One more month!

Today (June 23)is one month away from our due date (July 23). I am now halfway through week 35, so the baby is about 6 pounds now and pretty much fully formed. From now on he is just adding fat and continuing brain development.

We went to the hospital on Friday because I was having contractions 5 minutes apart for hours. I didn't think I was in labor, but my doctor had said to go and get checked out if that ever happened. The nurses at the hospital said that they looked like labor contractions but there was no signs that labor had started. They gave me a shot to stop the contractions because they were worried that they could cause labor to start and it's still a little too early. I'm still having contractions, but they told me to ignore them until they got more painful and even closer together.

While we were at the hospital we heard this woman give birth next door. It was really cool because you could hear the baby's first cries. It scared me though because right before we heard the baby the woman started to scream really loud in sheer pain. The nurse said she didn't have an epidural.