Making Progress...

Just got another text from Jordan that read, "epidural time!" They haven't checked to see how much she has dilated. (She was 1 centimeter this morning at her appointment.) Apparently, it will cause too much risk of infection since her water has already broken. But her contractions are about 2 minutes apart, currently, sometimes less. Keep in mind, she is actually texting all of this to me, through the pain. (I can't even imagine.) She also said that they are talking about possibly giving her some Pitocin after the epidural to move things along.

Here He Comes!!!

Hi there, its Cassell. Jordan has asked me to be her temporary guest blogger for the time being. I heard from her just a little while ago via text message, and here's what I know:
This morning, after she woke up, her water broke. She went on to the doctor's office for her appointment. They went through with the scheduled sonogram and were able to determine that Cash is in the proper position for his short but arduous journey. Jordan also mentioned that they got a great final picture of Cash in utero. For the next one, he'll be in her arms. I'll head up to the hospital with my camera, so you can expect it here, later today.
She has been having mild contractions for the past few days, as she wrote in her previous post. But now that her water has broken, they have changed to a more intense pain. She assured me, though, that she is having "good breaks in between." She's so tough! And they just arrived at the hospital in the last half hour. Derrek is so excited, doting on Jordan and keeping her relaxed and in good spirits. Check back often, I'll keep you posted!

Is that his foot?

Okay am I crazy? Can I feel the baby's foot when he presses slowly against my stomach? Or maybe its a knee and shin. He does it all the time and I love it. I thought I would be totally weirded out by this stuff but its very cool. Okay I'm going to post some tummy pictures. For the record, I was anti-tummy pictures until 4 months into it. I just freaked out that I wouldn't remember anything about being pregnant because it was going by so quickly. Anyway, I'm a hypocrit and I know it but I'm also pregnant and you get all sorts of passes for that. Being late, being sick, being forgetful. I'm soaking it up. Still, I can't believe I'm posting these on the internet based on how I felt about them 6 months ago. Whatever.

So here's the first "tummy" picture. This is at 4 months almost to the day. Oh man, I totally thought I was showing! Like legitimately. Now I hope that's what I look like around Christmas time.

Here we are at 5 1/2 months. Taking my own pictures because I'm still embarassed about the fact that I wanted to take them but, again, I'm posting them on the Internet?
So no bare belly pics lately but this is in NY so I was at about 6 1/2 months. I think having my fat sister in the picture helps to illustrate how much I've grown...even with her oversized purse.