on the monitor. I was having a mild contraction at that time but sure enough it was at the end of it and then another one did not begin until I had been off of the monitor for a few minutes. Mostly they are and hour or little more apart. The doctor is fine with them right now. She just wants to know if I start experiencing more than 6 contractions in an hour, and since we are doing good to get one in then we are doing good. The doctor did say that the mild braxton hicks contractions could be good for the baby's lung development so I have been talking to the baby a lot and telling him to keep them coming and that it would be okay if these were the beginning of the real contractions that are to come.

Well, the ambien has been given for tonight and I am struggling to stay awake to finish this. Thank you for all the happy thoughts and the prayers. Thank you all that have sent emails to me today and comments. They really do help put me in a better mood. I am headed to bed now and I will probably update the blog again in the morning when we here from the doctor. I don't think much will change overnight unless the little one decides he is ready to come out and the contractions get closer together and a lot more regular, which I am not holding my breath that they will. Keep praying for us!