Amy called me at 9:30 this morning saying that she was having contractions. And that she had three of them in the course of 15 minutes. They weren't the typical, minor pre-term contractions, either. These were painful.

After a couple hours of resting, and talking with the doctor on the phone, we came in to the hospital at about noon. We've been here since, and they've not been able to lessen the contractions with the medication they've tried. Things haven't really progressed yet, so there's still a slim chance that they'll go away. But we'll be staying overnight in any case, while they monitor the contractions.

The couple of hours we had at home this morning gave us a little bit of time to finish getting some stuff packed and for my mom to come over to watch the kids. So we're ready if it is indeed time. Amy is at 34 weeks, which is a little earlier than ideal. But our other kids were born at 37 weeks at over eight pounds - based on some estimates from ultrasounds a few weeks ago, this little girl should be over six pounds when she's born. But we would definitely appreciate your prayers!

And yes, I'll post here when we're sure this is it. They've added free Wi-Fi here since the last time we did this three and a half years ago. So you'll see a birth announcement up here within a hours instead of days.

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