Boo!

First off, Happy Halloween. I have candy for the nurses and a little pumpkin my sister brought for me. I am v festive. And the favorite on the floor. I mean come on, everyone loves candy. And candy from a woman with a faulty cervix? Why that must be the best kind of all.

You may ask why I am still in the hospital. Last you heard, I was being sprung today.

HA. Ha hahahaha. Hahahahaha. Ha. Ha.

I knew they were just stringing me along. My surgeon came to see me on Saturday and they let him give me the great news that I would be here for a while. He said "until 26 weeks," which of course we all know means "You ain't breaking outof here until we pry the stitches out of your cold, dead cervix at 36 weeks or until you pop that kid out."

So here I shall remain for the next few weeks. But it's really not all that bad AND to be honest with you, it's kind of nice to be out of the house. What with the walls not being up and the fireplace exposed to the chimney pipe.

I get some yummy food and it's not all that bad. Drawback: I have to use dialup internet. So a wee bit slow (a blazing 56k on a good day) but better than nothing.

So I saved the good news for everyone who's eyeballs are not bleeding from boredom until the end.

I had an ultrasound today and TA-DA, I am the master cervix grower. I went from1.2 back to 1.5 with the hospital bedrest. YAY ME!

My doc says this is not a good indicator because lengths are dynamic and can change, but it's about as good as we can hope for right now. So that is awesome.I am also allowed to get the IV block taken out, so basically I just hang out and a nurse brings me my hypertension drugs three times a day. That's a very nice side effect: the anti-contraction meds will keep my arteries free and clear. More bacon fat please?

The Blob is also growing nicely. He's now 1.9 pounds and he's measuring right on date. His head is directly on the old cervix, but we figure it's better than him kicking the shit out of it, so we have that going for us.

So Josh is heading out to San Diego this evening for three nights for his conference and everyone is happy happy. He gets to go work and learn (and eat fish tacos in San Diego and drink beers with his work friends, the lucky bastard) and I will incubate The Blob for a few days.