It is getting close

The first thing I will say is that I know that what happened with the pregnancies of my Mom and sister have very little merit to mine.  Genetics is a small part.  When I only "knew" (I was mistaken actually) my Mom's stats with us kids I wasn't too nervous.  It didn't mean much.  Then my Mom corrected my misunderstanding of her pregnancies, and told me about my sister and I honestly started to freak out a bit.

Reason for my freak out is that I have to make it to 37 weeks to deliver where I would like.  I thought, easy peasy...then I went into labor at 29 weeks.  Okay, I am going to need to be careful.

I thought my mom delivered the twins at 30 weeks, Phillip at 37 weeks and the rest of us at 36 weeks.  Well, I guess I have a brother that was born at 35 weeks as well.  oops.  Then my mom told me that my sister delivered at 35 weeks.  Yeah, I started to freak out because now I know my sister delivered early, statistically speaking, I have greater odds of it rather than it just being my Mom.

So, anyone who reads my blog knows that Braxton Hicks contractions are and have been part of my daily life for months...not weeks, months!

I am 33 weeks 5 days today.  Tomorrow Endrit and I are going to Shelley to see Ike back from Iraq.  It will be so fun to see the family.  And, we think it will be the last time I can travel that long of a distance (in all honesty, I had to convince Endrit to go at all because of being so far along with the issues I have had with pregnancy).  I see my brother Fred (Phillip, Warren, Smith) come back at the airport next week (so excited!).  I wouldn't have been able to go anywhere if Fred wasn't flying into SLC...I can do a 5 minute drive.

So, since there is ample evidence that I COULD come early, I am imposing 2 more weeks of bed rest starting at 35 weeks.  I won't do ANYTHING until I am 37 weeks.

I know that Marsi can be perfectly happy and not coming until she is overdue.  That is a possibility that I am thinking about too, but in order to deliver where I would like, preventative measures will be taken to offset the genetic component of this.  Oh, and the contractions are just getting more frequent and painful, so...there is another reason why I fear her coming just a bit too soon!!