So the title of this blog is The Bowers in Pursuit... well I am going to title this post as In the Pursuit of Baking, and I don't mean Christmas cookies! I mean baking baby. We are in the pursuit of baking baby!!! Mark and I spent about 2 hours last night with me hooked up to monitors after I had a contraction yesterday afternoon. Everything is fine now, but what a scare. I went into pre-term labor and then bed rest during my pregnancy with Gavin and I am determined to stay off the couch this time. Especially with my adorable toddler running around! The trip to the hospital was a good reminder that I am approaching my third trimester and I have got to take good care of myself and that little girl. It also made me think how our motherly instinct kicks in so early to do anything we can to protect a little person that we haven't even met yet. I am so happy being pregnant right now. As I type this I feel her little kicks telling me she is here and is ok. I just want her to chill out and be more patient than her big brother was!!!
Three fun things did happen while we were at the hospital last night! Mark and I laughed after we enjoyed two quiet hours with no dogs, baby, telephone or any other interruptions. Someone was there to take care of us and we talked and relaxed. It was heaven! We joked that we should go to the hospital more often!! The second thing was Mark told me a story that made me laugh SO hard I could not stop. The monitors on my belly were bouncing all around and the computer machine was going crazy!! I couldn't stop laughing as I thought of the nurse coming back in and reading the monitor and wondering what was going on with our baby!!! I guess you always have to find a laugh in any moment! And the last thing is the best. For any parent out there who has ever had to clean out a babies nose you know how important a good nasal aspirator is. Well... Gavin has a nasty cold right now and what good mom couldn't help but notice (even while be monitored for signs of labor) a well stocked labor and delivery room with hospital grade snot suckers!!! I screamed to Mark to grab one and have already happily used it today! Mark said it was worth the trip!! Probably so... with the addition of spending quiet time with my hubby and listening to my little baby girl's heart beat and movement for a couple hours. It was all worth it!
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