10 weeks early

Tree started having contractions a couple days ago and got very concerned that there may be something wrong with the baby. Things were better the next day and we decided it was just a bad night and not a reason to be concerned.

She had some more pain and discomfort on the weekend, but this pregnancy has been so good and uneventful, we didn't think much of it.

This afternoon, I got a message that things were getting worse. I shut my laptop down and raced home to take her to the hospital.

We got checked in, they hooked her up to all the monitors, and the baby seems to be doing fine. Tree is dilated to 2 cm and she is still in a lot of pain and having regular contractions - every eight to 10 minutes. They gave her some medication to slow the contractions and try to keep the baby in their as long as possible. I don't know if that means hours, days, or weeks.

Now we wait.

I came home to check on the other kids and try to get some sleep before I have to get them up starting at 5:30 and get them off to school. Then, I have to figure out what I am going to do with the 2 1/2 year old and the 1 year old so I can go back and be with Tree.

And what about work? Hmmm...

I will have my laptop with me and use this blog to keep people up to date as much as possible.

Here we go. The story of baby number 9 begins.

Terry