UPDATE

Mindy went to her doctor's appt. today, and to our surprise, she has not progressed any further in labor!!! (Even though she was averaging 26.5 CS/day for the last week). Anyway, she is no longer on STRICT bedrest, but has been suggested her to take it "easy". Thank you so much for all of your prayers!!! Even though it looks like Peyton may stay in the oven a little longer (which is a good thing), we still are taking it day by day. Mindy is planning on going back to work next week for a few hours a day. She is ready to get off the couch and out of the house!!! We just wanted to thank you for all the prayers during this past week, and ask for continued prayers as we enter the 32nd week!! We will keep you posted as the days go by!!!!

BED REST = WATCHING GRASS GROW

Now that Mindy is on strict bed rest, all we can do is post pictures of her in the black hole. My mom has been real good about tracking her contractions. She is averaging between 20-35/day, with no pattern. At this rate, I will have to shave Mindy's head...... because I'm sure she'll pull it out in a few weeks anyway.

Peyton is still a maniac late at night, moving around like crazy......looking like a little alien in Mindy's tummy. We pray that he will stay in the oven day after day. I know it's hard because we all want to meet our little bundle of joy, but the longer he stays in, the better it will be. I pray that Mindy will be able to handle bedrest until he is born, as that is what I believe the doctor will tell us.

Well, here is some pics of Mindy.......you can see that Bruiser is helping keep her company, but is still deathly afraid of her tummy. We also took some pics of the contractions she is having, which is interesting. Some last 30 seconds, others 2 minutes. FUN!!!! I also put a pic of our new glider in Peyton's bedroom.

29 week scare

This last week, Mindy had been having some tighteness in her tummy, which we thought were just Braxton and Hicks contractions (I guess that's how you spell it). Anyway, these contractions are common and are suppose to be just giving the uterus "practice" before the true contractions. Well, when Mindy started her new assignment at her school, the B&Hs contractions got more frequent and we started to be concerned. Mindy called our doctor early Friday morning and they asked us to come in immediately. Needless to say, we spent the weekend at the hospital. Mindy had to be given an IV with Magnesium Sulfate to slow down the contractions. It wasn't until Saturday morning, when her contractions were just 2 minutes apart, that they "upped" her dose and gave her an ambien. This was around 2 am Saturday. This finally stopped the Cs all together. We stayed until Sunday morning for her Cs and Peyton's heartbeat to be monitered. She did have a few Cs, but not significant enough to warrant attention.
Mindy is home now. My mom came down from Oregon to help watch Mindy (as she is a retired RN........) and watch me, I guess...(I'm pretty confident, but I prefer to watch Peyton born, not do it myself) Thanks to Lez and Scott who were very helpful while we were at the hospital. Scott, you're the best b-i-l. (He brought me a 12-pack......coke, jerky and gardettos...only a man knows how to take care of a man's tummy)
All is good so far while we've been at home, Mindy has had around 12 Cs in just 24 hours..... just 2 that were longer than 30 seconds (which they tell us are real Cs) So please keep us in your prayers as we thank God for every 24 hours Peyton stays a 'cookin. I know a lot of us are excited to see Peyton, so here is a sneak peek of our baby boy's features. (He's a big boy for 29 weeks!.......a big boy with a big nose!!!!)