A quick update from the Martinson house. Last Thursday we were at the doc's office for our 35 week 5 day visit and the doc said Jess is fully effaced (her cervix is thinned completely and stretchy).
So we spent the weekend finishing the nursery (pics to post soon) and getting some spring projects done around the house. Contractions continued and it seemed like that was all that was going to happen until the due date.
However!!!!!! Jess spent most of Monday with stronger contractions and a weird feeling over her entire belly. Everything was feeling tight and achy and just not right..... so on Tuesday we called the doctors office and they said to go get checked out and monitored at the Mother Baby Center at Sparrow Hospital.
After a three and a half hour visit with a very nice nurse and a very tardy resident we discovered that Jess has progressed to a finger of dilation. Which translates simply to: Jess is closer to giving birth. The weird feelings are the cervix opening more and contractions leaving residual tension in the uterus.
All doctors and nurses praise Lucy highly for having such a strong heartbeat and being so active! They say from all monitoring that she is a super healthy kid. At this point, we plan to not see the triage until Jessica's water breaks and we are in there to bring Lucy into this world.
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I'm excited. Wish you both the best.
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