PA or Bust!

We are officially in Pennsylvania! It has been a bit of a roller coaster ride...but we are here. Last Sunday we got a call that the birth mother was having contractions every 20 min. We planned on flying out to PA on Monday afternoon, and by Monday morning the contractions were consistently every 10 minutes.....they were not painful though, so we decided to wait. On Wednesday morning at 5am I got a call that the contractions were every 7 minutes, and much more painful, so we planned on taking a 12:30 flight out. Around 8am I got a call that the contractions were then 5 minutes apart and very painful, so we decided we needed to get there as soon as possible. Got to the airport at 9:30, and got on a 10:30 flight. Landed in PA at 5:30, only to find out that the contractions weren't as close together or as painful.

We are here now, and had a wonderful lunch today with the birth mother (who is 15), father, and birth mom's mother. They are a very sweet and loving family, and we all got a long very well. Contractions have virtually disappeared for the time being :-/ The doctor told her that he will NOT induce until she is one week past her due date, which is two more weeks from today (she is 39 weeks today).

To top that all of.....hurricane Irene is headed straight toward this general area....so we are preparing for LOTS of rain and wind. We are hoping that this baby boy will make his debut before the big storm. The birth mom's next doctor appointment is Monday afternoon, so let's hope that she is progressing....

For now....we wait!

On another note...it is absolutely GORGEOUS here. It is sooooo lush and green, in fact it rained about 2 inches this morning, which was lovely to watch (from a hotel window). Definitely not used to seeing and hearing it, so I love every minute of it! Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers!