Update! :)

I had (hopefully my last) doctor's appointment today, my doctor was out again delivering a little one so I had to see another OB. He checked to see if I had made anymore progress and he confirmed that I was 4 centimeters dilated and 80% effaced!! :) He made it seem like she could come any day now. The nurse told me to make my next appointment for Monday but she said most likely that she wouldn't see me. So that's where we stand, Maddie could be here before the weekend is over! :) I'm ready and so excited for her to get here!!! We'll keep everyone posted!

Feeling Great!

The appointment went well today, the cerclage removal went smoothly. Although a little painful and lots of discomfort, it was as I suspected it would be and I'm glad it's out! We got to see the little blue stitch that held our baby girl in for all these weeks, pretty emotional. The doctor then checked me to see if I was dilated and sure enough I was...2 centimeters! Clay was shocked but from all the research (reading baby books and watching baby shows in the past 4 months) I know that some woman can go a couple weeks being 2 cm dilated so it wasn't as shocking for me to hear but I'm really excited! Dr says it could be anytime or I could still go to my due date, there's no way of knowing at this point so the waiting game continues...I have another appointment with him next Thurs. the 22nd!

I feel good now, not a lot of pain and the best part is I'm off bedrest! Once I fully recover, I'm going to take very short walks around the neighborhood since I haven't walked a whole lot in the past 4 months, I want to prepare my body for labor and delivery.

I just want to thank everyone again for all the prayers and support, we have amazing friends and family and we couldn't have gone through all this without you all helping us along the way.

Nursery Pics- Finally finished!

The pink explosion (as Clay likes to call it) is finally finished! We're 36.5 weeks now...not too much longer!

Lots of clothes!

Claudette painted the letters for Madelyn, she did such a great job!

Soon to be pictures of Madelyn and family...

Clay and Larry MADE these beautiful bookshelves!

Maternity Pictures- 33.5 weeks!

Officially 9 months pregnant! Holy Cow!!

Wow, I'm so happy we made it this far without further complications...I truly feel blessed and I know that God has been answering many, many prayers!

I had my doctor's appointment today, the doctor was very pleased with everything and we went ahead and scheduled the cerclage removal for next Tuesday the 13th! He said it should be a pretty simple procedure that he can do in the office...I hope, we'll see. He also confirmed again that I would be off bedrest completely, woo hoo! And...I don't have to take my progesterone anymore, yay!

So baby could be here in a week to 4 weeks...we're definitely ready. Nursery is completely done and I'll post pics soon! Thanks again for all the support and prayers!!!