35 Weeks, Trial Run

Anticipating another 3-5 weeks until baby Mullin is welcomed to the world, we were surprised by ringing in the 35 week marker with a trip to the hospital. Which unfortunately for Andrea meant 22 hours of contractions 3 minutes apart and approximately 5 hours in the hospital without a baby to take home, you could call it our trial run. Andrea was very thankful for the sleeping pill that gave her 5 hours of sleep once we came home from the hospital. After a total of 32 hours of contractions which gradually spaced out..... Andrea is finally able to relax as well as one can at 35weeks pregnant. Overall, it gave us the much needed push to have our bags packed and thanks to a wonderful mother/mother in-law, clothes washed and a room ready for the baby. We are now even more excited to meet this little baby, even if Andrea is a bit leary about how much stronger the contractions are going to have to be. But in the end, with a baby in her arms she knows, it will all have been worth it.